My Projects
Last updated: Tuesday, November 3, 2026, 8:45 AM CST
Start at the top. Waiting on you shows what Scout needs from you, and Done today shows what got finished today. 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.
- What's Missing: Gemini is out until 10:16 AM. A reminder is set for 10:17 AM. Then run Weeks 27, 29, 30, and 31 and send the art back. Scout finishes each page.
- Handbook and Paperwork module: its own chat is set up and briefed. Say go in that chat when you want the forms packet built.
- Curriculum Organizer: check the Weeks 2, 3, and 4 story cards in the app. If they look right like Week 1, no follow-up run is needed.
- Schoolhouse Game Cards: run the last prompt, Weeks 25 to 27 (X, Y, and Z), and send the art back. Scout finishes the deck.
- Schoolhouse books: proof the last 8 pages of Book 9, Nine Brown Acorns. Then Scout narrates it and shelves it for Week 9.
- Schoolhouse books: your yes or no on the Book 14 script, Fourteen Brown Cookies. The teen-book redo waits on this.
- Schoolhouse books: listen to Book 3, Three Yellow Triangles, on the shelf. Your listen is the last check.
- Schoolhouse books: listen to Book 5, Five Red Helmets, page 1 on the shelf. It was slowed after your note; your ear is the final check.
- Schoolhouse books: play a book through to Look and Find, then flip back through the pages. It should stay quiet now; tell Scout if it reads.
- Schoolhouse books: run the Book 6 page 1 sample prompt and send the picture back. Scout checks it before the batch starts.
- Schoolhouse books: swap the rebuilt Series Bible (Nov 1 PM copy) into the ChatGPT project, in place of the old one.
- The Cozy Whisk: Cowboy Casserole is sitting in Recently Deleted from Scout's testing, not deleted by you. Say "put it back" and Scout restores it, or leave it there.
- Art Studio: try the new search box on your iPad. Your test is the final proof.
- Printables: run the Thanksgiving binder cover prompt Scout handed you. Then the build list, then activities one at a time.
- Curriculum Crafts: have ChatGPT fix the torn paper candy cane outline, clean and smooth, when ChatGPT is back. You asked Scout to remind you.
- Amazon Associates: paused until the weekend, at your word. Then finish the tax info (your EIN) and set up direct deposit to your personal account in Amazon. That part is yours to enter.
All other projects: nothing needed from you right now.
Done today
What got finished today, Tuesday, November 3. Newest at the top. This list starts fresh each morning.
- What's Missing Week 28: finished and queued (W28-13), checked by Scout.
- What's Missing Weeks 22 to 26: finished and queued. Weeks 1 to 26 are done now.
- What's Missing prompts: Weeks 27 to 31 handed to you, and the final batch, Weeks 32 to 37, written and ready.
- Week 9 printing: cause found. The sheets are good; print a few at a time until the fix goes in.
- Cozy Whisk: you can now add to Jimmy's Picks yourself, for when Jimmy tells you a pick out loud.
- What's Missing Weeks 17 to 21: finished and queued. Weeks 1 to 21 are done now.
- What's Missing Weeks 12 to 16: finished and queued.
- What's Missing Weeks 7 to 11: finished and queued, checked by Scout.
- What's Missing Weeks 3 to 6: finished and queued, checked by Scout.
- What's Missing Week 2: finished and queued (W02-12), checked by Scout.
- Laminator pick: delivered for Things We Recommend, the Scotch TL902.
- What's Missing prompts: Weeks 2 to 6 written and handed to you.
- Dot-to-dot placement: settled, Weeks 13 to 37 only, sample is Week 26.
Recently done
The last few things finished, so you can see where you left off.
- What's Missing: 27 weeks finished and queued: Weeks 1 to 26, plus Week 28. Only 10 weeks left.
- Organizer modules: Handbook and Paperwork chat and Tax Kit chat are set up. App updates now run once a day, at night.
- Cozy Whisk: Apple Pie Oatmeal and Apple Oat Breakfast Bars added. Now 108 recipes live.
- Torn Paper crafts: all 13 templates built. Candy Cane (Week 15) is the newest.
- Curriculum Crafts: Weeks 1 to 15 at 3 to 4 crafts each. Week 16 has 2; Weeks 17 and 19 are also covered.
- Play-Doh kits: now a standing part of the crafts. Kit 1, Gingerbread, fills Week 14.
- Things We Recommend: page decided. Items set: shape punches, Handy Art paint and pumps, and the Scotch TL902 laminator.
- Gemini Patterns: COMPLETE, all 37 weeks finished, queued, and rebuilt bigger and centered.
- Organizer direction: new name decided, Miss Angie's Preschool Organizer, and the module plan is banked down the road.
- Amazon Associates: signed up Nov 2, contact info saved, and payment plan settled: direct deposit to your personal account. Tax info still to finish, paused until the weekend.
- Printables: 13 Totschooling packs banked; Thanksgiving prompts ready, more single ideas banked and placed in their packs.
Needs done next
What comes next on your two focus projects.
- 1. Curriculum activity sheets: What's Missing is 27 weeks done. When Gemini is back at 10:16 AM, run Weeks 27, 29, 30, and 31 (your step; reminder set for 10:17 AM). The final batch, Weeks 32 to 37, is written and ready. X, Y, and Z Game Cards still wait for ChatGPT.
