MyKidReports Learning — lesson-plan and curriculum software for daycares with an activity library, weekly room plans, and frameworks support

Operations · Learning

Lesson plans your teachers actually use.

Build a reusable library of activities. Drop them onto each room’s week. Let teachers open the schedule with materials, notes, and standards already attached.

  • ★★★★★ 5-star rated by directors
  • ● Activity library · Per-room plans · Frameworks-aligned
How it works

Build the activity. Drop it on the week.

Three layers, one workflow — from a reusable activity, to a weekly room plan, to the schedule teachers open in the morning.

1

Create a Learning Activity

Open Learning Activities and add a new one with structured fields: name, duration, indoor/outdoor, age bracket, skills, materials, description, attachment, and teacher notes. It lives in your library forever.

2

Assemble a Learning Plan

Open Create Weekly Learning Plan, give the week a name (“Letter L Week” or “Paper Plane”), and Post Activity onto each day Monday through Friday from your library.

3

Teachers open Scheduled Plans

The plan flows into the Scheduled Plans calendar that teachers open during the day. Everyone sees what’s next, with the materials, notes, and attachments already in place.

What’s inside

Built around the actual lesson-planning workflow.

Not a generic LMS, not a content library you can’t edit. Every field on the Create Activity form earns its keep at planning time and at teaching time.

Name & duration

What it’s called and how long it takes. Sounds basic — but it powers the schedule view that tells teachers what’s next.

Indoor / Outdoor

Tag every activity by setting. Filter the library when it’s raining and you need three indoor backups by 9 AM.

Age bracket (months)

From–to range so the toddler-room activity surfaces for the toddler room. No accidental misfits, no infants given a Pre-K worksheet.

Skills tagging

Multi-tag fine motor, literacy, sensory, social-emotional — or any custom skill via + Add Skill. Search the library by skill at planning time.

Materials & description

List the materials needed and describe the activity itself. So a substitute teacher running it cold has everything spelled out, not in someone’s head.

Attachments + teacher notes

Drop a 5 MB image (the craft sample, the worksheet, the flashcard layout). Plus Teacher Notes — staff-only prep tips that don’t go to parents.

01 · Create Activity

A form built for substitutes too.

The Create Activity form fills out everything a teacher running it for the first time would want to know. Eight structured fields — one per data point — not a mystery free-text box that the lead teacher writes in shorthand.

  • Activity Name, Duration, Indoor/Outdoor on the first row
  • Age Bracket From–To in months (e.g. 24–36) so each room sees the right activities
  • Skills as removable chips with + Add Skill for anything custom
  • Materials Required, Description, 5 MB Attachment, Teacher Notes
02 · Activity Library

A library that grows with your center.

Every activity you create lands in the library. Filter by age bracket, by skill, by indoor/outdoor. The activities a director added two years ago are still there for the new teacher who started yesterday.

  • Build once, reuse year after year
  • Filter by room age, skill, or indoor/outdoor
  • Each activity carries its materials, notes, and attachment
  • Drop any activity from the library straight onto a weekly plan
03 · Learning Plan

A named plan, five days at a time.

Open Learning Plans → Create Weekly Learning Plan, give the week a name, then Post Activity onto each day Monday through Friday from your library. Save it — the plan is reusable next time the same theme rolls around.

  • Name your plan (“Paper Plane,” “Letter L Week,” “Spring Garden”) so it’s easy to find again
  • Post Activity on Mon–Fri pulls straight from your activity library
  • Skip days that are field-trip or off — only post when there’s a lesson
  • Reuse a plan across rooms, semesters, or whenever the theme repeats
04 · Scheduled Plans

The schedule teachers open every morning.

Once Learning Plans are saved, they flow into Scheduled Plans — one calendar view across every room. Teachers see what’s next today, materials and notes already attached. Admins see the whole center at a glance.

  • One calendar across all rooms (Toddlers, Preschool, Pre-K)
  • Each cell shows the activity, duration, and color by type
  • Tap into any activity to see materials, notes, and attachment
  • Substitutes can run the day without a verbal handoff
The difference

Built for preschool teachers. Not a generic LMS.

