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Classroom Fireplace

A cozy, illustrated fireplace for the classroom board, with no ads. Pick a room for the season or a holiday, choose a fire sound, and Sparky keeps the fire going all day.

  • Free
  • Board
  • K–12
  • No ads
  • No sign-up
The Christmas room in Classroom Fireplace: a brick fireplace with a bright fire, four stockings and a garland on the mantel, a wreath above it, a decorated tree with presents on the right, snow falling outside the window and a gray cat asleep on a cushion. The control bar along the bottom has Theme, Music, Crackle, Quieter, Louder, Close-up, Full screen and Settings.

A fireplace for the board, without the ads

A teacher asked for a themed fireplace for the board that wasn't a YouTube video, so ads never pop up in the middle of a lesson. Classroom Fireplace is drawn, not filmed, so it stays calm on a projector all day. Choose Classic, Fall, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or Winter. Turn on the crackle, calm music, both or neither. When you light the fire, Sparky lights it with a spark from the star on his head, and he comes back with a new log every 30 minutes.

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How Classroom Fireplace works

  1. The Classroom Fireplace home screen, which says Pick a fireplace for your room. No ads, ever. The first card, Today, is marked Automatic and reads Thanksgiving right now, with a Light the fire button. The other cards are Classic, Fall, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Winter, each with a short description, over a dimmed view of the room.

    Pick a fireplace

    Choose a room for your class, or leave it on Automatic. Automatic follows the calendar: Fall in September and October, Thanksgiving through Thanksgiving Day, then Winter until March. Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa are always your pick, so Automatic never chooses a holiday for you.

  2. The Thanksgiving room before the fire is lit: Sparky, wearing earmuffs and an orange scarf, stands at the hearth as a glowing spark from the star on his head floats toward the cold logs. A wheat wreath hangs above the mantel, and a Give Thanks banner of paper leaves hangs below it.

    Sparky lights the fire

    Press Light the fire. Sparky walks in, and a spark from the star on his head floats down to the logs. The fire grows, and Sparky heads off to fetch more wood. Tap anywhere or press a key to skip straight to the fire. To turn Sparky off, open Settings.

  3. Settings open over the Winter room, with Fireplace set to Winter and the note Automatic changes with the date: Fall, then Thanksgiving, then Winter. Holidays are your pick. Below are Music volume at 50%, Crackle volume at 60% and Fire sound set to Quiet and soft.

    Choose the sound

    Crackle plays a real fire recording, quieter as the fire burns down and louder after a new log. In Settings, pick from four fire sounds: Cozy fireplace, Quiet and soft, Crackly birch or Deep oak logs. Music adds calm instrumental music from Calming Classroom Music. It's off until you turn it on, and each has its own volume.

  4. A close-up of the Hanukkah fireplace: a menorah on the mantel with its candles lit, blue and white paper decorations and dreidels, and a bright fire in the hearth filling most of the screen.

    Zoom in or fill the screen

    Press Close-up to fill the board with just the fireplace and mantel, and Whole room to go back. Full screen hides the browser, and the control bar fades away until you move the mouse. Your room, sounds and volumes are saved in the browser for next time.

What's in Classroom Fireplace

Rooms for the season and the holidays

Classic's mantel clock shows the real time. Fall has pumpkins and falling leaves, and Thanksgiving has a harvest table. Christmas has stockings and a tree. On Hanukkah, the menorah shows the right number of candles for each night. During Kwanzaa, the kinara lights one more candle each day in the traditional order. Winter turns the room blue, with paper snowflakes and snow outside.

The Hanukkah room: a menorah, dreidels and a plate of gelt on the mantel, a banner with Stars of David below it, stars hanging from the ceiling, a bright fire and snow outside the window.
The Kwanzaa room: a red, black and green flag above the mantel, a kinara with three red, one black and three green candles, a fruit bowl, a cup and ears of corn on a woven mat, and a fire burning below.
The Winter room: blue walls with a snowflake pattern, paper snowflakes hanging above the mantel, icicles and snow outside the window, and boots by the fire.

Run it from the keyboard

Every control on the bar has a key, so you can change the fire from across the room with a wireless keyboard or clicker. On the home screen, Space or Enter lights the fire.

M
Music on or off
C
Crackle on or off
Z
Close-up or whole room
F
Full screen
S
Settings
T
Pick another fireplace

Built for the classroom

  • No ads, no pop-ups and no videos starting on their own.
  • Drawn in soft colors that stay easy on the eyes on a projector all day.
  • Music is off until you turn it on, and the fire can play with no sound at all.
  • The sleeping cat can be turned off in Settings.
  • If your computer is set to reduce motion, the fire lights without Sparky's walk-in.
  • Runs in the browser, with nothing to install.

Nothing to sign up for

Classroom Fireplace has no accounts and asks for no names. Your fireplace, sounds and volumes are saved only in the browser on that computer.

Classroom Fireplace questions

What is Classroom Fireplace?

A free, illustrated fireplace for the classroom board, with seasonal and holiday rooms, real fire sounds and optional calm music. It has no ads.

Why not just play a fireplace video?

Free fireplace videos often stop for ads, which isn't something you want on the board in front of students. Classroom Fireplace has no ads, runs as long as you like, and lets you choose the room and the sound.

Which themes are there?

Classic, Fall, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Winter. Automatic picks Fall, Thanksgiving or Winter by the date, and Classic the rest of the year. The holiday rooms are only shown when you choose them.

Can I play music with the fire?

Yes. Press Music for calm instrumental music from Calming Classroom Music. You can play music and crackle together, either one alone, or neither.

Can I change the fire sound?

Yes. Open Settings and choose Cozy fireplace, Quiet and soft, Crackly birch or Deep oak logs. Quiet and soft is the default.

What does Sparky do?

When you light the fire, Sparky lights it with a spark from the star on his head. Every 30 minutes he walks back in and adds a log, and the fire grows again. You can skip him with a tap, or turn him off in Settings.

Does the fire go out?

No. The fire slowly burns lower over 30 minutes, and Sparky adds a log before it gets small. Leave it on as long as you like.

Can I hide the cat?

Yes. Turn off Show the cat in Settings.

Do students need accounts?

No. Classroom Fireplace runs on the teacher's computer, with no accounts or sign-ins for you or your students.

Tell us what your room needs

Send an idea, a bug or the fireplace you want next. Every message goes to the Flint team that built Classroom Fireplace.

Sparky in earmuffs and a scarf, sitting in a wooden rocking chair under a plaid blanket, holding a mug of cocoa with his eyes closed.