My Projects

Last updated: Sunday, November 1, 2026, 4:48 PM CST

Start at the top. Waiting on you shows what Scout needs from you. Focus now is your main work, in order. The rest is below, out of the way.

Waiting on you

The exact things Scout needs from you. Short list, on purpose.

All other projects: nothing needed from you right now.

Recently done

The last few things finished, so you can see where you left off.

Needs done next

What comes next on your two focus projects.

Newest updates

The newest changes, newest first.

Focus now

Your main work, in order. Start at number 1.

The rule right nowBooks before games

You decided: finish the books before starting games. Curriculum first, Schoolhouse books second. That keeps the list from getting too long.

My notes

    1. Curriculum activity sheetsFocus 1NEW

    Where it stands: all five sheet kinds are live for all 37 weeks, and all 74 Play-Doh mats are in. Game Cards: Weeks 1 to 24 done, only X, Y, and Z left. The Start Here page is drafted and still to go on the app, at the front. About 925 sheets are left in the other kinds, one kind at a time. Craft redo comes after all sheets. The curriculum is always growing, never finished.

    Next step: the X, Y, and Z art is yours to run and send back. Scout finishes the deck and packages Start Here for the next update.

    Updated Sun, Nov 1, 2026, 4:48 PM CST

    My notes

      2. Schoolhouse Helpers companion booksFocus 2NEW

      Where it stands: new Books 1 to 5 are live on the shelf, through Five Red Helmets. Covers run full to the bottom now. Old Helper books are off. Book 6, Six Black Spiders, words are final; its page 1 sample is next. Book 9's proofing is the open gap for Week 9. The teen books (12 to 20) wait on your Book 14 call. The Series Bible rebuild is done; the Nov 1 PM copy is ready to swap in. Nothing goes up until you proof it.

      Next step: your proof of Book 9's last 8 pages. Then Scout narrates it and shelves it.

      Updated Sun, Nov 1, 2026, 4:48 PM CST

      My notes

        In process

        Moving, but not the main focus.

        Your own picture booksNEW

        Leo the Lion: done. Pages, cover, and narration finished, live on its own gift link. Shelf use waits for his family's permission.

        Mabel's Pocketful of Almost: style picked. One test picture is next (Scout's step).

        Topsy-Turvy Tilly: Book 1 pages done. Tilly's Halloween book: Book Bible built, cover art next.

        The Night of Glowing Lanterns: pages 1 to 13 done, 14 to 20 left. Print size still to pick.

        Tiny Wonders: done and live. Only print prep left.

        Barnaby's Big Thanksgiving Job: done and live on the Story Shelf.

        Halloween party video: done and posted to Facebook.

        Updated Sun, Nov 1, 2026, 4:48 PM CST

        My notes

          Miss Angie's Story ShelfNEW

          Where it stands: 10 books live. Play All and Play by row work, so books play on the TV and loop. Hunt fix is live: flipping back after a book plays through now stays quiet. Parents get a link to that week's book only, never the whole shelf.

          Next step: Scout adds each book as you proof it (Scout's step).

          Updated Sun, Nov 1, 2026, 4:48 PM CST

          My notes

            The Cozy WhiskNEW

            Where it stands: live online. All 106 recipes and photos in, including the new Best Baked Macaroni and Cheese. Menu planner, servings adjuster, and Hide Menu in. Sharing is look-only. New way for Jimmy: he taps Pick for Next Week on a recipe, and it saves to your Jimmy's Picks page in the app. No texting.

            Next step: Jimmy's first real pick, and your look on your iPad, are the proof.

            Updated Sun, Nov 1, 2026, 4:48 PM CST

            My notes

              Book StudioNEW

              Where it stands: live. The Book Tracker shows your 7 main books, 9 steps on each one, plus your next step and notes. It saves and syncs. The later parts (Story Desk, Art Desk, Cover Desk, Finish Desk) are not built yet.

              Next step: nothing needed from you. Scout keeps it in step as books move.

              Updated Sat, Oct 31, 2026, 9:41 PM CDT

              My notes

                Art StudioNEW

                Where it stands: your style and character library. New: one big search box for all tabs, and Ready to use boxes that copy a finished prompt for ChatGPT, so you do not have to go through Scout. It is pinned in your sidebar.

                Next step: your iPad test of the search. Then more smart pieces, one at a time.

