Lesson 5: Action Menu - Daily Activity & Bulk Actions

Managing Daily Activities and Coordinating Group Actions

Objective:
Learn to efficiently use the action menu to record daily activities for individual children and manage actions for multiple children simultaneously.

Overview:
The action menu is central to documenting what each child has done throughout the day. This lesson focuses on understanding the daily activity wizards, utilizing the "My Day" feature for quick updates to families, and executing bulk actions for groups of children.

Steps:

1. Navigating Daily Activities

   • The action menu includes wizards that guide you through recording various daily events, from meals and naps to playtime.

2. Using the Baby Bulletin

   • If enabled by your administration, this feature allows you to receive information from parents about their child's activities before arriving at the center, such as sleep times and last meals eaten.

3. Engaging Families with 'My Day'

   • This beloved feature lets you send quick updates to families. To use 'My Day':
     • Select the "My Day" category from the action menu.
     • Click the camera icon to take a new picture or select a pre-existing one from quick media. You can send up to 5 photos.
     • Enter a caption for the parents and any internal notes for staff.
     • Click Submit to send the update. Remember, this is intended for brief notes, not lengthy descriptions.

4. Recording Activities in Bulk

   • To record activities for multiple children:
     • On the dashboard, select the circles of all children involved.
     • Access the action menu, which will now show options applicable to multiple children.
     • Perform necessary actions such as checking in/out or moving groups, which streamline managing larger numbers of children.
       
       

       💡 Kindertales Tips

       Bulk Actions are a convenient way to efficiently manage tasks. For example, if most of your students drank juice in the afternoon except for a few, you can easily select and deselect those specific children to log the Drink daily activity in bulk. Similarly, if 12 children napped for 45 minutes, just select those children to mass log the Nap daily activity. This feature simplifies keeping a large group of families informed quickly and easily.

        

5. Coordinating Movement of Groups

   • When moving an entire class, such as to a playground:
     • Ensure all children are selected on the dashboard.
     • In the action menu, execute the move by selecting the new location.
     • If you are moving with the group, click the “change my location to selected room” option to update your location in the system.