Frequently Asked Questions About Devices and Browsers

Ploutus Lab works in the browser. There's no app to install: you use it from your phone, tablet or computer, with the same link. If your TV has a browser, you can try it; if not, a computer connected to the TV does the same job.

How to do it

You enter from the free class link and create the account. If the video looks bad, check your connection, close other tabs and reload the page. If the problem continues, support is in the help section.

What it's for

For your child, a class that starts without hiccups is a class that begins without frustration. For you, the two-minute check replaces the feeling that something will fail when everything is already set.

What the research says

Before sitting the child down, Atul Gawande, in The Checklist Manifesto, describes how a short list prevents frequent mistakes. Here there are four checks: a stable connection (Wi-Fi beats mobile data), other tabs and apps closed, especially on a phone with little memory, volume and screen ready with the sheet and pencil on the table, and signed in to the child's profile. If the video stops, it helps to wait a few seconds before reloading. James Clear, in Atomic Habits, notes that every bit of friction at the start lowers the odds of repeating the habit.

What you'll see over time

In the first weeks it helps to try the device you'll use every day, not several. Between one and six months the check becomes automatic. In the long run the routine stays on the same device, and the child knows where the class is without searching.

Signs it's working

It's working when the class starts in under a minute, when the child enters their profile without help and when the sheet is done at the same table every day.