A page in the story, for the teachers who made the year.
Your kinder's yearbook includes the grown-ups who read the stories and tied the shoes. Add your own consent and a few details, and you'll appear alongside your class.
You're a character in it too.
Turn the pages and there you are, beside your class, in the rooms and gardens you spent the year in. A story the families keep, with the people who ran the year still in it.
Your own page
Illustrated the same way as the children, with what you wish for your room this year.
Beside your class
Every child in your room gets a page of their own too, from their family's form.
The whole class
A group scene brings everyone together in the rooms and gardens you spent the year in.
About five minutes, once.
Your centre sets up the yearbook
Yearbooks are arranged with the centre, so the whole group appears in one story. You'll get the same code your families use.
You fill in one short form
Give consent, a few details about how you look, what you wish for the children in your room, a photo if you'd like to send one, and say whether you'd like a copy of the book. About five minutes.
Softheld makes your page
Your message and illustration are created from the details on the form and reviewed by Softheld before anything is printed.
Your copy
If you asked for a copy, you'll get an email link to order and pay once the books are ready. The finished books go to your kinder to hand out at a time that suits the centre.
What I do with what you send me.
Here is plainly what happens to what you send me, and what never does. This is about your own page — the children's details come separately, from their own families' forms.
- Photos are never given to an AI tool. If you send a reference photo, it is for my eyes only. I use it to write my own description of you in words, and later to compare the finished page against the photo so I know the likeness is right. The photo itself is never uploaded to any AI system, never printed in the book, and never shared, and I delete it once your page is approved.
- The pages are made by prompting an AI tool with words only. I create each illustration by directing an AI tool with written descriptions: the answers on the form, plus notes I write myself. I check every page against what you told me and keep adjusting the wording until it is right. Nothing is printed until I have decided it is.
- Nothing is sold or used for training. Your photo, name and details are never sold, shared with advertisers, or used to train AI models, mine or anyone else's.
- Only the people who need it see it. Submissions come to me. They are never shared with families beyond what appears in the finished book.
- You stay in control. You choose what to include, and you can change or withdraw your details at any time before printing. Just email me.
- Kept for the book year, then deleted. I hold the details only for the year the book is made, then remove them from my files. Ask me and I will confirm in writing when it is done.
Have a question about taking part?
If you're not sure whether your centre's yearbook is happening this year, or you can't find your code, send me your kinder's name and I'll help you find it.
Questions teachers ask
Do I have to take part?
No. It's entirely optional. If you'd rather not appear, choose "No, please leave me out this year" on the form — there's nothing else to fill in.
Where do I enter my kinder's code?
On the consent and submission form for teachers. It's the same code your families use, one per centre, per year.
What do I need to send?
One short form: your consent, a few details about how you look, what you wish for the children in your room, and a photo if you want to send one. It takes about five minutes.
Will I look like myself?
That is the aim. Everyone is drawn as an illustrated character rather than a photographic likeness, with the details you tell us about yourself.
Are photos printed in the book?
No. Photos are reference for illustration only and never appear in the finished book.
What does a copy cost?
$49 for a softcover or $59 for a hardcover. You decide whether to order at all, and order directly.
When does it arrive?
Before the end of the year, in time for graduation.