- 2. Schoolhouse books: your proof of Book 9's last 8 pages. Then Scout narrates it and shelves it.
Newest updates
The newest changes, newest first.
- What's Missing jumped ahead: Weeks 22 to 26 are finished and queued, and Week 28 is finished and queued too. That is 27 weeks done of 37. Still owed from this batch: Weeks 27, 29, 30, and 31. Gemini is out until 10:16 AM; a reminder is set for 10:17 AM so you can keep going. Tue, Nov 3, 2026, 8:45 AM
- What's Missing prompts: Weeks 27 to 31 are in your hands, and the final batch, Weeks 32 to 37, is written and ready. When those art pieces come back, the kind is done. Tue, Nov 3, 2026, 8:45 AM
- Week 9 printing blank: Scout checked from his side. The Week 9 sheets are good, full pictures. The app serves them in a way that fails when a whole stack prints at once, so the pages come out blank. For now, print a few at a time, about 5, or one by one. The fix is queued for the next app update. Tue, Nov 3, 2026, 8:45 AM
- Organizer modules: every module can stand alone, so a buyer can start with any one. The Handbook and Paperwork module has its own chat, briefed, forms packet first, and the Tax Kit module has its own chat too. App updates now run once a day, at night. A move of the Organizer to your own Cloudflare space is being planned; the first study is done and step 1 is a ChatGPT export test. Tue, Nov 3, 2026, 8:45 AM
- Cozy Whisk: you can now add to Jimmy's Picks yourself, for when Jimmy tells you a pick out loud. Photos for the two new apple recipes are made; tell Scout if you want them forwarded to the Whisk chat to add to the recipes. Tue, Nov 3, 2026, 8:45 AM
- What's Missing Weeks 17 to 21 are finished and queued, checked by Scout. That is 21 weeks done of 37. One soft row: Week 21's toothpaste tube reads small; it is flagged here for you. Next batch of prompts, Weeks 22 to 26, is Scout's step when you are ready. Tue, Nov 3, 2026, 7:49 AM
- What's Missing is 16 weeks done: Weeks 3 to 6, 7 to 11, and 12 to 16 are all finished and queued, checked by Scout. Weeks 1 to 16 of 37 are done. Scout writes the next batch of prompts next. Tue, Nov 3, 2026, 7:45 AM
- Organizer crafts plan is set: keep the crafts already on the pages for now and add yours alongside them. You will weed through them later, and the ones you keep get a new color put-together picture. Tue, Nov 3, 2026, 7:45 AM
- Tax section plan added: tax questions search Tom Copeland's childcare tax blog, and answers quote him briefly with his name and a link to his page. Tue, Nov 3, 2026, 7:40 AM
- Organizer plan spelled out on this page: the family childcare tax kit (expenses, mileage, hours log for the time-space percentage, year-end parent tax statements) and the handbook built on state licensing rules are now written into the Organizer box below. Tue, Nov 3, 2026, 7:15 AM
- What's Missing Week 2 is finished and queued (W02-12), checked by Scout. Prompts for Weeks 3 to 6 are in your hands to run in Gemini and send back. Tue, Nov 3, 2026, 6:45 AM
- Things We Recommend: laminator pick delivered, the Scotch Thermal Laminator TL902, with your Amazon tag on the link. Tue, Nov 3, 2026, 6:45 AM
- Cozy Whisk: Apple Pie Oatmeal and Apple Oat Breakfast Bars are now in the app. That makes 108 recipes live. Recipe editing was already in the app, so no update was needed there. Tue, Nov 3, 2026, 6:45 AM
- Dot-to-dot placement is settled: inside the weekly sets, Weeks 13 to 37 only (the second go-round), never past 10. The sample is Week 26, a triangle kite. Tue, Nov 3, 2026, 6:45 AM
- New kind banked for later: very simple dot-to-dots for number sequencing. The shape of the week forms part of a simple themed coloring page or a simple scene with the characters, starting with triangles. They start on the second go-round of the shapes, not the first, when the kids are stronger with numbers. Tue, Nov 3, 2026, 5:45 AM
- New day, Tuesday, Nov 3: the Done today list starts fresh. Nothing finished yet today. Yesterday's finishes are in Recently done below, and today's Organizer update (Nov 3) puts in the 37 Patterns and What's Missing Week 1. Tue, Nov 3, 2026, 12:45 AM
- What's Missing kind is approved: you liked the fixed sample, built your way. Scout cloned the matching pictures so only the missing part differs, in even rows that fill the page. Week 1 is queued. The kind stays on Gemini; prompts for Weeks 2 to 37 come next in batches. Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 11:45 PM
- Torn Paper crafts grew to 13 templates: Candy Cane was built for Week 15 (Christmas Giving). The smoother clean outline still waits on ChatGPT, at the top of this page. Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 10:45 PM
- Curriculum Crafts: Weeks 1 to 15 are now at 3 to 4 crafts each. Week 15 is full at 4, with the pop-out-of-a-present photo craft and the Candy Cane. Week 16 has 2: the Christmas Light name craft and the JOY handprint page. Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 10:45 PM
- Play-Doh kits are now a standing part of the craft sections, sprinkled through the year like the name crafts. Kit 1 is the Gingerbread Kit for Week 14, which fills that week. One Play-Doh page in the Organizer will hold all the recipes, variations, and kits, with the tools at the bottom, each with your Amazon tag. Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 10:45 PM
- Gemini Patterns are COMPLETE: all 37 weeks finished and queued. Weeks 28 to 30 and 31 to 37 all came in tonight, rows checked exact. Week 33's bees are kept, solid stripes and all, at your call. Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 8:45 PM
