Kid Logins, Devices, and Their Day
Device links for kid PCs and tablets, the kid dashboard, the lock for kid use, focus timers, streaks, and celebrations.
Set up a kid PC
Device links let a child's computer sign itself in, with no password to remember and no typing for little hands.
- Sign in as the parent and open Children. It is in the menu under your name at the top right on a computer, or in ••• More on a phone.
- On the Children page, find the Child Logins card beside Add Child (below it on a narrow screen). Click Edit beside the child. Under Device Access, type a device name like "Gus's tablet" and click Create Link.
- Copy the link, open it on the child's computer, and bookmark it, or set it as the browser's startup page. That device now opens straight to their day.
Kids can also sign in the ordinary way with their username and password, which you can always view on the Children page.
Set up a shared tablet
One tablet, several kids? Keep the tablet on your parent sign-in, open Family View, and choose All children. Every kid's day appears side by side, and each kid checks off their own work from the shared screen. Choose One child when a single kid is working independently. A kid's own sign-in works differently: it shows only that child's work, never a sibling's.
Lock a device for kid use
Handing your own signed-in computer or tablet to a kid? Choose One child and pick the child first; 🔒 Lock For Kid Use appears once one child is selected. Click it before handing over the device. Parent pages and navigation disappear. Kids can check off work, run the timer, and browse their week, but the rest of Trellis stays out of reach. The Locked - parent unlock control is in the Family View toolbar at the top of the locked screen.
The lock survives refreshes and server restarts. Only the parent password ends it.
- The moon/sun theme toggle works on a locked device too, and the choice sticks to that device only, so your own saved theme never moves. Unlocking brings it straight back
- Kids signed in with their own login have the same toggle, and their pick is their own. It never repaints a sibling's or a parent's screens
What kids see
A kid's login opens Today's Assignments, a simple, tablet-friendly list with no grades, no clutter, and no parent controls. Just "here's your day."
- A progress bar ("3 of 4") and a big Mark Complete button on each task
- A streak chip once they've finished two days in a row, and a small celebration when the whole day is done
- Week and Month tabs for kids who like to see what's coming
- Their "anytime this month" work appears as Anytime This Month on a computer or tablet and under Monthly checklist on a phone. Each has a pace meter showing whether they're ahead of the month or behind it. (The combined all-children Monthly Checklist lives in Family View on a parent-signed-in device.)
- My Records: their own completed work, grades, and learning log, printable for a proud grandparent
The focus timer
On a computer or tablet, open work on a kid's own list carries a Focus Timer. It is preset to the assignment's estimated minutes (from the task itself or the subject's default). Kids can nudge it ±5 or ±10 minutes, hit Start, and race the clock with built-in break reminders on long stretches. Beating the clock earns the celebration.
Celebrations, tuned per kid
Each child's Celebration style lives on the Children page:
- Auto (by grade): the garden theme through 5th grade, a simple spark burst from 6th up
- Garden or Sparks: pick one explicitly
- Calm (no celebration): for kids who'd rather just quietly get on with it