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Your quick guide to the Childs Family Arcade and Karter & Khloe's Learning Quest.

On this page:
  1. Signing in & finding your way around
  2. How Learning Quest works
  3. Kinds of learning activities
  4. Learning activities by grade level
  5. For parents
  6. Getting help

1. Signing in & finding your way around

Every player has their own account so their progress is saved. Sign in at the login screen, and you'll land on the home page โ€” the arcade's main menu.

The home page has three areas

๐Ÿ“š Learn & Grow
Educational games โ€” Learning Quest, Capital Quest (state capitals), Lemonade Tycoon, Money Masters, and a whole family of tycoon games: Business, Beach Resort, Dental, Dermatology, and Doctor Tycoon.
๐Ÿ•น๏ธ Arcade
Action, adventure, racing and sports games โ€” including Ball Master, Volley Stars, Kart Racers, and Super Strikers.
๐ŸŽฒ Classic Games
Board games and retro classics like Chess, Checkers, Snake, and Mine Sweeper.

At the top you'll see your email and a Log out button (parents and admins also see extra links there). At the bottom are helpful links: ๐Ÿ’ฌ Feedback, ๐Ÿ’ก Suggestions, and ๐Ÿ”Š Sound help. Inside any game, a ๐Ÿ  Home button brings you back, and it asks "are you sure?" so no one leaves by accident.

๐Ÿ’ป Some games work best on a computer and say so on their card. Everything in Learning Quest works on a phone, tablet, or computer.

2. How Learning Quest works

Learning Quest is the big learning adventure. Open it from the Learn & Grow section. Here's the flow:

  1. Pick your character. Play as Khloe or Karter โ€” or upload a photo to star as yourself!
  2. Pick your grade level (1โ€“12). This sets how hard the questions are and which worlds are available.
  3. Choose a world from the map. Worlds are grouped into learning paths (School Subjects, Languages, and more).
  4. Complete the activity. Most worlds are a short set of questions; a few are special (reading, typing, spelling โ€” see below).
  5. Earn stars. You get up to โญโญโญ in each world depending on how well you do. Missed some? Play it again to raise your score.
  6. Win the Golden Brain Trophy ๐Ÿ† by earning 3 stars in every world for your grade.

Your progress saves automatically, so you can stop any time and pick up right where you left off โ€” even on a different device.

3. Kinds of learning activities

Most worlds ask multiple-choice questions, but several teach in special ways:

๐Ÿ“– Story Studio โ€” read a short passage, then answer questions about it. The story can be read aloud to you.
โŒจ๏ธ Keyboard Quest โ€” a typing tutor with an on-screen keyboard and translucent hands that show which finger presses each key.
๐Ÿ”ค Spelling Bee โ€” two levels! Classic: pick the right spelling, then fill in missing letters. ๐Ÿ”ฅ Advanced: you only HEAR the word and must type the whole thing from memory.
๐Ÿ‰ Language worlds โ€” a spoken "Teach Me" mode reads each word and phrase aloud and shows what it means, plus a quiz.
๐Ÿ”๏ธ Pronunciation Peaks โ€” hear words spoken, find rhymes, and practice sounding like a pro.
โ™Ÿ๏ธ Chess Castle โ€” illustrated strategy lessons that tell you exactly where to move and why (read, don't quiz).
๐Ÿ“– "Teach me" lessons โ€” every Think & Explore and Career world offers a short lesson matched to your grade BEFORE the quiz, with read-aloud buttons. Learn first, then play.
๐Ÿ”ฅ Focus Forge โ€” not a quiz at all: three brain-training mini-games (repeat the gem pattern, sort by switching rules, tap stars but never bombs) that exercise memory, flexibility, and self-control.
๐Ÿ”Š The reading, spelling, and language activities speak out loud. If you don't hear anything, check the Sound help guide.

4. Learning activities by grade level

Every world adjusts its content to the grade you pick โ€” the same world gives a 1st-grader simple questions and an 8th-grader challenging ones. Here's what's available.

Available at every grade (1โ€“12)

