MyClassScreen vs Toy Theater
Toy Theater is a drawer of single-purpose classroom tools. MyClassScreen is one projected board you save. Both are free — here is when to use which.
Toy Theater has been a staple for elementary teachers who need a quick clock, dice roll, or fraction bar without installing software. MyClassScreen takes a different approach: one customizable board with widgets you arrange, resize, and save. This comparison helps you decide — or mix both during the week.
More display tools: full alternatives guide and free classroom display tools list.
Quick comparison
| Feature | MyClassScreen | Toy Theater |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Unified saveable board | ||
| Countdown timer | ||
| Dice / math games | Dice widget | Many game pages |
| Noise meter | ||
| Name picker | ||
| Drawing / whiteboard | ||
| Math manipulatives library | ||
| Best for | All-day projected board | Quick single activities |
Where Toy Theater wins
Toy Theater's depth is breadth: hundreds of small tools for early math, literacy games, and visual models. Need a virtual abacus for one lesson? A probability spinner for ten minutes? Open that page, project it, close it. For specialist games and manipulatives, Toy Theater remains hard to beat — especially in K–3.
Each tool is self-contained. There is no account friction. That simplicity is a feature when you only need one activity and do not want to configure a board.
Where MyClassScreen wins
Daily classroom management is about combinations: timer plus agenda plus traffic light plus noise meter. Toy Theater opens each in a new page; MyClassScreen keeps them on one layout you save and reopen tomorrow.
Try the classroom timer, dice roller, and drawing board on our site. For smart board sizing tips, see timer for smart board.
Saved templates mean subs see the same morning routine you use — harder to replicate by bookmarking twelve Toy Theater URLs.
A practical split
Many elementary teachers project MyClassScreen all period and open Toy Theater for a specific math game during the lesson segment that needs it. That is a reasonable workflow. If you find yourself alt-tabbing between five Toy Theater pages every transition, consider moving timers and cues onto one MyClassScreen board.
Build one board for the whole day
Timer, dice, drawing board, and more — saved free.
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