                Updated Sat, Oct 31, 2026, 9:41 PM CDT

                My notes

                  Storybook building suiteNEW

                  Where it stands: the plan to grow the Art Studio into one system for making books: style and character library, Book Bible builder, batch page prompts, page checking, book layout, and the Story Shelf. Proven on Barnaby. Built a piece at a time, as the books show what is needed.

                  Updated Sat, Oct 31, 2026, 9:41 PM CDT

                  Apps and tools you useNEW

                  All live: Curriculum Organizer, Little Tracers (your Schoolhouse fonts), Grocery List (synced, phone and desktop), Book Studio, Label Maker, and Skip-Bo.

                  Next step: nothing needed. They are ready when you are.

                  Updated Sat, Oct 31, 2026, 9:41 PM CDT

                  My notes

                    Side jobs

                    Small jobs. Fine when you need a break from the main work.

                    First real grocery send from the Cozy Whisk

                    The Whisk can send a recipe's list to your Grocery List app, and the grocery side is ready. The first real send is still the test. A good break-time job, when you feel like it.

                    Photo backup before Thanksgiving

                    Back up the last couple of years of photos before Thanksgiving. iCloud cleanup comes after, and only once the backup is sure.

                    Tabled for now

                    Parked. Out of the way until you say go.

                    Circle of Moons: TABLED Oct 31, 2026. Pages done through Harvest. You are not sure where it goes next, so it waits here. The Flower Moon draft is saved on file for when you come back to it.

                    Hurry Up and Slow Down: TABLED Oct 31, 2026. Words and covers are finished. You love the idea, but at 32 paintings the book is too long as it stands. Revisit when there is time and slim it down.

                    Skip-Bo, a sellable version: parked. Your own game stays private and unchanged. A new name would come first, and it is not picked yet.

                    Label Maker: parked. It is not called fixed until you say it works on your iPad.

                    Coloring Page Printer: tabled since Oct 21, 2026.

                    Updated Sat, Oct 31, 2026, 10:14 PM CDT

                    Mini games for the curriculumTabled for now

                    Good idea, saved for later. Not starting until the books are finished, per your call.

                    My notes

                      Picture Book Builder appTabled for now

                      Parked on October 26 while you decide if it helps. No changes until you reopen it.

                      My notes

                        Ideas for later

                        Big directions, one piece at a time. Not now.

                        • A full meal planning app: recipe builder and menus by ingredient, for daycare providers and for families with lots of little kids, including homeschool parents
                        • CACFP meal planner that checks every meal has what the food program requires
                        • Grocery list that builds itself from the menus
                        • Cute printable weekly menus to share with parents
                        • Weekly parent mailer: what the kids are learning, the week's menu, book of the week and game links, written up nicely, ready to email, text, or print
                        • Simple income and expense tracking for providers
                        • Marketing comes later, when the app is closer to done

                        My notes

                          Are you the project manager?

                          No. That is Scout's job.

                          You are the owner and the boss. You have the ideas, you make the final calls, and you approve the finished work.

                          Scout is the project manager. Scout keeps the list, remembers the rules, writes the prompts, checks the work, builds the apps and books, and updates this page.

                          You do not have to hold all of this in your head. This page holds it for you.

                          Your job and Scout's job

                          Keep it this simple.

                          Angie

                          OWNER AND CREATOR

                          • Say what you want to make
                          • Pick from choices Scout gives you
                          • Look at samples and say yes or no
                          • Proof the finished books
                          • Use the finished work with your kids and families

                          Scout

                          PROJECT MANAGER

                          • Keep track of every project and where it left off
                          • Remember your rules, names, and branding
                          • Write prompts for ChatGPT and Gemini
                          • Check every page and fix problems
                          • Build apps, lay out books, upload to the Story Shelf
                          • Update this page when we start or finish anything

                          Put this page where you can find it fast

                          1. Open this page on your iPhone or iPad.
                          2. Tap the Share button (the box with an arrow pointing up).
                          3. Tap Add to Home Screen, then tap Add.
                          4. Now it sits on your home screen like an app. One tap and you are here.

                          You can also ask Scout in any chat: “Show me my team page.” Scout will give you the link.

                          If you feel off track

                          1. Open this page and read Waiting on you and Focus now at the top.
                          2. Pick just one thing to work on.
                          3. Tell Scout: “Where did we leave off on this one?”
                          4. Scout picks it up from there. You do not need to remember the details.

                          How we do each project

                          The simplest way, every time. Follow the steps in order.

