For grown-ups
How to use it
- Pick a sticker at the top, then tap squares to place it. Tap a filled square again to clear it.
- Tap a little picture for what it is (my house / garden / friend / sky) — it becomes the keepsake's name. Tapping a picture, not typing, keeps it a pre-reader tool.
- Tap Keep it 💛. It goes into Your keep box below. Tap a card to open it again; the little × asks once before it puts one away, and Undo brings it back.
Why a keepsake shelf
A sense of authorship — "I made this, and it's mine" — is a foundation of early confidence and self-expression. Making a small thing, finishing it, keeping it, and returning to it are exactly those moves, at a size a three-year-old can hold. (We describe the rationale honestly and claim no measured outcome — KeepTots is a supportive tool, not an intervention.)
No pressure, no counting
There is deliberately no score, no streak, and no "how many kept." A shelf that counts becomes a chore; a shelf that just holds your things stays a joy. Everything is on this device only, with nothing sent anywhere and no notifications.
The grown-up side of the same idea, on Spark & Whetstone, our free site for grown-ups: Looking at Pictures Together. They keep a little picture; you look at it slowly together.