- Patterns placement is set: all 37 pages rebuilt with the rows bigger and centered, the way you approved on the Week 37 sample. The queued copies are the new bigger ones. Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 8:45 PM
- What's Missing test tried: the first sample you did not like; the second filled the page better, but Gemini added extra differences. Nothing is queued. Decide tomorrow: one stricter Gemini try, or move this kind to ChatGPT. Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 8:45 PM
- Things We Recommend: a new page for the Organizer, for supplies you use a lot, with your Amazon tag on every link. First items set: shape punches and Handy Art half-gallon paint with pumps. A Play-Doh page is planned too: one standing recipe you can flavor, plus kits and tools. Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 7:45 PM
- Curriculum Crafts: Weeks 1 to 13 are now at 3 to 4 crafts each. Week 12 is full (3 turkey crafts added) and Week 13 is full. The jewel crown (Week 7) and Pentagon badge (Week 10) examples are approved. Your rule is set: screenshots are ideas only; every picture that ships is our own. Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 7:45 PM
- Torn Paper crafts grew to 12 templates: Heart was added for Week 11 (Thankful Hearts), in red, orange, yellow, and brown. Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 7:45 PM
- Gemini Patterns Weeks 21 to 27 are finished and queued for the next Organizer update. Patterns are done through Week 27. Weeks 28 to 30 are left; you ran out of Gemini juice, with a 7:20 PM reminder tonight to finish them. Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 6:45 PM
- Torn Paper crafts grew to 11 templates: Flame for Week 5 (tissue paper is the pick, red, orange, and yellow) and Bat for Week 6. Gingerbread Man lines were thickened to v3 and you approved it. Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 6:45 PM
- Curriculum Crafts chat is started: one craft per week built on that week's shape, color, and theme, target 3 to 4 crafts per week, name crafts sprinkled through the year. The Bat Name Craft is the first name craft; Week 6 is at 4. Week 2 All About Me finds are saved, and a Week 5 Fire Truck shape craft example is made. Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 6:45 PM
- Organizer modules banked down the road: Books and Games, Menus and CACFP for licensed buyers, a Licensing Helper (you set your state, Iowa first, and just ask in plain words), and a Handbook and Paperwork maker that stores everything to print. No money or billing module to start; billing comes last, only if you say so. Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 4:45 PM
- Organizer has a new name, decided today: Miss Angie's Preschool Organizer, with the tagline: Curriculum, activities, menus, and planning tools in one place. It goes on the app in the next update. Grok's direction is now the guide: Week at a Glance pages, weekly supply lists, progress trackers, and parent notes as it grows. Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 4:45 PM
- Amazon Associates: payment plan is settled. Direct deposit to your personal account, not a gift card and not your daycare account. Earnings sit at Amazon until the tax info is done. Your reminder now comes on Fridays. Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 1:45 PM
- Amazon Associates: you signed up today in your own browser, your Associate ID is set, and your contact info is checked and saved. Scout will add your tag to Amazon links you share. Paused until the weekend, at your word; then the tax info and payment method are yours to finish in Amazon. Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 12:45 PM
- Torn Paper crafts: you approved the set, and it grew to 9 templates. Gingerbread Man was added for Week 14, and Candy Corn for Week 8, with white on top, yellow in the middle, and orange at the bottom. Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 12:45 PM
- Printables: more single ideas you sent are banked and placed: Colour By Shape, Autumn Colour Code, Cut and Sort Hot or Cold, and Fall Count and Match. The apple shapes page is in the Fall pack as its Shape Matching page. Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 12:45 PM
- Printables is started, under Extras in the Organizer: all 13 Totschooling seasonal packs are banked, the Thanksgiving pack has 18 prompts ready in your style with the Helpers, and its binder cover prompt is handed to you. Your borderline calls are in: patterns, sorting by size, and simple mazes are in; rhyming is tabled. Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 11:45 AM
- Torn Paper crafts: all 7 templates (Apple, Leaf, Pumpkin, Acorn, Christmas Tree, Carrot, Tree) are rebuilt with the lift method and your flipped topper, whole and clean. They go in the Craft section of their home weeks. Your look is next. Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 11:45 AM
- Helper shape crafts: all 6 are approved in the clean, basic style, one time only each. Pip Mouse Week 1, Finn Fox Week 3, Oliver Owl Week 4, Mabel Hedgehog Week 9, Beatrice Bunny Week 28, Tilly Turtle Week 35. Four more Pinterest examples are made; Ice Cream, Rocket, Pizza, Monster, Robot, Fish, and Train are still to make. Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 11:45 AM
- Curriculum crafts: the Organizer pull is done. Crafts sit only in Weeks 1 to 12, 59 ideas; Weeks 13 to 37 have none. Scout's keepers are picked from the ones already there. Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 11:45 AM
- Gemini Patterns Weeks 16 to 20 are finished and queued for the next Organizer update. Patterns are done through Week 20, twenty weeks in all. Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 10:45 AM
