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New: print a copy of any worksheet pack for every kid in your class
Teachers kept asking for the same thing: build a worksheet pack once, then print thirty of them, each labelled with a child's name. The new class-list checkbox on the print queue does exactly that. Here's how it works, and where the small design decisions came from.
Teachers kept writing in with the same request. They'd build a lovely pack in the queue — a couple of tracing sheets, a maze, a coloring page — hit print, and then sit at the staff-room photocopier duplicating it twenty-eight times and hand-writing a name at the top of every page. That last step is the one that burns a Sunday evening.
So we built the small button that was obviously missing. The print queue now has a class-list mode. Tick one checkbox, paste a list of names, and the whole pack comes out of the PDF once per child, already labelled.
How it works
- Add whatever you want to the print queue — worksheets, printables, whichever mix of tools.
- Tick "Print a copy for each student."
- Paste your class list into the box, one name per line. Up to 40 names.
- Hit Build PDF for N students. One file comes out, ready to send to the printer.
The whole queue is repeated once per child. Every page carries that child's name at the top, and page numbers restart for each copy — so the pack for "Priya" is pages 1 to 6, then "Noah" starts back at page 1, and so on.
Why those small choices
Name on every page, not just the first. Worksheet packs get separated the moment they land on a desk. If only the cover sheet has the name, the second page is anonymous within ten minutes of the bell. Every page having the name means a scattered sheet still knows who it belongs to.
Page numbers restart per child, not one long deck. Most teachers print the file, then stack, staple and hand out per child. Restarting page numbers means each child's stapled pack reads "1 of 6, 2 of 6" the way they expect, and there's no puzzling over why little Aarav's pack starts at page 47.
One name per line. Not commas, not tabs. Class lists come out of the school system as one name per line — copy, paste, done. The box also trims extra spaces and drops blanks so a clumsy paste doesn't break anything.
A note on the names
Children's names are personal data, and we treat them accordingly. The list you type stays in your own browser (in local storage), and it's only sent to our server for the few seconds it takes to build your PDF. We do not save class lists, we do not log them, and we do not associate them with any account. Refresh the tab and the list is still there for you; clear your browser and it's gone. That's it.
Who it's for
Classroom teachers running a warm-up pack on Monday morning are the obvious case. But it turns out the same button works nicely for homeschool co-ops printing a shared session pack, tutoring centres running the same drill across a group, and birthday-party organisers who want each child to have their own maze-and-coloring pack with their name on it — which is, apparently, a huge hit at five-year-old parties.
Try it on your next pack
Head to the print queue, add anything you like — some favourites to start with are the name tracing worksheet, the alphabet tracing worksheet, a maze, or a coloring page — tick the class-list box, paste your roster, and print. If it saves you a Sunday evening, that's the whole point.