For parents and educators: the Curious Cabin

The Curious Cabin is a free, self-paced lesson in the City of Creativity from United By Creativity, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Children ages 4 to 14 meet Mr. Finch, a felt antique-shop keeper, and complete three discoveries.

What children practice

Close observation, asking questions, telling observation apart from imagination, reading an informational clue card, narrative and informative writing, and revising for a reader. Prompts scale from preschool to grade 8 and list selected Missouri ELA alignments.

Privacy and access

No account or email. Work stays in the child’s browser. Read-aloud, speech input and drawing are built in, and the lesson works with a keyboard, mouse or touch, in English, French, Spanish and Luganda.