- Gemini Patterns Weeks 11 to 15 are finished and queued, with the new 6-piece cut strip: the 5 answers plus 1 extra. Weeks 1 to 10 are not changed. Sticking with Gemini for the whole Patterns set, for consistency. Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 10:45 AM
- Grocery deals check moved to Thursday mornings, so it matches the ads in force when you shop Friday and Saturday. It posts the deals and the A&W Zero Sugar root beer winner in the app. Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 10:45 AM
- Banked down the road for the curriculum: a harder second-year section, a little harder across kinds. Not now; the basic foundation comes first. Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 10:45 AM
- Gemini Patterns Weeks 6 to 10 are finished and queued for the next Organizer update. Patterns are done through Week 10. The Weeks 11 to 15 prompts are ready for you, one at a time. Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 9:45 AM
- Name fix: the book is Fern's Pocketful of Almost, not Mabel's. Fern is a little brown badger. The book is not started; it sits in Book Ideas for Later. Its Bible is built. Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 9:45 AM
- Master Bibles folder is set up on your iPad: six Bibles saved there under one simple name each, and the Fern Bible is built as the seventh. Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 9:45 AM
- This page changed at your word this morning: a Done today list now sits at the top, every app has its own box below (how far we've come, what needs done, and a Down the road list), and the books are grouped by stage. The page also refreshes about every hour now. Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 8:50 AM
- New at the top of this page: a Text size choice, Normal, Big, or Biggest, for days when you do not have your glasses. Tap one and the whole page gets bigger; it stays set on your device. Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 8:50 AM
- Grocery List app rebuilt and live: one combined list with D, H, and D&H tags, store sections, a text-size choice, checked items drop to a Got it list, and a This week at your stores deals panel at the top. All 12 of your in-progress items carried over safe. Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 8:50 AM
- Gemini Patterns Weeks 1 to 5 are finished and queued for the next Organizer update, and you approved them as they are. The next batch, Weeks 6 to 10, is approved to run the same way. Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 8:50 AM
- Book 5, Five Red Helmets, is done, narrated, and live on the shelf. The shelf now holds 10 books. Page 1 was slowed a touch after your listen, and the new version is live. Sun, Nov 1, 2026, 4:48 PM
- Cards are now Schoolhouse Game Cards (Play Cards is retired). Weeks 1 to 24 are checked and placed, and every shape card has its small teacher label. Only X, Y, and Z are left; the last prompt is ready for you. Sun, Nov 1, 2026, 4:48 PM
- Organizer update is done on the app: Week 1 shows One Red Apple with its 2 Play-Doh mats. The Start Here page is not on yet; Scout is packaging it for the next update. Sun, Nov 1, 2026, 4:48 PM
- Book 6, Six Black Spiders, words are final, and the page 1 sample prompt is ready for you. The Series Bible was rebuilt again today (Nov 1 PM copy) and is ready to swap into the project. Sun, Nov 1, 2026, 4:48 PM
- Shelf fix is live: after a book plays through, flipping back through the pages for Look and Find now stays quiet. Your play-through is the final check. Sun, Nov 1, 2026, 4:48 PM
- Cozy Whisk: Best Baked Macaroni and Cheese is saved in the book, and Jim's Graziano sausage sandwiches now include the roasted red sweet peppers. Sun, Nov 1, 2026, 4:48 PM
- Halloween party video: you posted it to Facebook, so that week's daycare activity post is done. Sun, Nov 1, 2026, 4:48 PM
- Organizer update is live: 108 sheets checked live. All five sheet kinds are now live for all 37 weeks. Sun, Nov 1, 2026, 8:48 AM
- All 74 Play-Doh mats are finished with a and b numbers, packed in 7 zips. The 7 Letter Play fixes are packed too. They go up in tonight's before-bed update. Sun, Nov 1, 2026, 8:48 AM
- Schoolhouse Play Cards started: Week 1 samples are done, you gave the go-ahead for the rest, and the Weeks 2 to 6 prompt is ready. Sun, Nov 1, 2026, 8:48 AM
- New page drafted: Start Here: How We Learn Through Play, for the front of the Organizer. You read it; no changes asked for yet. Sun, Nov 1, 2026, 8:48 AM
- Hurry Up and Slow Down moved to Tabled for now, at your word: words and covers are finished, but at 32 paintings it is too long as it stands. Revisit when there is time and slim it down. Sat, Oct 31, 2026, 10:14 PM
- This page changed again tonight, at your word: Waiting on you is now at the very top, with Recently done and Needs done next under it. The check boxes in this list are gone. Nothing here needs checking off anymore. Sat, Oct 31, 2026, 10:12 PM
- This page is rebuilt to keep you focused: Waiting on you at the top, then Focus now, In process, Side jobs, and Tabled for now. Circle of Moons is in Tabled for now. Sat, Oct 31, 2026, 9:41 PM
- Book 4, Four Brown Potatoes, is done, narrated, and live on the shelf. You listened and said it sounds fine. Sat, Oct 31, 2026, 8:52 PM
- Covers: Books 1 to 4 now run full to the bottom, no empty space. The book links below are updated, and the books we took down are removed. Sat, Oct 31, 2026, 8:52 PM
- Book 3, Three Yellow Triangles, is done, narrated, and live on the shelf. Your listen is the last check. Sat, Oct 31, 2026, 4:48 PM
- Story Shelf: the old Helper books are off. The shelf now has 8 books. Sat, Oct 31, 2026, 4:48 PM
