Features
What Tiny Steps offers — Today ideas, shared activities, seasonal packs, memories, and whānau support.
Start Tiny Steps free today
Open Today, browse activities, save memories, or explore packs — free for whānau, with no trial ending and no guilt if you miss a day. Tiny Steps is part of the Resilience Programme.
App features for ordinary whānau moments
Play ideas that fit real days
Open Activities for short, playful ideas that work around naps, meals, and busy evenings.
Share cards
Send an activity to a grandparent, kaiako, or caregiver so everyone can join in.
Clear safety notes
Each idea can include simple notes when adult hands, water, food, or outdoor care matters.
Warm, low-pressure design
Tiny Steps feels colourful for tamariki, but never turns parenting into a scoreboard.
Seasonal packs
Browse Aotearoa-based packs for seasons, celebrations, weather, and whānau rhythms.
Full-day friendly
Use Today once, come back tomorrow, or skip a week — there are no overdue badges.
Our core values
Tiny Steps is designed to feel calm on the surface and practical underneath — helping whānau build steadiness through everyday moments.
Tiny steps, not pressure
One small shared moment still counts, even on the hard days.
Caregiver-led
Tiny Steps offers prompts — you choose what suits your child and whānau.
Built for whānau
Activities can include parents, grandparents, siblings, and caregivers.
Free in Aotearoa
Charity-backed support families can start without a paywall or trial ending.
Try one tiny step today
Create a free account, open Today, and choose one gentle idea for your whānau.
Ideas across the early years
Tiny Steps supports pregnancy through early childhood, with many ideas that work for the whole whānau.
What whānau say
“Five ideas is the right amount. I'm not staring at a syllabus.”
“It's playful without turning into another parenting scoreboard.”
“We use it on the days we have ten minutes. That still counts.”