diff --git a/src/app/child-dev-project/children/children.service.ts b/src/app/child-dev-project/children/children.service.ts
index 6773f200ad..0325555dbd 100644
--- a/src/app/child-dev-project/children/children.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/child-dev-project/children/children.service.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { from, Observable, Subject } from "rxjs";
 import { Child } from "./model/child";
 import { EntityMapperService } from "../../core/entity/entity-mapper.service";
 import { Note } from "../notes/model/note";
-import { EducationalMaterial } from "./educational-material/model/educational-material";
 import { Aser } from "./aser/model/aser";
 import { ChildSchoolRelation } from "./model/childSchoolRelation";
 import { HealthCheck } from "./health-checkup/model/health-check";
@@ -240,13 +239,6 @@ export class ChildrenService {
     return this.dbIndexing.createIndex(designDoc);
   }
 
-  async getEducationalMaterialsOfChild(
-    childId: string
-  ): Promise<EducationalMaterial[]> {
-    const allMaterials = await this.entityMapper.loadType(EducationalMaterial);
-    return allMaterials.filter((mat) => mat.child === childId);
-  }
-
   /**
    *
    * @param childId should be set in the specific components and is passed by the URL as a parameter
diff --git a/src/app/child-dev-project/children/educational-material/educational-material-component/educational-material.component.spec.ts b/src/app/child-dev-project/children/educational-material/educational-material-component/educational-material.component.spec.ts
index 3ad24cc18c..dd3514fa16 100644
--- a/src/app/child-dev-project/children/educational-material/educational-material-component/educational-material.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/child-dev-project/children/educational-material/educational-material-component/educational-material.component.spec.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
 import { ComponentFixture, TestBed, waitForAsync } from "@angular/core/testing";
 
 import { EducationalMaterialComponent } from "./educational-material.component";
-import { ChildrenService } from "../../children.service";
 import { Child } from "../../model/child";
 import { ChildrenModule } from "../../children.module";
 import { MockedTestingModule } from "../../../../utils/mocked-testing.module";
 import { EducationalMaterial } from "../model/educational-material";
 import { ConfigurableEnumValue } from "../../../../core/configurable-enum/configurable-enum.interface";
+import { EntityMapperService } from "../../../../core/entity/entity-mapper.service";
+import { Subject } from "rxjs";
+import { UpdatedEntity } from "../../../../core/entity/model/entity-update";
 
 describe("EducationalMaterialComponent", () => {
   let component: EducationalMaterialComponent;
   let fixture: ComponentFixture<EducationalMaterialComponent>;
-  let mockChildrenService: jasmine.SpyObj<ChildrenService>;
+  const updates = new Subject<UpdatedEntity<EducationalMaterial>>();
   const child = new Child("22");
   const PENCIL: ConfigurableEnumValue = {
     id: "pencil",
@@ -24,15 +26,11 @@ describe("EducationalMaterialComponent", () => {
 
   beforeEach(
     waitForAsync(() => {
-      mockChildrenService = jasmine.createSpyObj([
-        "getEducationalMaterialsOfChild",
-      ]);
       TestBed.configureTestingModule({
         imports: [ChildrenModule, MockedTestingModule.withState()],
-        providers: [
-          { provide: ChildrenService, useValue: mockChildrenService },
-        ],
       }).compileComponents();
+      const entityMapper = TestBed.inject(EntityMapperService);
+      spyOn(entityMapper, "receiveUpdates").and.returnValue(updates);
     })
   );
 
@@ -84,10 +82,10 @@ describe("EducationalMaterialComponent", () => {
 
   it("loads all education data associated with a child and updates the summary", async () => {
     const educationalData = [
-      { materialType: PENCIL, materialAmount: 1 },
-      { materialType: RULER, materialAmount: 2 },
+      { materialType: PENCIL, materialAmount: 1, child: child.getId() },
+      { materialType: RULER, materialAmount: 2, child: child.getId() },
     ].map(EducationalMaterial.create);
-    mockChildrenService.getEducationalMaterialsOfChild.and.resolveTo(
+    spyOn(TestBed.inject(EntityMapperService), "loadType").and.resolveTo(
       educationalData
     );
     await component.loadData("22");
@@ -96,8 +94,33 @@ describe("EducationalMaterialComponent", () => {
   });
 