                          Curriculum activity sheets

                          You use: Scout (makes the sheets) + ChatGPT (uploads them) + Curriculum Organizer

                          One week at a time: letter, number, shape, color, and theme. 30 or more activity sheets, plus Play-Doh mats. For ages 3 to 4. The curriculum is always growing and never finished; you just keep adding to it.

                          1. Scout gives you ideasEvery Monday, 2 to 3 fresh seasonal ideas. You say which ones you like.
                          2. Scout writes the promptUsing your Master Bible. That one file has everything: the frame, the fonts, the rules, and the idea bank. You only upload that one file.
                          3. One page firstScout makes one page first and perfects it. You approve it, and it becomes the master for that kind of page.
                          4. Scout makes the restUsing the master layout, one page at a time. ChatGPT uploads the finished sheets. Every page uses the polka dot frame with your logo and the Name line across the top.
                          5. Scout checks themEnough work on each page, space between items, letters mixed in (not all the same letter), dotted tracing for letters and numbers, cut-out pieces at the bottom or side when needed.
                          6. File them by weekSaved with week page numbers like W08-01, and put in the Curriculum Organizer so you can find them again.

                          Your part: Pick ideas, approve the one sample, tell Scout if a page looks too busy or too simple.

                          Companion books: The Schoolhouse Helpers

                          You use: Scout + InkWillow (ChatGPT) + The Title Studio + Story Shelf

                          One short storybook for each curriculum week, starring Oliver Owl, Pip Mouse, Beatrice Bunny, Finn Fox, Mabel Hedgehog, and Tilly Turtle. Each book uses that week's letter, number, shape, color, and theme.

                          1. Start with the weekScout pulls that week's letter, number, shape, color, and theme from the curriculum plan.
                          2. Scout writes the story and the promptsShort rhyming story, helpers in their locked colors. Outfits can change with the season, base colors never do.
                          3. InkWillow draws the pagesFull color, 8 by 10 portrait. Story words go in a band at the bottom of each page, in Fredoka.
                          4. Scout checks every pageRight helper, right colors, right letter and number for the week, words match the picture.
                          5. The Title Studio letters the coverIt designs the title on the real cover art. Scout rebuilds that design exactly when the book is put together.
                          6. You proof the whole bookRead it start to finish. Nothing is published before this step.
                          7. Scout puts it on the Story ShelfScout uploads it using your Cloudflare API key, so there is no sign-in trouble. You send parents the link to that week's book only.

                          Your part: Approve the story idea if Scout asks, then proof the finished book.

                          Your own picture books

                          You use: Scout + InkWillow (ChatGPT) for most art, Gemini for moons, The Poetry Garden for poems, The Title Studio for covers

                          The books with your name on them: Topsy-Turvy Tilly, Hurry Up and Slow Down, Circle of Moons, Tiny Wonders, and The Night of Glowing Lanterns.

                          1. Words firstYour story or poem is locked first. If it starts as an idea, The Poetry Garden can turn it into a poem. Scout keeps the final words in a file.
                          2. Style and characters are lockedEach book has one look and one set of character sheets. Every new page uses those same sheets, so the characters stay the same.
                          3. Scout builds one Book Bible and batch promptsScout builds one Bible file per book: the style, the characters, their sheets, and the script. You upload that one file with Scout's batch of page prompts, and InkWillow draws half a book or a whole book while you step away. Gemini paints the moons for Circle of Moons.
                          4. Scout checks every pageSame character, same style, no extra text or logos in the art. If a page drifts, Scout has it redone.
                          5. Covers come last for the artThe Title Studio designs the title lettering on the finished cover art. Scout does not tell it which font to use.
                          6. Scout lays out the bookWords placed where that book keeps them, front and back matter added, finished file built for the Story Shelf and for print.
                          7. You proof it, then it goes liveYou read the whole book. Scout uploads it to the Story Shelf and, when you are ready, preps it for print.

                          Your part: Give Scout your ideas and stray thoughts any time. Scout catches and files them. You approve pages and proof the finished book.

                          New apps and games

                          You use: Scout to build, ChatGPT only when the app needs a lot of pictures

                          Games and tools that run from a link, like Skip-Bo, Little Tracers, and the Label Maker. No app store needed.

