Body Basecamp: The Human Body

Body Basecamp is a ranger camp high in the Oregon Cascades, with Mount Hood behind the tents. Scout is a hoary marmot and the camp's ranger, and Scout is your child's guide to the most amazing thing on the mountain: their own body. Every camp your child finishes earns Scout a new piece of ranger gear: a hat first, a full kit with a lantern by the eighth.

Body Basecamp teaches children in the early school years how the human body works, one small step at a time. Eight camps climb the trail through one day, from the trailhead at dawn to the campfire under the stars: bones, muscles, heart and blood, lungs and breathing, brain and nerves, the five senses, tummy and food, and staying healthy. At every stop your child meets a few body parts, each with its body team, its job and where to find it. Then they play with what they learned: pin each part where it belongs on a friendly body map, find the named bone on a glowing x-ray skeleton, sort, match, put things in order (the path food takes, the path of a breath) and answer questions. Every camp ends with a little picture book, read aloud.

REAL SCIENCE, CHECKED AND GENTLE
- 90 body parts and ideas, each with its own clear picture: a bone looks like that bone, the heart like a simple four-chambered heart
- Ten body teams, each with its own color: skeleton, muscles, heart and blood, breathing, brain and nerves, senses, digestion, the clean-up crew, skin, and staying healthy
- 286 facts and 8 picture books, checked against children's health references
- Basic anatomy and healthy habits only: nothing scary, nothing gory
- Kind to every child: no body shaming, no talk of weight or dieting, and no food is called good or bad
- Nothing is asked before it has been taught

LEARNS WITH YOUR CHILD
- A spaced-practice engine keeps track of every part and fact, brings back the shaky ones and moves on from the strong ones
- The Practice button builds a lesson from exactly what your child needs
- A Daily Trail Challenge: one short mixed lesson a day
- A wrong answer is never punished: Scout helps, and the question comes back a little later

LOTS OF ENCOURAGEMENT
- Spoken praise, streaks, stars, a sticker for every stop, medals, badges on a ranger sash and a trophy shelf
- My Body Map: a collection board where the body fills in, team by team, as your child gets to know each part well
- A girl or boy ranger in five skin tones, so every child can pick the one that looks like them, with a matching narrator voice and a wardrobe of outfit colors
- Up to three players on one device, each with their own progress

FOR GROWN-UPS
- A grown-ups area (behind a multiplication question) shows each camp's progress and what is worth practicing next
- Sound, music and voice switches, and a reset for each player
- Body Basecamp teaches basic anatomy and healthy habits. It is not medical advice

SAFE FOR CHILDREN
- No ads, ever. No accounts, no sign-in, no chat, no links out
- No data is collected: progress and an optional first name stay on this device only
- Works fully offline

TRY IT FREE
Camp 1 (bones: 14 stops and the first picture book) is free. One single purchase, made by a grown-up inside the grown-ups area, unlocks Camps 2 to 8 for good. No subscription.