How StarJar works

Kids earn stars

• Morning and evening routinesTick each step before the time a grown-up sets, and the routine earns a star.
• BooksFind a book by its title and put it on the bookshelf. Each book earns 1 star, or up to 5 if a grown-up chooses.
• Activities and choresTap one, like helping cook, and it earns the stars a grown-up picked for it.
• LearningAdd each learning module a kid finishes for a star.

See it in action

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  1. Grown-ups: StarJar on your phone
  2. Kids: StarJar on the family tablet
  3. Stays open until you tap Back to kids.
  4. Untouched, it moves between the boards.
  5. Give stars with a reason.
  6. Back to the kids in one tap.
  7. A tap brings back the kids' home.

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  1. Tap the jar to see your stars.
  2. Every star, and what it was for.
  3. See what your next jar is for.

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  1. Tap each step as you go.
  2. All done? Tick the rest in one go.
  3. Beat the sun and earn a star!

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  1. Add swimming, school days and birthdays.
  2. It shows on the kids' home screen.
  3. Counted in sleeps, so kids can tell.

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  1. Pick what you did today.
  2. Yes! Two stars for your jar.
  3. Oops? Undo is right there.

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  1. One star for every module you finish.
  2. Pick the subject, add the module.
  3. It goes on your learning shelf.

The jar fills up

Every star drops into the kid's own jar. A jar holds 50 stars, or a smaller jar (10 to 50) if a grown-up picks one. A full jar gets a party, and a new jar starts.

Grown-ups can line up a jar reward for each kid, with a photo and a few words, so they know what the next full jar brings.

Made for the family tablet

• Big pictures and short words, made for kids still learning to read.
• Each kid has their own colour and animal picture.
• The home screen shows the time, what's coming up, like birthdays and school, and the weather once a grown-up picks your town.
• A TV timer counts down the TV time a grown-up allows.
• No red crosses and no 'you missed it': a late routine just says try again tomorrow.
• Grown-ups can turn sounds off or choose calm motion.

Grown-ups stay in charge

• The Grown-ups' zone sits behind the StarJar password. Kids never need it.
• Set up kids, routines, activities, learning and events, give or take stars, and undo a mistake.
• Keep ideas of things to do with each kid. Kids never see them.
• StarJar runs in the web browser on tablets, phones and computers, and installs like an app.