- Books 1 and 2 now have For Families pages at the back, with narration. Sat, Oct 31, 2026, 4:48 PM
- Shape Hunt is done for all 37 weeks. Sat, Oct 31, 2026, 4:48 PM
- Tonight's Organizer pack is ready, not sent yet: Counting, Shape Hunt, and 18 More or Fewer pages. Week 4 is complete. Sat, Oct 31, 2026, 4:48 PM
- More or Fewer: 18 pages done and packed. The rest are still to come. Sat, Oct 31, 2026, 4:48 PM
- New book idea, Fern's Pocketful of Almost (listed as Mabel's at first, fixed Nov 2): Fern and Otto sheets are locked. The book is not started. Sat, Oct 31, 2026, 4:48 PM
- Grocery List app is LIVE and synced: same list on your phone and desktop. You can edit it yourself. Sat, Oct 31, 2026, 8:48 AM
- Cozy Whisk is LIVE online: all 106 recipes, menu planner, servings adjuster, and Hide Menu for your iPad. Sat, Oct 31, 2026, 8:48 AM
- Cozy Whisk: Jimmy's shared book now has a big green Text My Pick to Angie button on every recipe. Sat, Oct 31, 2026, 8:48 AM
- Book Studio is LIVE: the Book Tracker shows your 7 main books, with 9 steps on each one. Sat, Oct 31, 2026, 8:48 AM
- Art Studio is smarter: one big search box for all tabs, and Ready to use boxes that copy a finished prompt. My Projects, Art Studio, and Cozy Whisk are pinned in your sidebar. Sat, Oct 31, 2026, 8:48 AM
- Curriculum Organizer checked live: Shape Hunt W01-06 is in, and the words now say activity sheets. Sat, Oct 31, 2026, 8:48 AM
- Activity sheets: Counting is queued for all 37 weeks for the next app update. Sat, Oct 31, 2026, 8:48 AM
- Shape Hunt corrections stalled in ChatGPT. Scout sent a new plan: send the best drafts, and Scout will count them. Sat, Oct 31, 2026, 8:48 AM
- Book 2, Two Blue Buttons: the shelf words are fixed to the buttons story. All 14 books checked, all still there. Sat, Oct 31, 2026, 8:48 AM
- Leo the Lion: the Family page picture was swapped for the better one. Your links did not change. Sat, Oct 31, 2026, 8:48 AM
- Leo the Lion book is done: all pages, cover, and narration finished. It is live on its own gift link, not the shelf yet. Fri, Oct 30, 2026, 4:48 PM
- Book 2, Two Blue Buttons, is done and live on the shelf. Cover is locked as the first version. All 14 books checked, all still there. Fri, Oct 30, 2026, 4:48 PM
- Halloween party video is done: final video built with music and closing words, ready for Facebook. Fri, Oct 30, 2026, 4:48 PM
- Activity sheets: next set is Shape Hunt. Week 1 sample first. Fri, Oct 30, 2026, 4:48 PM
- Curriculum Organizer update is LIVE: all 76 new activity sheets are in the app, checked and matching. Tracing preview is fixed. Fri, Oct 30, 2026, 8:48 AM
- Barnaby Page 9: your new words, the ones you called perfect, are on the page with new narration, live on the shelf. Fri, Oct 30, 2026, 8:48 AM
- Story Shelf: Barnaby was knocked off by the Apple book update. He is back, checked, and all the other books are still there. Fri, Oct 30, 2026, 8:48 AM
- Book 2, Two Blue Buttons: the first cover is the one to keep. Its lettering is now the style to match for the other covers. Fri, Oct 30, 2026, 8:48 AM
- Story Shelf: Play All and Play by row are LIVE. Books play on the TV, one row at a time, and loop. Thu, Oct 29, 2026, 4:48 PM
- Activity sheets: counting pictures are complete for all 37 weeks. Week 1 counting is approved and queued. More or Fewer Week 1 is approved, run all 37. Thu, Oct 29, 2026, 4:48 PM
- New Book 1, One Red Apple: cover title is LOCKED. You loved the lettered proof. Book 2, Two Blue Buttons, words are saved. Thu, Oct 29, 2026, 4:48 PM
- New Tilly Halloween book: words are settled and the Book Bible is built. Character sheets are locked. Thu, Oct 29, 2026, 4:48 PM
- Little Tracers: now uses your Schoolhouse fonts and is live again on its site. Thu, Oct 29, 2026, 4:48 PM
- Activity sheets: all 37 Letter Play pages are approved by you and in the app update queue, in your Schoolhouse fonts. Thu, Oct 29, 2026, 8:48 AM
- Barnaby is DONE. You rechecked the cover and the slower narration, and both passed. Thu, Oct 29, 2026, 8:48 AM
- Helpers: Seven Gray Blankets, Eight Pink Hearts, and Nine Black Pebbles are off the shelf for the Way 2 redo. Teen numbers will count as ten and some more. Thu, Oct 29, 2026, 8:48 AM
- New Book 1, One Red Apple: the 12-page proof is complete. Only the titled cover is left, restarted for a better style. Thu, Oct 29, 2026, 8:48 AM
- Activity sheets: Scout now makes them. W01-01 Apple Letter Play is finished, approved by you, and is the master for that kind of page. It is queued for the next app update. Wed, Oct 28, 2026, 4:50 PM
- Book 10, Ten Blue Badges, is finished and live on the shelf. You approved its last page fix. Wed, Oct 28, 2026, 4:50 PM
- Barnaby: the cover cut-off fix is live, please recheck it when ready. A slower narration is ready for your OK. The shelf keeps the faster one until you approve it. Wed, Oct 28, 2026, 4:50 PM
- Story Shelf: full-screen pictures during reading now work for the one-page books too, Barnaby, Tiny Wonders, and Glowing Lanterns. Wed, Oct 28, 2026, 4:50 PM
- Direction set: the Art Studio will grow into a storybook building suite, one smooth, streamlined system for making books. Wed, Oct 28, 2026, 12:13 PM
- Barnaby's Big Thanksgiving Job: narrated by Aria, approved by you, and LIVE on Miss Angie's Story Shelf at the front of Autumn Picks with a NEW star. You plan to share it after Halloween, friends first. Wed, Oct 28, 2026, 2:58 PM
- How we make picture books changed: one Book Bible file per book, plus page prompts in one batch, so you can step away while they run. Wed, Oct 28, 2026, 11:28 AM
Focus now
Your main work, in order. Start at number 1.
