READ · WRITE · CODE · PUBLISH

Transform your idea into a playful lesson —
and your students into creators.

Enter any topic to generate a standards-aligned lesson with readings and printables. Students then plan it on a printed storyboard and build it into an interactive story or game on screen.

COPPA & FERPA compliant · Free classroom plan · No coding required · Grades K–12

Awarded by
AASL Best Digital Tools for Teaching & Learning 2025Common Sense — Top Pick for Learning
Trusted by schools & districts
Widefield School District 3Lake ShoreSpotswood Public Schools
Built into every lesson

How learning becomes something students create.

1📖

Read & discover

Students enter the topic through high-interest background reading that builds knowledge, connections, and curiosity.

Now they have the facts, vocabulary, and questions worth writing from.

2🗂️

Storyboard & write

On a printable storyboard, students organize what they learned and draft the words that will power their project.

The storyboard turns a blank page into a sequence of manageable creative decisions.

3🎨

Design & code

On Elementari, students add characters, art, sound, animation, choices, and interactions.

Now their writing does something: it guides, explains, reveals, persuades, or changes what happens.

4🚀

Publish & share

Students revise and submit their work — and you publish it for classmates, families, or a teacher-approved audience.

A real audience gives revision a purpose — and students something worth being proud of.

My reluctant writers wrote three paragraphs — because they couldn't wait to code the next scene.— Mr. Luis Diaz · 4th Grade

Every lesson comes with…

The print-ready teacher kit
  • Classroom-ready lesson plan
  • High-interest reading passage
  • The interactive project
  • Printable student storyboard & teaching key
  • Rubric & exit tickets
  • Standards tagged to every task
Ready to teach as-is — or make it your own.
The project is the lesson

A full lesson — for every learner.

It flexes for every reader and writer in the room — from sentence frames to their own code.

Inside the Studio

Design and code — so writing leaps off the page.

Students combine scenes, sound, animation, and visual code to turn their writing into a story or game the class can play — no coding experience needed, yours or theirs.

Simple enough for a kindergartner. Open-ended enough for a senior.

  • Illustrations & backgrounds

    Thousands of characters, scenes, and props bring the writing to life — or upload your own.

  • Music, sound & voice

    Score a scene, add effects, or record a voiceover — hearing their words aloud helps students revise for clarity and expression.

  • Animations

    Make characters and text move and react, so the story actually performs.

  • Branching & endings

    Choices and multiple endings turn a story into something the reader plays.

Proof, not promises

See what students make from what they learn.

↓ real, published projects · across subjects and grade levels
Easy to start · safe by design

Made for classrooms, not adapted to them.

Students sign in with Google, Clever, or ClassLink, send work to Google Classroom, and nothing publishes without your approval.

🔒 COPPA & FERPA compliant🛡️ No ads — ever👩‍🏫 Teacher-controlled publishing

Every lesson is aligned task-by-task to relevant standards, including Common Core, NGSS, CSTA, ISTE, and supported state standards. See how standards work →

From real classrooms

When students care about what they're creating, they care about the writing.

Students presenting their published project to the class
★★★★★
“For three years, D refused to do any classwork in my class. But for this project on Elementari, he was excited and took his own initiative.”
— Ms. Paige Besthoff · CS Teacher
★★★★★
“I'm not a ‘tech person,’ and I had my whole class publishing by Friday.”
— Ms. Grace Okafor · Library, K–5
A student building her story in the studio
Ready when you are

Start with one topic. Watch what they build.

Free to try with your whole class — no credit card needed.

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