Quick Add Plan a Lesson

Plan a lesson using Quick Add

Summary: Quick Add lets you plan a lesson ahead of time so it is ready for the child when you present it. It lives at the top of every page, so you can set up a plan in a moment without navigating away. Click Quick Add, confirm the Plan Lesson tab, then either choose a date or leave the date blank for an unscheduled plan. Select the child or children and the lesson, then click Save. The planned lesson appears under Planned Lessons, organized by category and subcategory, ready to be recorded once you have given it.

Who can do this

Any teacher can plan a lesson for the children in their classroom. No special role is required.

Step-by-step

1. Open Quick Add. Click the Quick Add button at the top of the page. The Plan Lesson tab is selected for you automatically.
2. Set the date, or leave it blank. Choose the date you want to plan the lesson for. If you leave the date blank, the plan is created as an unscheduled lesson plan. See "Scheduled vs. unscheduled lesson plans" below.
3. Select the child or children. Choose the child, or several children, you want to plan the lesson for.
4. Choose the lesson. Start typing the lesson name (for example, "pink") and select it from the list that appears, such as the Pink Tower.
5. Save. Click Save. The lesson has been planned.
6. Find it under Planned Lessons. Go to Planned Lessons to see the plan, organized by its category and subcategory (for example, Sensorial — Pink Tower), along with the children it was planned for.

Scheduled vs. unscheduled lesson plans

The date field is what decides whether a plan is scheduled or unscheduled:

• Scheduled — choose a date, and the plan is tied to that day. This is useful when you know exactly when you want to present the lesson.
• Unscheduled — leave the date blank, and the plan becomes an unscheduled lesson plan. The lesson is ready and waiting whenever you decide to present it, without being tied to a particular day.

Why a planned lesson may not show on My Day

If you plan a lesson for a future date, it will not appear on My Day, because My Day only shows lessons planned for today. This is expected. To see lessons planned for other days, go to Planned Lessons, where everything you have planned is listed by category and subcategory.

A few things worth knowing

• Planning a lesson is not the same as recording it. A plan sets the lesson up in advance; you record it once the child has actually had the lesson.
• The lesson field is a search box, so you only need to type part of the lesson name to find it.
• Leaving the date blank is the simplest way to keep a lesson ready without committing it to a specific day.

Related articles

• Record a lesson using Quick Add
• 4 ways to record a lesson
• Editing or deleting an entry from the activities feed

Watch the video

Here is a short video covering this topic for additional reference.