For grown-ups
How to use it
- Tap a picture-and-word chip at the top to add it to the list. Picture chips, not typing, keep it usable for a pre-typist.
- Tap a row to check it off (⬜ → ✅); tap again to un-check. Tap 🔊 on a row to hear it, or 🔊 Read my list to hear everything still to do.
- The ▲ ▼ buttons move a row up or down, so your child can put first things first.
- 🖨️ Print my list prints the list with big boxes to tick on paper.
- The little × removes a row; Start over clears the list. Your list is saved on this device and is here when you come back.
Toad’s list
In Arnold Lobel’s Frog and Toad Together (1972), Toad writes a list of things to do today and crosses each one off as he does it. When the wind blows the list away, he sits still, because he can’t remember what to do next. It is a lovely story to read together about why a list helps.
Why a little list
Choosing a few things, ordering them, and marking them done is early self-management — a foundation of executive function at a size a six-year-old can hold. Read-aloud lets a child who is still learning to read use the list independently (a curb-cut that helps everyone). We describe the rationale honestly and claim no measured outcome — ListPals is a supportive tool, not an intervention.
No pressure, no counting
There is deliberately no score, no streak, and no "how many done." A list that scores you becomes a chore; a list that just holds what to do stays useful. Everything is on this device only, with nothing sent anywhere and no notifications or reminders.