You decided: finish the books before starting games. Curriculum first, Schoolhouse books second. That keeps the list from getting too long.
My notes
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; X, Y, and Z wait for ChatGPT to come back. New route while ChatGPT is out: Gemini Patterns are complete: all 37 weeks are finished and queued, rebuilt with the rows bigger and centered the way you approved. From Week 11 on, cut strips are 6 pieces: the 5 answers plus 1 extra. Sticking with Gemini for the whole Patterns set. What's Missing: 27 weeks are finished and queued (Weeks 1 to 26, plus Week 28), built with Scout cloning the matching pictures. Weeks 27, 29, 30, and 31 are still to run; Gemini is out until 10:16 AM, with a reminder set for 10:17 AM. The final batch prompts, Weeks 32 to 37, are written and ready. Week 9 sheets printed blank: the sheets are good, but the app fails when a whole stack prints at once. Print a few at a time for now; the fix is queued for the next app update. 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. Crafts are moving now too: the Organizer pull is done (59 ideas, Weeks 1 to 12 only), all 6 Helper shape crafts are approved and placed, the 13 Torn Paper templates are built, and Printables packs are started under Extras, with more single ideas banked and placed in their packs. Crafts hunt: Weeks 1 to 15 are at 3 to 4 crafts each, Week 16 has 2, and Weeks 17 and 19 are covered too. Play-Doh kits are now a standing part of the crafts, sprinkled through the year; Kit 1, Gingerbread, fills Week 14. Screenshots you send are ideas only; every picture that ships is our own. Crafts already on the pages stay for now, with yours added alongside; you will weed through them later, and kept ones get a new color put-together picture. A Things We Recommend page is decided for the Organizer, and the laminator pick (Scotch TL902) is added. The curriculum is always growing, never finished. New name decided today for the app: Miss Angie's Preschool Organizer. It goes on in the next update.
Needs done: today's Organizer update (Nov 3) puts the 37 Patterns in (Scout's step). What's Missing: run Weeks 27, 29, 30, and 31 when Gemini is back (your step), then the final batch, Weeks 32 to 37. Start Here goes on the app with the next update, and the X, Y, and Z cards run when ChatGPT is back.
Down the road:
- What's Missing kind: approved Nov 2. 27 weeks are queued (Weeks 1 to 26, plus Week 28). It stays on Gemini, with Scout cloning the matching pictures and setting even rows.
- Dot-to-dot pages: very simple, for number sequencing, never past 10. Inside the weekly sets, Weeks 13 to 37 only (second go-round). The shape of the week is part of a simple themed coloring page or scene. Sample: Week 26, a triangle kite.
- Printables, at their turn: your own Spring pack and a Make-a-Face feelings pack, both banked in the Ideas Bank.
- The craft redo, after all the sheet kinds are done.
- A harder second-year section, a little harder across kinds (for example Color by Number with a few more colors). Not now; basic foundation first. You will pick the Level One / Level Two wording later.
- Maybe fancy up the Gemini Patterns pages later, only if you say so.
Updated Tue, Nov 3, 2026, 8:45 AM CST
My notes
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.
Down the road: nothing banked here yet.
Updated Sun, Nov 1, 2026, 4:48 PM CST
My notes
In process
Moving, but not the main focus.
Leo the Lion: done. Pages, cover, and narration finished, live on its own gift link. Shelf use waits for his family's permission.
Fern's Pocketful of Almost: not started; it sits in Book Ideas for Later. Fern is a little brown badger, and the Fern and Otto sheets are locked. Its Bible is built and in your Master Bibles folder.
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.
Needs done: Tilly's Halloween cover art (Scout's step). The Books section below groups every book by stage.
Down the road:
- A Tilly Christmas book.
Updated Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 9:45 AM CST
My notes
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).
Down the road: nothing banked here yet.
Updated Sun, Nov 1, 2026, 4:48 PM CST
My notes
Where it stands: live online. All 108 recipes in, including Best Baked Macaroni and Cheese, Apple Pie Oatmeal, and Apple Oat Breakfast Bars. Menu planner, servings adjuster, and Hide Menu in. Recipe editing is already in the app. 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. You can add to Jimmy's Picks yourself now too, for when Jimmy tells you a pick out loud. Photos for the two new apple recipes are made; tell Scout if you want them forwarded to the Whisk chat.
