Canvas

Quality teaching and documentation. At light-speed.

Canvas and Coach Sue helps your team turn their authentic observations into rich, meaningful stories in a fraction of the time​. Friendly and intuitive, Canvas empowers every educator to shine, reducing stress and building confidence while ensuring no detail is missed​.

Coach Sue. By your side. Every step of the way.

Coach Sue, Mana’s built-in AI practice and pedagogy coach, guides educators in creating quality documentation and practice​. It’s like having a mentor help write every story, so no one is ever stuck staring at a blank page – a huge leap beyond basic “grammar-check” tools.

Hear the story

Watch Jen and Himal explain why Mana built Canvas.
no more templates

Ditch the templates. Let Coach Sue guide and support.

Design documentation that reflects your centre’s unique style. Canvas lets you personalise layouts, colours, and images in seconds​, all with simple drag-and-drop ease. No more rigid, one-size-fits-all templates that frustrate educators​ – with Canvas, every learning story can be as unique and special as the child it’s about.
  • Customise your educators’ unique voices
  • Flexible layouts and instant styling
  • Simple drag-and-drop photos
  • Beautiful formatting and colour adjustments
PERSONALISED TO YOUr CENTRE

Your Centre. Your Voice.

Canvas adapts seamlessly to your centre’s learning framework, philosophy, and educators’ individual voices. Whether you follow EYLF, QKLG, VEYLDF, Te Whāriki  - or embrace Montessori, Reggio Emilia, or your own unique philosophy - Canvas ensures your documentation feels authentic and aligned.
  • Tailor-made for your framework
  • Reflect your educational philosophy
  • Every educator’s unique voice
  • Intuitive layout and image options
MEANINGFULLY ENGAGE FAMILIES

Empowers educators and delights families.

By reducing paperwork stress and improving educator confidence​, Canvas helps keep your team happy and engaged – which means lower turnover and more consistent quality care. Every teacher, from new graduates to seasoned staff, can contribute their best documentation thanks to inclusive features like voice-to-text and automatic grammar support​. The result? Richer stories and interactions that parents love and meaningful insights into each child’s development. All achieved with less effort.

Harness Mana magic today

Empowered teachers. Inspired early childhood education.
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