The Microsystems Cheat Sheet + Educator Guide is a practical WholeChild Flow™ resource that supports educators in understanding the interconnected circles shaping each child’s Bubble — including their inner world, home life, peers, educators, and environment.
What’s Inside:
A visual cheat sheet explaining:
What Microsystems are and how they shape emotions, identity, learning, and relationships.
The Child at the Centre — feelings, identity, culture, needs, safety, regulation, and experiences.
Mesosystem connections — where families, educators, peers, routines, and curriculum meet.
A detailed educator guide covering:
How to apply microsystems thinking in observations, planning, and everyday interactions.
Using Bubble Language to support understanding across circles.
Best-practice strategies for collaboration, communication, predictability, and identity-affirming approaches.
Reflective questions to strengthen documentation and professional practice.
A breakdown of the 5 Microsystems, including:
Inner World — emotions, body cues, self-regulation.
Family & Home — relationships, routines, cultural Bubbles.
Educators & Early Learning Setting — routines, curriculum, expectations.
Peers & Social Interactions — friendships, conflict, communication.
Environment & Community — physical spaces, culture, nature, belonging.
This resource helps educators document with context, respond instead of react, and see behaviour through a connected systems lens. Perfect for professional development, team training, reflections, and planning cycles.
