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Find the activities that truly engage your child

Simple home activities with everyday items. Log engagement in seconds. Watch your child's world grow. Built by a special needs parent.

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Activity preferences
Sensory play
92%
Fine motor
78%
Movement
64%
Creativity
52%
Recent activities
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Playdough Creations
♥ Loved it!
Pom Pom Pick Up
♥ Liked
Clothespin Sort
♥ Loved it!
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Sensory treasure bin
14 min · ♥ Loved it!
Cushion course
11 min · ♥ Liked
Coin drop
2 min · Resisted
Log something new
04:32
Playdough creations
Step 1: warm the dough in your hands
Done

1. See what they love. The dashboard shows which activities truly engage your child, at a glance.

You are not out of ideas

You need to know what works.

01

You've saved 100 activity ideas.

Which ones actually work for YOUR child? Pinterest cannot tell you. Playnook can, because it watches what actually happens at your house.

02

Specialists say do activities at home.

Nobody gives you a system. Playnook turns good intentions into a simple weekly plan you can actually follow, even on the hard days.

03

You know your child best.

Playnook helps you prove it. Every minute you log becomes clear evidence of what engages your child, ready to share with anyone on your team.

A gentle rhythm

Plan. Play. Learn.

No complicated setup. No perfect days needed. If you can start a timer, you can use Playnook.

1

Plan

Tell us what your child loves, avoids, and what you want to build. Playnook writes a week of activities matched to your child, all using things you already own.

2

Play

Tap start, play together, tap stop. That is the whole job. No forms, no scores, no homework. The phone goes back in your pocket and the moment stays yours.

3

Learn

The dashboard reveals what truly engages your child. Preference bands, trends, best time of day. Guessing turns into knowing, one small session at a time.

The Playnook blend

Turn "no" into "maybe"

Every child has activities they refuse. Playnook wraps them inside activities they love. Drawing lasts 2 minutes at the table, but 8 minutes with bath crayons during water play. Therapists call this pairing. Playnook does it for you, automatically.

The overlap is where tolerance grows. Small doses of the hard thing, tucked inside the fun thing, until the hard thing is not so hard anymore.

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Notice the pattern

Your child's play, finally visible.

  • Preference bands. See at a glance which activities hold attention for 14 minutes and which fade at 2.
  • Engagement trends. Watch a blend go from 4 minutes to 7 to 10, and know it is working.
  • Weekly minutes. A gentle count of time truly spent together, because that number is the one that matters.
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longer drawing time, blended
The blend is working
drawing alone, 2 min 8 min blended
Made for real families

No label required.

Autism, ADHD, sensory processing differences, speech delay, or no diagnosis at all. Playnook works from what your child loves, not from a label. Diagnosis info is always optional, and the app works fully without it.

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Your child's data belongs to you.
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Built by a special needs dad.
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DAD + FOUNDER

"I built Playnook after too many evenings guessing what might hold my son's attention. A notebook helped me see the pattern. This app is the simple, warm system I wished we had from the start."

- Rimas, founder & dad

Good questions

Made for peace of mind.

No. Playnook works from what your child loves and avoids, not from a label. Diagnosis info is optional, always, and the app works fully without it.
No. Playnook is for you, the parent. The activities themselves are screen-free, real-world play. Your child never needs to see a screen.
A blend wraps an activity your child avoids inside one they love, in small doses. Drawing at the table lasts 2 minutes, but bath crayons during water play last 8. That is a blend.
About five seconds. Tap start when play begins, tap stop when it ends, pick one of four faces for how it went. Done.

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A calmer plan for everyday play. Built around the child you know best.

✓ No ads, ever✓ Your child's data belongs to you✓ Free to start, no card needed
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