Ideas

A map where parents share free public spots for little kids to watch diggers and cement mixers

Lots of little kids are obsessed with diggers, cranes and cement mixers, and watching real ones at work is a free outing they love. After someone shared a street in New York where you can see a row of cement mixers, another person wished there were an app for finding free, public places like that. Parents could drop a pin on a spot they can watch from the pavement or a public viewing area, say what's usually there and roughly when it's busy, and mark when they last saw it working. Building sites come and go, so each spot should show how recent its last report is.

Asked for by someone on Bluesky replying to a tip about where little kids can watch cement mixers

A picture-story writing game for kids that lights up each picture once they've named it

Children aged about 7 to 9 would see a small row of pictures and write a few sentences that use all of them. As they type, each picture lights up when they use its word, so they can see what they still need to describe, and if they're stuck, tapping a picture shows or says the word. When every row is done, the pieces join into one story the child can read back or hear read aloud, then turn the page for a new set. A parent or teacher would choose the pictures and their words, and it would need no accounts or chat.