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      Meal Planning Part 6 – Classroom App Meal and Drink Daily Activities

      The Kindertales for Classrooms app contains two dedicated daily activities that work with the Meal Planning system, Meal and Drink.

      System Update Note: The original "Food" daily activity is now called "Meal" and utilizes the menu types and meals you've setup in the Meal Planner. Now that parents can specify dietary restrictions for their child the ability to "Submit All" for group meal activities has been removed. Group entries can still be recorded but you need to process the group one child at a time.

       

      The "Drink" activity leverages the drinks you've created in the Meal Planner as well.

      Meal Activity

      1. From the classroom screen select a child, open the action menu and select Meal from the Daily Activity category
      2. The "Meal" activity interface will load displaying the following information about the selected child:
        1. Child's Name and Age
        2. Dietary Restriction with details
        3. Allergies or Medical Issues with details
        4. EpiPen, Puffer, or other Action Plan requirements with details
      3. Below the above information you will find:
        1. Time picker interface for setting the time the meal took place. Tap on this to launch a time selector
        2. Which meal is being recorded. This option defaults to a meal based on the child's dietary restrictions, current time and the time ranges you specified in Meal Planning Settings
        3. You can tap on the selected meal to switch to a different meal that is available to that child
      4. The next section of the screen will display the specific meal you have configured or some different options if you haven"t configured the meal planner system:
        1. If a meal items have been configured for the currently selected meal you will see them displayed. Tapping on them will allow you to select the alternative item (if configured) or select something else from the pantry (if configured)2024-02-23_at_10.17.57_Screenshot
        2. If no meal items have been configured for the current selected meal but you have populated your pantry you will see the option to select items from the pantry.2024-02-23_at_10.20.15_Screenshot
        3. If you have not populated the meal planning system at all you will have the option to type in a manual entry
      5. After finalizing the meal details you have the option to select "How it Went" and enter any staff-only notes about the meal2024-02-23_at_10.23.13_Screenshot
      6. Click  "Submit" to submit the meal entry or cancel to return to the classroom screen.

      Drink Activity

      1. From the classroom screen select a child, open the action menu and select Drink from the Daily Activity category.
      2. The "Drink" activity interface will load displaying the following information about the selected child:
        1. Child's Name and Age
        2. Dietary Restriction with details
        3. Allergies or Medical Issues with details
        4. EpiPen, Puffer, or other Action Plan requirements with details
      3. Below the above information you will find:
        1. Time picker interface for setting the time the drink took place. Tap on this to launch a time selector
        2. Drink selector. Tap this to launch a pop-up to select from your configured drinks.
        3. Amount selector. Tap this to launch a pop-up to specify the amount in ounces.
        4. A Staff-Only notes section.
      4. Click  "Submit" to submit the drink entry or cancel to return to the classroom screen.