Most centers run lesson planning in a Word doc, a printed binder, and the lead teacher’s memory. Learning replaces all three.

Capability
MyKidReports Learning
Word doc + printed binder
Activity library
Reusable activities with structured fields, searchable
A binder full of photocopies, only the lead teacher knows where
Age targeting
From-to in months, surfaces the right activity per room
Manual judgment call every time
Skills tagging
Multi-tag with +Add Skill, filter the library by skill
Skills written in the margin, not searchable
Per-room weekly plans
Each room has its own week, drag from library to days
A single staff schedule, room differences in pencil
Materials & teacher notes
Travel with the activity, every time it’s used
Re-typed each year, lost when the teacher leaves
Frameworks alignment
Tag activities to early-learning standards as you create them
A separate compliance binder, updated for visits
What teachers actually open
Scheduled Plans calendar with materials and notes inline
A printed sheet that’s already three days out of date
FAQ

Everything directors ask about MyKidReports Learning.

What’s the difference between Learning Activities, Learning Plans, and Scheduled Plans?+

Three layers. Learning Activities is your reusable library — each activity has a name, duration, indoor/outdoor, age bracket in months, skills, materials, description, attachments, and teacher notes. Learning Plans are weekly plans you assemble for a specific room (Toddlers, Preschool, etc.) by dropping activities onto days. Scheduled Plans is the calendar view that shows what’s actually being taught across all rooms this week. You build the activity once and reuse it forever.

How do I create a Learning Activity?+

Open Learning → Learning Activities → Create Activity. Fill in Activity Name, Duration in minutes, Indoor or Outdoor, Age Bracket from-to in months, Skills (with +Add Skill for any custom skill), Materials Required, Description, Attachments (image up to 5 MB), and Teacher Notes. Hit Create Activity and it lands in your library, ready to drop into next week’s plan for any room that fits the age bracket.

What does the Age Bracket in months actually do?+

Every activity is tagged with a from–to range in months (e.g. 24–36). When you build a Learning Plan for a room, the activities that match that room’s age range surface first — so a toddler-room activity doesn’t end up in the infant room by accident.

Can I tag custom skills on an activity?+

Yes. The Skills field is open-ended — use the + Add Skill button to add anything from “fine motor” or “literacy” to a domain-specific skill your framework calls out. Skills make it easier to find the right activity later and to report on the breadth of what was taught.

How does a Learning Plan get from a teacher to the day?+

Open Learning Plans → Create Weekly Learning Plan, give the week a name (e.g. “Letter L Week” or “Paper Plane”), and Post Activity onto each day Monday through Friday from your activity library. Save the plan and it flows into Scheduled Plans, which is what teachers (and admins) actually open during the day to see what’s next. Plans are reusable — pull the same Letter L Week back in next year.

Can I attach photos or files to an activity?+

Yes — every activity has an Attachments field for an image up to 5 MB (think: a picture of the craft sample, a worksheet, a flash-card layout). The attachment travels with the activity, so the teacher who runs it next year sees the same reference you did.

Are there teacher notes separate from the description?+

Yes. Description is for the activity itself (what the kids are doing). Teacher Notes is for the adult running it — “keep the cups capped, set up the easels before circle time, watch out for the sand bin spilling.” The two are separate fields so you can tell parents the activity was “sensory bin exploration” while telling the teacher “prep the bin during nap.”

Does it support early-learning frameworks?+

Yes. Frameworks support is built in so the activities you create and the plans you build can map to your state’s early-learning standards or your curriculum framework. Useful for licensing visits and powerful for parents who want to see how playtime ladders up to learning outcomes. See Communications for how the activity log shows up in the parent feed.

Build the activity once. Reuse it forever.

Open MyKidReports free, build your first Learning Activity, drop it into next week’s plan, and watch it surface in the Scheduled Plans calendar your teachers open every morning.