Learning that feels like recess.
Coding, science and reading courses for kindergarten to Grade 6+, from Fox & Fern Books and Rocket & Raven. Short daily lessons. Every course free, start to finish, with no card.
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Tomorrow Trail
Twelve trail stops of reading, writing, math and nature with Ferris the Fox. Every line is read aloud.
Start the trail →Code Crew
Drag-and-drop logic in kindergarten, real Python by Grade 6+.
Science Launch
Hands-on investigations, weekly missions and grown-up debrief notes.
Builder's Lab
12 engineering challenges with paper, tape and cardboard.
Build → Any gradeAstronomy Year
12 sky missions. Track the Moon, find the stars.
Look up →Body Lab
Bones, muscles, heart, lungs and senses. Take your pulse, build a model arm.
Inside the Machine
What a computer is made of, how the parts talk, and how to fix the small stuff safely.
Home Helpers
Make the bed, match the socks, set the table, pack the bag. Real jobs, done safely, with Ferris and friends.
Grow It
Seeds, roots, leaves, bees and soil. Sprout a bean on the windowsill and watch it grow.
AI Explorers
What AI is, how it learns and when to double-check it, with Nova. Unplugged, no AI chat.
Bike Shop
Forces, friction, gears and brakes, plus a safe pre-ride check. A grown-up handles the tools.
Backyard Explorer
Birds, bugs, plants, animal signs and seasons, outside. A field guide for your own region of the US.
Everyday Machines
How a zipper, a lock, a faucet, a toilet, a light switch, a fridge, a car and an elevator work. Nothing gets plugged in.
Weather Lab
Build a home weather station, read real NOAA and NASA data, and learn what makes weather, storms and climate.
Matter Lab
Turn the kitchen table into a chemistry bench: atoms, states of matter, density, mixtures, reactions and a design project.
Sports Physics
Turn the backyard into a physics field: speed, forces, gravity, friction, energy and collisions with a ball, a tape measure and a timer.
Cells and Systems
Turn a kitchen windowsill into a life-science lab: cells, body systems, senses, photosynthesis and growing things with jars, seeds and a hand lens.
Earth and Space
Turn a porch step into a Sky Deck: day and night, Moon phases, eclipses, seasons, gravity, the scale of the solar system and Earth's deep past with a lamp, a ball and a jar of sand.
Ratios and Data
Turn the kitchen table into a Numbers Desk: ratios, rates, percents, negative numbers, proportional relationships, statistics and probability with counters, paper strips, a tape measure and a timer.
Expressions and Equations
Turn a garage corner into the Puzzle Post: powers, variables, equations on a coat-hanger balance, inequalities, slope, linear functions, systems and scientific notation.
Geometry and Measurement
Set up a Blueprint Table and build a cardboard model clubhouse: area, nets, volume, scale drawings, circles, angles, slides, flips and turns, and the Pythagorean theorem.
Free means free.
No trial, no preview weeks, no card and no upsell inside a lesson. Every course maps to named standards and is checked against our content standards before it ships.
How we build courses →Three hops a day.
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Pick
Choose a course by grade and what your kid loves.
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Play
A short lesson with big buttons and read-aloud help where it matters.
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Celebrate
Each finished day shows up as progress kids can see.
Two imprints, one playground.
Fox & Fern Books
Tomorrow Trail, a free read-aloud course that bridges kindergarten and first grade, with bright, uncluttered lessons that turn practice into play.
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Rocket & Raven
STEM courses that make science feel like a launch sequence, with experiments, missions, and discovery from kindergarten to Grade 6+.
Visit Rocket & Raven →Our mission
Courses that respect the learner.
Lantern Learn was started by a parent who couldn't find learning material that felt like learning. It all felt like worksheets. So we started building what we wanted: bright pages, clear instructions, real-kid pacing, and a clear job to do each day.
Fox & Fern Books treats the everyday learner like a capable, curious thinker. Rocket & Raven turns science and STEM into a launch sequence kids want to follow. Across both: short sessions, real progress, no power struggles.
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