The Feed is Playground’s primary tool for parent engagement, keeping you connected with families during your busy workday. Administrators can effortlessly send announcements, reminders, updates on naps, diaper changes, meals and so much more.
View Posts on Mobile
The home screen of the Playground Mobile App shows the Feed.
💡 Administrators will see posts for all students in their feed. Teachers will only see posts that they've made. Teachers will also see posts in which they are listed as the recipient. If a teacher should see a particular student post, please be sure that they are added as a post recipient.
View Scheduled Posts and the Media Gallery
From the Playground Mobile App, tap All Posts on the left side of the blue banner.
Tap Scheduled Posts to see all posts scheduled to be posted in the future. Tap Media Gallery to see all photos and videos that have been posted to the Playground feed.
Filter the Feed
From the Playground Mobile App, click Filters on the right side of the blue banner.
Tap # Selected next to Post Type.
The post types will open. Tap the post types that you would like to view on your feed. Then tap Done.
Overview of Mobile Posting Features
Open the Playground app.
Tap the New Post icon in the top left corner of the screen.
Select the icon for the activity you'd like to record. Below is a list of the default Post Types available and the recommended use cases. You can also create custom posts types from the web dashboard.
Post | Great for quick messages or announcements. |
Announcement | Only post type that allows administrators to schedule send times and send as an in-app notification, email, and/or SMS. |
Observation | Most effective when used alongside the Lessons feature, allowing milestones to be integrated with lessons seamlessly. |
Potty | Record potty times and monitor potty training progress. |
Napping | Records nap times and positions, with built-in 15 minute nap check timer. |
Eating | Record meals consumed, along with CACFP details like meal type, time, and amount. |
Fluids | Track ounces consumed along with feeding times. |
Diaper | Track diaper changes and if cream has been applied. |
Sunscreen | Record when sunscreen is applied. |
Injury | Record incident details, outcomes, actions taken, observers, timing and more. |
Absence | Records a child as absent with the ability to detail any additional details. |
The Recipients screen will appear. To find a student, you can:
Scroll through the full directory
Search by name using the search bar at the top of the screen
Utilize the filters under the search bar.
Tap the Classes drop-down to select a specific classroom.
Tap the Attendance drop-down to filter by checked-in, checked-out or absent
Tap the Schedule drop-down to filter by Scheduled or Not scheduled
Tap the Program Enrollment drop-down to filter by your programs. Click here to learn how to create a new program.
When you find a student for whom you would like to record an activity, tap the check mark to the right of their name. When selected, the check mark will turn blue. When posting a Post or Announcement, you can send it to the Staff.
Tap the Next button in the top right of the screen.
Here you may select a Start and End time for your activity.
To add a custom note to this activity, tap Add a note for this student. Each unique activity will have specific details that can be recorded.
By tapping Individual details the setting will immediately shift to Bulk details. Choosing Individual student details will ask for specific information for each student while opting for Shared details allows for bulk posting.
You can also add a photo or video to the post using the two icons. You can attach up to 25 photos and videos (or a combination of the two).
Select the green icon to attach photos or videos you've already taken
Select the purple camera to take a new photo or video in real-time
Tap Post in the upper right corner of the screen once all details have been recorded.
Once your post has been added to the feed, you can view the recipients
Tap on the 3 dots on the top right of the post
Tap View recipients to see all the Guardian and/or Staff who received the post
Edit feed posts
All text in posts can be edited, which is useful for correcting spelling errors or making changes after a post has been published.
Open your Playground app.
Find the post you'd like to edit.
Click the three dots to the right of the post.
Click Edit.
Edit and add in the desired messaging and click Save changes.
Nap Checks
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Nap checks benefit administrators by providing reminders for themselves and their staff to check on sleeping children every 15 minutes. Additionally, administrators can access a sleep report with logged nap checks if this feature is utilized.
💡To begin using the 15-minute nap check feature, please make sure the following are in place:
In the General Settings of the Admin Dashboard, under the Teacher Permissions section, the Track staff current classrooms setting is toggled on
Staff members that are recording naps check in to a classroom
When recording a nap, you must select record individual details
Do not add an end time for the napping activity
From the Playground app, tap b in the top left corner.
Tap the Napping activity.
Select students for whom you'd like to record a nap, start the nap check timer, and tap Next.
Select students from the list that are in the classroom you are currently checked into and tap Next. If you selected more than one student, be sure to tap Record bulk details at the very top of the screen so that each individual student appears.
Record any student-specific details and be sure not to send a nap end time. Tap Post. The nap check timer will begin on your Feed for 15 minutes.
At the top of your Feed, you'll see # students napping with the amount of time before the next required sleep check. By tapping on this, you'll open up all current nap timers.
Tap Add sleep check in to record a sleep check and restart the timer.
Tap End nap when the student has finished their nap time. These students will appear on the Ended tap.