                          1. You describe the idea in plain wordsWhat it should do, who will use it, what it should look like.
                          2. Scout helps you pick where to build itPictures are the main thing: start in ChatGPT. A game you will keep and grow, or anything that needs your own link and your files: Scout builds it on your Cloudflare. Quick one-time tool: either works.
                          3. Scout builds the first versionOne working version, not a drawing of one.
                          4. You test it on your iPhone or iPadYour test is the one that counts. Tell Scout what felt wrong, in your own words.
                          5. Scout fixes and rebuildsRepeat the test and fix steps until it feels right to you.
                          6. Scout adds it to this pageNew work goes in the right section on this page, and in the links below, so you can always find it.

                          Your part: Describe it, test it, say what you like and what you do not.

                          Little Tracers and tracing sheets

                          You use: Little Tracers app + your printer

                          Name and word tracing for kids who are learning letters. Dashed letters, bold and dark, in plain school print.

                          1. Type the name or wordOne word repeats across each line. For a sentence, leave the repeat setting on, so it shows once per line.
                          2. Print the picture versionUse the 8 by 10 image version. Open it in Photos or Files, then Share, then Print. That prints clean.
                          3. Want it linked in your curriculum?Tell Scout. That link is on the list to add as an extra inside the curriculum.

                          Your part: Type, print, hand it to the child.

                          When we start anything new

                          You use: Just tell Scout

                          1. Tell Scout what you are startingOne sentence is enough.
                          2. Scout adds it to this pageWhat it is, what tool we use, the steps, and where it left off.
                          3. Scout keeps it updatedWhen an app is built, a book is finished, or a project is parked, this page changes to match, the same day it happens.

                          Your part: Nothing extra. If Scout ever forgets, say: “Update my projects page.”

                          The Team

                          Six specialists, one job each. Scout directs all of them for you.

                          Scout

                          Project Manager, Studio Director, and Personal Assistant

                          Muse, by Meta

                          In charge of the whole list. Research, money and email watches, reminders, the game apps, book layout, the Story Shelf, and keeping every project organized. If it needs doing, it goes through Scout.

                          The Layout Manager

                          Book Design and Layout

                          Scout's design hat

                          Lays out every book: page design, story words on the pages, front and back matter, and the finished book files for print and for the Story Shelf. When The Title Studio designs a cover, the Layout Manager rebuilds that design exactly when the book is assembled.

                          The Title Studio

                          Cover and Title Designer

                          A Gemini Gem

                          Designs the title lettering for every book cover, front and back, placed on the actual artwork: the font, the colors pulled from the painting, where it sits, and the effects. It shows concepts on the real art and gives a ranked recommendation.

                          InkWillow

                          Illustrator and Curriculum Designer

                          ChatGPT

                          Draws the pictures for the storybooks, Topsy-Turvy Tilly and Hurry Up and Slow Down, and builds the weekly daycare curriculum, 30 or more worksheets a week, organized in the Curriculum Organizer app.

                          The Poetry Garden

                          Children's Poet

                          A Gemini Gem

                          Type in any idea and it hands back a finished children's poem, rhyming and gentle, right for ages 2 to 6, in any form: haiku, acrostic, counting poem, lullaby, faith poem. Its first poem became the book Tiny Wonders.

                          Gemini

                          Night Sky Illustrator

                          Google Gemini

                          Paints the moon pictures for Circle of Moons, one moon at a time, working from Scout's prompts and the book's style rules.

                          Where the finished work lives

                          Tap any one to open it.

                          Miss Angie's Story ShelfThe online library where families read the finished books One Red AppleThe Week 1 companion book Two Blue ButtonsThe Week 2 companion book Three Yellow TrianglesThe Week 3 companion book Four Brown PotatoesThe Week 4 companion book Five Red HelmetsThe Week 5 companion book
                          Skip-BoThe card game app: Classic, Autumn Halloween, Misty Fables, and Christmas themes
                          Curriculum OrganizerThe curriculum app built in InkWillow's project, where all the weekly activity sheets live Little TracersName and word tracing sheets for the kids Label MakerFor daycare labels

                          The one-sentence version

                          “I am the owner. Scout is my project manager. I have the ideas and make the final calls, Scout keeps track, builds, checks, and updates this page, InkWillow draws, The Title Studio letters my covers, the Poetry Garden writes my poems, Gemini paints my moons, and the Story Shelf is where my families read the finished books.”

                          Copies the full list as plain text, links spelled out, ready to paste into a text or email.

                          Last updated by Scout: November 1, 2026. Scout updates this page the same day anything changes: a book finished, an app built, a project parked, or a step moving from Scout to you.