   it("associates a new record with the current child", () => {
-    component.child = child;
     const newRecord = component.newRecordFactory();
     expect(newRecord.child).toBe(child.getId());
   });
+
+  it("should update the summary when entity updates are received", async () => {
+    const update1 = EducationalMaterial.create({
+      child: child.getId(),
+      materialType: PENCIL,
+      materialAmount: 1,
+    });
+    updates.next({ entity: update1, type: "new" });
+
+    expect(component.records).toEqual([update1]);
+    expect(component.summary).toBe(`${PENCIL.label}: 1`);
+
+    const update2 = update1.copy() as EducationalMaterial;
+    update2.materialAmount = 2;
+    updates.next({ entity: update2, type: "update" });
+
+    expect(component.records).toEqual([update2]);
+    expect(component.summary).toBe(`${PENCIL.label}: 2`);
+
+    const unrelatedUpdate = update1.copy() as EducationalMaterial;
+    unrelatedUpdate.child = "differentChild";
+    updates.next({ entity: unrelatedUpdate, type: "new" });
+    // No change
+    expect(component.records).toEqual([update2]);
+    expect(component.summary).toBe(`${PENCIL.label}: 2`);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/app/child-dev-project/children/educational-material/educational-material-component/educational-material.component.ts b/src/app/child-dev-project/children/educational-material/educational-material-component/educational-material.component.ts
index a5b35d02e2..34bbd67d90 100644
--- a/src/app/child-dev-project/children/educational-material/educational-material-component/educational-material.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/child-dev-project/children/educational-material/educational-material-component/educational-material.component.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,21 @@
 import { Component, Input, OnChanges, SimpleChanges } from "@angular/core";
 import { EducationalMaterial } from "../model/educational-material";
-import { ChildrenService } from "../../children.service";
 import { Child } from "../../model/child";
 import { OnInitDynamicComponent } from "../../../../core/view/dynamic-components/on-init-dynamic-component.interface";
 import { PanelConfig } from "../../../../core/entity-components/entity-details/EntityDetailsConfig";
 import { FormFieldConfig } from "../../../../core/entity-components/entity-form/entity-form/FormConfig";
 import { DynamicComponent } from "../../../../core/view/dynamic-components/dynamic-component.decorator";
+import { EntityMapperService } from "../../../../core/entity/entity-mapper.service";
+import { applyUpdate } from "../../../../core/entity/model/entity-update";
+import { filter } from "rxjs/operators";
+import { UntilDestroy, untilDestroyed } from "@ngneat/until-destroy";
 
 /**
  * Displays educational materials of a child, such as a pencil, rulers, e.t.c
  * as well as a summary
  */
 @DynamicComponent("EducationalMaterial")
+@UntilDestroy()
 @Component({
   selector: "app-educational-material",
   templateUrl: "./educational-material.component.html",
@@ -29,7 +33,21 @@ export class EducationalMaterialComponent
     { id: "description", visibleFrom: "md" },
   ];
 
-  constructor(private childrenService: ChildrenService) {}
+  constructor(private entityMapper: EntityMapperService) {
+    this.entityMapper
+      .receiveUpdates(EducationalMaterial)
+      .pipe(
+        untilDestroyed(this),
+        filter(
+          ({ entity, type }) =>
+            type === "remove" || entity.child === this.child.getId()
+        )
+      )
+      .subscribe((update) => {
+        this.records = applyUpdate(this.records, update);
+        this.updateSummary();
+      });
+  }
 
   async ngOnChanges(changes: SimpleChanges): Promise<void> {
     if (changes.hasOwnProperty("child")) {
@@ -51,9 +69,8 @@ export class EducationalMaterialComponent
    * @param id The id of the child to load the data for
    */
   async loadData(id: string) {
-    this.records = await this.childrenService.getEducationalMaterialsOfChild(
-      id
-    );
+    const allMaterials = await this.entityMapper.loadType(EducationalMaterial);
+    this.records = allMaterials.filter((mat) => mat.child === id);
     this.updateSummary();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/app/child-dev-project/children/health-checkup/health-checkup-component/health-checkup.component.spec.ts b/src/app/child-dev-project/children/health-checkup/health-checkup-component/health-checkup.component.spec.ts
index 059f922859..c07daa3d1d 100644
--- a/src/app/child-dev-project/children/health-checkup/health-checkup-component/health-checkup.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/child-dev-project/children/health-checkup/health-checkup-component/health-checkup.component.spec.ts
@@ -17,11 +17,9 @@ describe("HealthCheckupComponent", () => {
     waitForAsync(() => {
       mockChildrenService = jasmine.createSpyObj([
         "getChild",
-        "getEducationalMaterialsOfChild",
         "getHealthChecksOfChild",
       ]);
       mockChildrenService.getChild.and.returnValue(of(child));
-      mockChildrenService.getEducationalMaterialsOfChild.and.resolveTo([]);
       mockChildrenService.getHealthChecksOfChild.and.returnValue(of([]));
 
       TestBed.configureTestingModule({
diff --git a/src/app/core/entity/model/entity-update.ts b/src/app/core/entity/model/entity-update.ts
index dff20e24af..e4ae7b1570 100644
--- a/src/app/core/entity/model/entity-update.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/entity/model/entity-update.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export interface UpdatedEntity<T extends Entity> {
 export function applyUpdate<T extends Entity>(
   entities: T[],
   next: UpdatedEntity<T>
-) {
+): T[] {
   if (!next || !next.entity) {
     return entities;
   }