Next step: Jimmy's first real pick, and your look on your iPad, are the proof.
Down the road: nothing banked here yet.
Updated Tue, Nov 3, 2026, 8:45 AM CST
My notes
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.
Down the road:
- The Desk parts (Story, Art, Cover, Finish), when the books need them.
Updated Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 8:50 AM CST
My notes
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.
Down the road:
- Grow into the storybook building suite, one piece at a time.
Updated Sat, Oct 31, 2026, 9:41 PM CDT
My notes
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.
Needs done: nothing right now. The next piece gets built when a book shows it is needed.
Down the road:
- The pieces not built yet: Book Bible builder, batch page prompts, page checking, and book layout.
Updated Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 8:50 AM CST
Every app now has its own box in the Apps section right below: how far we've come with it, what needs done, and its Down the road list. Also live: Label Maker and Skip-Bo.
Next step: nothing needed. They are ready when you are.
Down the road: nothing banked here yet.
Updated Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 8:50 AM CST
My notes
Apps
Each app in its own box: how far we've come, what needs done, and what is down the road.
How far we've come: all five sheet kinds and all 74 Play-Doh mats are live for all 37 weeks. Gemini Patterns are complete: all 37 weeks finished and queued. What's Missing: 27 weeks are finished and queued (Weeks 1 to 26, plus Week 28). Crafts pulled and checked; all 13 Torn Paper templates are built, crafts Weeks 1 to 15 are at 3 to 4 each, Week 16 has 2, and Play-Doh kits are now a standing part of the crafts.
Needs done: today's update (Nov 3) puts in the 37 Patterns and What's Missing Week 1. The next update also puts the new name on the app: Miss Angie's Preschool Organizer, and adds the Things We Recommend page. The Week 9 printing fix is queued for the next update, so a whole stack prints instead of blanks. The Start Here page goes on at the front with the next update (it waits on ChatGPT). Your check of the Weeks 2, 3, and 4 story cards, and your Thanksgiving cover run (top of this page). Finished crafts and Printables wait in the update bundle, handed over when update work starts, likely Wednesday. App updates now run once a day, at night.
Down the road:
- New name on the app: Miss Angie's Preschool Organizer, tagline: Curriculum, activities, menus, and planning tools in one place. Goes in with the next update.
- Grow into a whole-week system, sold in modules: Curriculum on its own, plus Books and Games, Menus and CACFP, Licensing Helper, and Handbook and Paperwork.
- Every module can stand alone, so a buyer can start with any one module. Each module gets its own building chat and its own master Bible, all in one shared look. The Handbook and Paperwork chat and the Tax Kit chat are set up; the Handbook forms packet comes first, when you say go in that chat.
- Move the Organizer to your own Cloudflare space, so all your projects live together. The planning chat is set up and the first study is done; step 1 is a ChatGPT export test.
- Week at a Glance page for every week, with weekly supply lists.
- Simple progress trackers and parent notes: what we learned this week.
- Menus and CACFP module, for licensed buyers: theme-tied menus showing the food parts, a menu planner, grocery lists from the menu, a plain-language Quick Reference, and CACFP claims paperwork.
- Licensing Helper: the provider sets their state (Iowa first) and just asks in plain words. Answers name their source and the rules date. A planning helper, never official advice.
- Handbook and Paperwork maker: builds a provider's handbook from their own answers, matched to their state's licensing rules, plus all their forms. Everything is stored in their account to print anytime.
- Later, when the curriculum is finished: a landing page and waitlist, a free sample week, and a Starter Pack.
- Billing and payments come LAST, only if you say so. Nothing with money is built to start.
- Family childcare tax kit, for home providers: track expenses and mileage, keep an hours-worked log for the time-space percentage, and print year-end tax statements for parents. Tax questions are answered by searching Tom Copeland's childcare tax blog: a short quote from his article, his name, and a link to his page.
- Weekly Parent Mailer.
- Little Tracers added inside the curriculum as an extra, linked from here.
- A Play-Doh page: one page holds all the recipes, variations, and kits, with the tools at the bottom, each with your Amazon tag.
- A harder second-year section, a little harder across kinds. Not now; basic foundation first.
- Dot-to-dot pages, Weeks 13 to 37 only (second go-round): very simple number sequencing, never past 10, the shape of the week in a simple themed coloring page or scene. Sample: Week 26, a triangle kite.
Updated Tue, Nov 3, 2026, 8:45 AM CST
How far we've come: 10 books live. Play All and Play by row work on the TV, and flipping back for Look and Find stays quiet.
Needs done: Scout adds each new book as you proof it. Your final listens on Book 3 and Book 5 are the last checks.
Down the road: nothing banked here yet.
How far we've come: live online with all 108 recipes. Apple Pie Oatmeal and Apple Oat Breakfast Bars are the newest. Menu planner, servings adjuster, Hide Menu, and Jimmy's Picks are all in. You can add to Jimmy's Picks yourself now. Recipe editing is already in the app.
Needs done: Cowboy Casserole waits on your word in Recently Deleted. Jimmy's first real pick is the proof of the picks page.
Down the road: nothing banked here yet.
Updated Tue, Nov 3, 2026, 8:45 AM CST
How far we've come: rebuilt this morning and live. One combined list with D, H, and D&H tags, store sections, a text-size choice, checked items drop to a Got it list, and a This week at your stores deals panel. All 12 of your items carried over.
