For teachers

Ideas for lessons

• Computing: block-coding missions on sequences, turning, planning, loops and debugging. Pupils can also design a level for a classmate to solve.
• Maths: missions on equal groups, skip counting, multiplying, sharing and dividing, a daily puzzle, and "Big Ideas" that show algebra, functions and change as things to play with.
• Science: predict, test and compare. Colour mixing, and physics experiments on friction, magnets, levers, sound, light and falling.
• Literacy: pupils write a three-scene story, then turn it into a movie, a comic or a printable picture book. Read-aloud uses the device's own voices in English, Arabic and Urdu (Urdu voices are missing on some devices).

Good to know

• Each device keeps its own pupils' work. On a shared device, children can pick their own profile with a face and a nickname.
• There are no class accounts or teacher dashboards yet. Work can be printed (picture book, comic, colouring page) or saved as a file.
• The AI helper only runs when a pupil presses a ✦ button or uses the optional chat (a parent can turn the chat off). It has a safety check and a daily limit.
• Children can't find strangers or message each other. The only shared play is an optional Comet Racer race with friends who type the same room code: nicknames only, no chat.

Tell us what you need

We're building Star Kids Lab with families and schools. If you use it in class, we'd love to hear what works and what's missing: ishtiaq@starkidslab.com