30 free levels
Typing & Digital Skills · Circuit City
Crate Crane
Type each crate to stack it, and build a tower to the clouds.
- Grades
- 3–8
- Levels
- 72 in 3 tracks
- Free
- 30 levels
- Session
- 3–8 minutes
What it is
The crane swings a crate over your tower. Type the word or sentence painted on it, exactly, and the crate drops into place with a satisfying thump. Your tower climbs past the harbor, the city, the forest and the snowy hills while Olly's crew builds beside you and Munch cheers from the top. A wrong letter turns red until you fix it with Backspace, so careful typing builds the tallest towers. Word Crates, Sentence Crates and Tap Crates take you from words to full sentences with punctuation and numbers.
What children learn
Builds accurate typing of real words and short, original sentences with capitals, punctuation, apostrophes and numbers (grades 3–8). Stars reward keys right the first time; time never counts. Touchscreen runs are kept separate.
What it teaches
- Meaningful passages
- Touchscreen text entry
- Punctuation and capitals
- All letter keys
How to play
Click the crate or press Enter to start, then type. Backspace fixes a red letter; the space bar after a crate stacks it. On a touchscreen, use the big on-screen keyboard.
Plays with: Touch 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.
Word Crates
Keyboard: words that grow from four letters to big spelling words.
3–5
24 levels · 10 free
Word Crates
Keyboard: words that grow from four letters to big spelling words. · 3–5
- 1 Harbor Yard 1 ☆☆☆
- 2 Harbor Yard 2 ☆☆☆
- 3 Harbor Yard 3 ☆☆☆
- 4 Harbor Yard 4 ☆☆☆
- 5 Harbor Yard 5 ☆☆☆
- 6 Harbor Yard Showcase ☆☆☆
- 7 City Block 1 ☆☆☆
- 8 City Block 2 ☆☆☆
- 9 City Block 3 ☆☆☆
- 10 City Block 4 ☆☆☆
- 11 City Block 5 Plan level
- 12 City Block Showcase Plan level
- 13 Forest Lodge 1 Plan level
- 14 Forest Lodge 2 Plan level
- 15 Forest Lodge 3 Plan level
- 16 Forest Lodge 4 Plan level
- 17 Forest Lodge 5 Plan level
- 18 Forest Lodge Showcase Plan level
- 19 Canyon Camp 1 Plan level
- 20 Canyon Camp 2 Plan level
- 21 Canyon Camp 3 Plan level
- 22 Canyon Camp 4 Plan level
- 23 Canyon Camp 5 Plan level
- 24 Sky Tower Finale Plan level
Levels after 10 are part of a PlayOwl plan. Free levels, saving and basic reports stay free.
Sentence Crates
Keyboard: short sentences with capitals, punctuation, apostrophes and numbers.
5–8
24 levels · 10 free
Sentence Crates
Keyboard: short sentences with capitals, punctuation, apostrophes and numbers. · 5–8
- 1 Forest Lodge 1 ☆☆☆
- 2 Forest Lodge 2 ☆☆☆
- 3 Forest Lodge 3 ☆☆☆
- 4 Forest Lodge 4 ☆☆☆
- 5 Forest Lodge 5 ☆☆☆
- 6 Forest Lodge Showcase ☆☆☆
- 7 Canyon Camp 1 ☆☆☆
- 8 Canyon Camp 2 ☆☆☆
- 9 Canyon Camp 3 ☆☆☆
- 10 Canyon Camp 4 ☆☆☆
- 11 Canyon Camp 5 Plan level
- 12 Canyon Camp Showcase Plan level
- 13 Snowy Ridge 1 Plan level
- 14 Snowy Ridge 2 Plan level
- 15 Snowy Ridge 3 Plan level
- 16 Snowy Ridge 4 Plan level
- 17 Snowy Ridge 5 Plan level
- 18 Snowy Ridge Showcase Plan level
- 19 Cloud Top 1 Plan level
- 20 Cloud Top 2 Plan level
- 21 Cloud Top 3 Plan level
- 22 Cloud Top 4 Plan level
- 23 Cloud Top 5 Plan level
- 24 Sky Tower Finale Plan level
Levels after 10 are part of a PlayOwl plan. Free levels, saving and basic reports stay free.
Tap Crates
Touchscreen: words and short phrases on the on-screen keyboard.
3–8
24 levels · 10 free
Tap Crates
Touchscreen: words and short phrases on the on-screen keyboard. · 3–8
- 1 Snowy Ridge 1 ☆☆☆
- 2 Snowy Ridge 2 ☆☆☆
- 3 Snowy Ridge 3 ☆☆☆
- 4 Snowy Ridge 4 ☆☆☆
- 5 Snowy Ridge 5 ☆☆☆
- 6 Snowy Ridge Showcase ☆☆☆
- 7 Cloud Top 1 ☆☆☆
- 8 Cloud Top 2 ☆☆☆
- 9 Cloud Top 3 ☆☆☆
- 10 Cloud Top 4 ☆☆☆
- 11 Cloud Top 5 Plan level
- 12 Cloud Top Showcase Plan level
- 13 Harbor Yard 1 Plan level
- 14 Harbor Yard 2 Plan level
- 15 Harbor Yard 3 Plan level
- 16 Harbor Yard 4 Plan level
- 17 Harbor Yard 5 Plan level
- 18 Harbor Yard Showcase Plan level
- 19 City Block 1 Plan level
- 20 City Block 2 Plan level
- 21 City Block 3 Plan level
- 22 City Block 4 Plan level
- 23 City Block 5 Plan level
- 24 Sky Tower Finale Plan level
Levels after 10 are part of a PlayOwl plan. Free levels, saving and basic reports stay free.
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