๐Ÿ“– School Subjects
โ›ฐ๏ธ Math Mountain โ€” number puzzles & math skills.
๐Ÿฆ Science Safari โ€” animals, planets & experiments.
๐ŸŒด Reading Rainforest โ€” stories, words & comprehension.
๐ŸŒ Geography Globe โ€” maps, continents & landmarks.
๐Ÿ“– Story Studio โ€” read a passage, answer questions.
โŒจ๏ธ Keyboard Quest โ€” learn to type.
๐Ÿ”ค Spelling Bee โ€” hear & spell words.
๐ŸŒ World Languages
๐Ÿ‰ Mandarin Palace
๐ŸŒฎ Spanish Fiesta
๐Ÿฅ French Cafรฉ
๐Ÿช” Hindi Haveli
๐Ÿ›๏ธ Latin Colosseum
๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ Communication
๐Ÿ”๏ธ Pronunciation Peaks โ€” hear words & rhymes.
๐ŸŒฑ Life & Character Skills
โฐ Time Town โ€” telling time, then real time management: beating procrastination, planning your week.
๐Ÿง  Think & Explore
โ™Ÿ๏ธ Chess Castle โ€” strategy lessons.
๐Ÿค– AI Lab โ€” robots & smart machines.
๐Ÿ”Œ Logic Gates โ€” AND, OR, NOT & boolean thinking.
๐Ÿ’ป Code Camp โ€” programming fundamentals.
๐Ÿ”ฅ Focus Forge โ€” brain-training mini-games for memory, flexibility & self-control.
๐Ÿชž Mind Mirror โ€” metacognition: learn to watch your own thinking.
โณ Procrastination Lab โ€” the science of "I'll do it later" and how to beat it.
โš–๏ธ Decision Dojo โ€” smart choices, trade-offs & brain traps like sunk cost.
๐Ÿง  Brain Builders โ€” neuroplasticity: how practice literally rewires your brain.
๐Ÿ’ผ Real-World & Careers
๐Ÿฉบ Medical Marvels โ€” the body, medicine & the doctors and inventors who changed lives.
๐Ÿงด Skin Smart โ€” skin, sun safety & dermatology.
๐Ÿฆท Bright Smiles โ€” teeth, dental health & dental careers.
๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Safety Shield โ€” how insurance works.
๐Ÿ’ผ Finance Firm โ€” saving, investing, brokerage & accounting.
๐Ÿงช Chemistry Lab โ€” atoms, reactions & famous chemists.

Just for grades 1โ€“5 ๐ŸŒฑ

๐ŸŽฏ Self-Discipline Dojo โ€” waiting your turn, finishing before playing, when-then plans, and bouncing back after a broken streak. This world retires after 5th grade.

Unlock in 2nd grade and up (grade 2+)

Once a player reaches grade 2, six character-building worlds appear:

๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ Speak-Up Springs โ€” speaking up with confidence.
๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ Planning Peaks โ€” goals, priorities & getting organized.
๐Ÿฆ Leadership Lagoon โ€” leading and encouraging others.
๐Ÿด Responsibility Ranch โ€” responsibility & follow-through.
๐Ÿ’œ Kindness Kingdom โ€” empathy & kindness.
๐Ÿง— Grit Gorge โ€” perseverance & never giving up.

Unlock in 6th grade and up ๐ŸŒ

๐ŸŒ Global Powers โ€” geopolitics: how countries trade, form alliances, and compete โ€” from borders and chokepoints to soft power and supply chains.
๐ŸŽ“ Every grade gets a map sized for them: about 30 worlds in 1st grade and 36 worlds from 2nd grade up (the character worlds join at grade 2, the Self-Discipline Dojo hands off to Global Powers at grade 6).

How the difficulty grows

To give a feel for the range, here are a few worlds at the youngest and oldest levels:

WorldGrade 1Grades 8โ€“12
โ›ฐ๏ธ Math MountainCounting & simple additionSlope, factoring quadratics & function notation
๐Ÿ”ค Spelling Beecat, dog, sunreconnaissance, idiosyncrasy โ€” dictation-only in Advanced
๐Ÿ”Œ Logic Gates"AND means both"De Morgan's laws, proofs & valid vs. sound arguments
๐Ÿ’ป Code CampPutting steps in orderBig-O, hash tables, race conditions & technical debt
๐Ÿฉบ Medical MarvelsThe heart pumps bloodCRISPR, mRNA vaccines & the road to residency
๐Ÿชž Mind Mirror"Notice when you feel stuck"Calibration, Dunning-Kruger & retrieval practice
๐Ÿง  Brain Builders"Practice makes pathways"Long-term potentiation, BDNF & critical periods
๐Ÿ“– Story StudioShort 4-sentence storiesKatherine Johnson & supply-and-demand passages

5. For parents

Parents can follow along with their children's learning:

๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ง My Kids dashboard โ€” once an admin links your account to your child's, a My Kids link appears in your top bar showing each child's grade, stars, points, and last-played date. You can view, never change, their progress โ€” and you never see other families' data.
๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Admin page โ€” admins can create accounts, reset a grade, manage family links, and open any player's progress to see exactly which worlds are mastered, in progress, or not yet started.

6. Getting help

From the bottom of the home page you can always reach:

๐ŸŒŸ Ready? Head to the arcade, open Karter & Khloe's Learning Quest, pick your grade, and start earning stars!