20 free levels
Typing & Digital Skills · Circuit City
Airship Engineer
Keep the Skylark flying by typing its engineering log exactly.
- Grades
- 3–8
- Levels
- 48 in 2 tracks
- Free
- 20 levels
- Session
- 3–10 minutes
What it is
Join the crew of the airship Skylark as its engineer. Every level is a real log entry: how many crates were loaded, what the weather report said, what the captain shouted from the deck. Type it exactly, numbers and symbols included, and each finished sentence repairs another part of the ship. Stages focus on numbers, commas, apostrophes, colons, quotation marks and parentheses, always inside sentences that mean something.
What children learn
Practises the top-row numbers and the punctuation keys that writing needs: commas in lists, apostrophes in contractions and possessives, colons in labels and times, quotation marks in dialogue, and parentheses. Older engineers add decimals, percentages, hyphens and slashes. Accuracy earns stars; Chief Engineer also shows a gentle pace band that is never required.
What it teaches
- Punctuation and capitals
- Numbers and symbols
How to play
Needs a physical keyboard. Click the log or press Enter to start typing. Backspace fixes mistakes; Shift makes capitals and symbols. The keyboard picture shows which finger to use and when Shift is needed. Say next word reads the log aloud word by word.
Plays with: Keyboard
Accessibility
- Read-aloud on request
- Fully playable with a keyboard
- Calm mode with reduced motion
- No timers or time pressure
- Never relies on color alone
- Quiet mode turns off sound effects
Level maps
Tracks and levels
Each track is made for a grade range. Start anywhere that fits — you don't have to play the younger tracks first. As a guest, your stars are saved on this device.
Engine Room
Numbers, commas, apostrophes, colons, quotes and parentheses in short log entries.
3–5
24 levels · 10 free
Engine Room
Numbers, commas, apostrophes, colons, quotes and parentheses in short log entries. · 3–5
- 1 Lower Deck 1 ☆☆☆
- 2 Lower Deck 2 ☆☆☆
- 3 Lower Deck 3 ☆☆☆
- 4 Numbers Inspection ☆☆☆
- 5 Lower Deck 5 ☆☆☆
- 6 Lower Deck 6 ☆☆☆
- 7 Cargo Hold 1 ☆☆☆
- 8 Commas Inspection ☆☆☆
- 9 Cargo Hold 3 ☆☆☆
- 10 Cargo Hold 4 ☆☆☆
- 11 Cargo Hold 5 Plan level
- 12 Apostrophes Inspection Plan level
- 13 Upper Deck 1 Plan level
- 14 Upper Deck 2 Plan level
- 15 Upper Deck 3 Plan level
- 16 Colons Inspection Plan level
- 17 Upper Deck 5 Plan level
- 18 Upper Deck 6 Plan level
- 19 Crow's Nest 1 Plan level
- 20 Quotation Marks Inspection Plan level
- 21 Crow's Nest 3 Plan level
- 22 Crow's Nest 4 Plan level
- 23 Crow's Nest 5 Plan level
- 24 Parentheses Inspection Plan level
Levels after 10 are part of a PlayOwl plan. Free levels, saving and basic reports stay free.
Chief Engineer
Decimals, percentages, times and dialogue in longer logs, with a gentle pace band.
6–8
24 levels · 10 free
Chief Engineer
Decimals, percentages, times and dialogue in longer logs, with a gentle pace band. · 6–8
- 1 Gauge Room 1 ☆☆☆
- 2 Gauge Room 2 ☆☆☆
- 3 Gauge Room 3 ☆☆☆
- 4 Numbers Inspection ☆☆☆
- 5 Gauge Room 5 ☆☆☆
- 6 Gauge Room 6 ☆☆☆
- 7 Chart Room 1 ☆☆☆
- 8 Commas Inspection ☆☆☆
- 9 Chart Room 3 ☆☆☆
- 10 Chart Room 4 ☆☆☆
- 11 Chart Room 5 Plan level
- 12 Apostrophes Inspection Plan level
- 13 Signal Deck 1 Plan level
- 14 Signal Deck 2 Plan level
- 15 Signal Deck 3 Plan level
- 16 Colons Inspection Plan level
- 17 Signal Deck 5 Plan level
- 18 Signal Deck 6 Plan level
- 19 Bridge 1 Plan level
- 20 Quotation Marks Inspection Plan level
- 21 Bridge 3 Plan level
- 22 Bridge 4 Plan level
- 23 Bridge 5 Plan level
- 24 Parentheses Inspection Plan level
Levels after 10 are part of a PlayOwl plan. Free levels, saving and basic reports stay free.
Off screen
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Paper activities that go with this game.
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