Needs done: your first real shop with it is the proof. Scout checks the three Grimes stores' ads on Thursday mornings and posts the deals and the root beer winner.
Down the road: nothing banked here yet.
Updated Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 10:45 AM CST
How far we've come: live on its own site, in your Schoolhouse fonts, with the saved class roster and Week mode.
Needs done: nothing right now.
Down the road:
- Move inside the Curriculum Organizer as an extra, with the Schoolhouse Helpers look to match the Organizer.
How far we've come: the Book Tracker is live: your 7 main books, 9 steps on each, your next step and notes, saved and synced.
Needs done: nothing needed from you. Scout keeps it in step as books move.
Down the road:
- The later Desk parts (Story, Art, Cover, Finish), when the books need them.
How far we've come: your style and character library. The big search box and the Ready to use prompt boxes are in, so you can copy a finished prompt yourself.
Needs done: your iPad test of the search box. Your test is the final proof.
Down the road:
- Grow into the storybook building suite, one piece at a time.
Books
Every book, grouped by where it stands.
Working on now
- Schoolhouse Helpers: Books 1 to 5 are live on the shelf. Book 9, Nine Brown Acorns, is the open one: your proof of its last 8 pages is next. Your final listens on Books 3 and 5 are the last checks on those.
- Topsy-Turvy Tilly, Halloween book: Book Bible built and settled. Cover art is next.
- The Night of Glowing Lanterns: pages 1 to 13 done, 14 to 20 left. Print size still to pick.
Started and ready to run through ChatGPT
- Book 6, Six Black Spiders: words are final. The page 1 sample prompt is ready to run; the full batch follows once the sample passes.
- Book 14, Fourteen Brown Cookies: the script is written and waits on your yes or no. A yes starts the teen-book redo (Books 12 to 20, counted as ten and some more).
Tabled / sitting
- Hurry Up and Slow Down: tabled Oct 31, 2026. Words and covers finished; too long at 32 paintings. Revisit and slim it down.
- Circle of Moons: tabled Oct 31, 2026. You like the poem and the idea. The pictures are pretty, but too much alike and not engaging. One moon is missing: the Flower Moon (May) was never written. You want to think it over, and you may circle back later.
- Fern's Pocketful of Almost: not started; it sits in Book Ideas for Later. Its Bible is built and in your Master Bibles folder.
- Leo the Lion: done and live on its gift link. Shelf use waits on his family's permission.
- Tiny Wonders: done and live. Only print prep left.
Updated Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 9:45 AM CST
Side jobs
Small jobs. Fine when you need a break from the main work.
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.
Signed up today in your own browser. Your Associate ID is set, your contact info is checked and saved, and Scout adds your tag to Amazon links in your apps and in links you share. Payment plan is settled: direct deposit to your personal account.
Needs done: pick it back up on the weekend: finish the tax info (stopped at the EIN) and set up direct deposit to your personal account in Amazon (your step).
Down the road: nothing banked here yet.
Updated Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 1:45 PM CST
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. You like the poem and the idea. The pictures are pretty, but too much alike and not engaging. One moon is missing: the Flower Moon (May) was never written. You want to think it over, and you may circle back later.
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
Good idea, saved for later. Not starting until the books are finished, per your call.
My notes
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
- Open this page on your iPhone or iPad.
- Tap the Share button (the box with an arrow pointing up).
- Tap Add to Home Screen, then tap Add.
- 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
- Open this page and read Waiting on you and Focus now at the top.
- Pick just one thing to work on.
- Tell Scout: “Where did we leave off on this one?”
- 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.
- Scout gives you ideasEvery Monday, 2 to 3 fresh seasonal ideas. You say which ones you like.
- 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.
- One page firstScout makes one page first and perfects it. You approve it, and it becomes the master for that kind of page.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Start with the weekScout pulls that week's letter, number, shape, color, and theme from the curriculum plan.
- Scout writes the story and the promptsShort rhyming story, helpers in their locked colors. Outfits can change with the season, base colors never do.
- InkWillow draws the pagesFull color, 8 by 10 portrait. Story words go in a band at the bottom of each page, in Fredoka.
- Scout checks every pageRight helper, right colors, right letter and number for the week, words match the picture.
- 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.
- You proof the whole bookRead it start to finish. Nothing is published before this step.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Scout checks every pageSame character, same style, no extra text or logos in the art. If a page drifts, Scout has it redone.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- You describe the idea in plain wordsWhat it should do, who will use it, what it should look like.
- 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.
- Scout builds the first versionOne working version, not a drawing of one.
- You test it on your iPhone or iPadYour test is the one that counts. Tell Scout what felt wrong, in your own words.
- Scout fixes and rebuildsRepeat the test and fix steps until it feels right to you.
- 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.
- Type the name or wordOne word repeats across each line. For a sentence, leave the repeat setting on, so it shows once per line.
- Print the picture versionUse the 8 by 10 image version. Open it in Photos or Files, then Share, then Print. That prints clean.
- 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
- Tell Scout what you are startingOne sentence is enough.
- Scout adds it to this pageWhat it is, what tool we use, the steps, and where it left off.
- 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 MetaIn 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 hatLays 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 GemDesigns 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
ChatGPTDraws 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 GemType 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 GeminiPaints 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.
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 3, 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.