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GalleryPals

Make your own museum, ages 6–8: pick things that matter to you, write a label for each (what it is, where it came from, why it matters), arrange your shelf, and give a tour to a visitor who asks great questions. On-device.

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Built for sittings of about 15 minutes on the screen. That is our design budget, not a measurement.

GalleryPals mascot

Meet your mentor

Every Spark & Anvil app has a friendly mentor character that demonstrates, asks, and patiently scaffolds learning.

Mentored by Curator

GalleryPals mascot
Live CCSS-ELA W.2.2 (informative/explanatory writing — the museum label) CCSS-ELA SL.2.4 (speaking to an audience — the tour) Curation: choosing, arranging, and explaining Hero color: #a21caf
Engagement: Modes pending

Characters who teach

Meet the cast

GalleryPals's cast run your little museum; Curator the guide shows you that a label saying WHY a thing matters is what turns a shelf into a museum.

Curator portrait

Curator

the museum-maker — write what it is, where it's from, and why it matters

Label portrait

Label

The label-writer — three lines that tell a thing's story

Shelf portrait

Shelf

The arranger — deciding what goes next to what, and why

Visitor portrait

Visitor

The visitor who asks — 'why did you choose this?' (asks, never flatters)

What's distributed-narrative methodology? →

What's inside

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Learning goal

Make your own museum, ages 6–8: pick things that matter to you, write a label for each (what it is, where it came from, why it matters), arrange your shelf, and give a tour to a visitor who asks great questions. On-device.

Mentored by Curator — no data leaves the device.

How GalleryPals handles your kid's data

  • ✅ All progress, settings, and AI-generated content stays on the device
  • ✅ No analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs
  • ✅ Free — no ads, no in-app purchases
  • ✅ No personal information collected from children — in line with COPPA (updated by the 2026 FTC amendments)
  • ✅ No chat with strangers — play-together rooms use a short code and preset emotes, never typed messages

Full parent privacy guide →

For you, the grown-up

Spark & Whetstone, our free site for grown-ups, tells what GalleryPals teaches in a short course of its own.

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