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DoughTots

A friend asks Doughby for a few seeds. Pinch a lump of dough off, squash lumps back together, and give the friend a lump with just the right number. Ten seeds stay ten, whatever shape the dough is. Counted out loud, no reading needed, nothing leaves your device.

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Built for sittings of about 10 minutes on the screen. That is our design budget, not a measurement.

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Every Spark & Anvil app has a friendly mentor character that demonstrates, asks, and patiently scaffolds learning.

Mentored by Doughby

DoughTots mascot
Live Count to tell the number of objects (K.CC.B.4) Decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs (K.OA.A.3) Find the number that makes 10 (K.OA.A.4) Hero color: #92400e
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Characters who teach

Meet the cast

DoughTots's friends each come to Doughby's bakery wanting a few seeds. Doughby keeps all ten seeds in one lump of dough, and whatever shape the dough takes, there are still ten.

Doughby portrait

Doughby

pinches dough off and squashes it back, and counts out loud so the seeds always add up to ten

Pinchy portrait

Pinchy

A crab who asks for some seeds - a little lump pinched off is a part, and what is left is the other part

Sesa portrait

Sesa

A sparrow who wants just one or four seeds - checks the lump by counting each seed once

Bap portrait

Bap

A badger who asks for three - if the lump has too many, pinch one back; too few, pinch one more on

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What's inside

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Learning goal

A friend asks Doughby for a few seeds. Pinch a lump of dough off, squash lumps back together, and give the friend a lump with just the right number. Ten seeds stay ten, whatever shape the dough is. Counted out loud, no reading needed, nothing leaves your device.

Mentored by Doughby — no data leaves the device.

How DoughTots handles your kid's data

  • ✅ All progress, settings, and AI-generated content stays on the device
  • ✅ No analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs
  • ✅ Free — no ads, no in-app purchases
  • ✅ No personal information collected from children — in line with COPPA (updated by the 2026 FTC amendments)
  • ✅ No chat with strangers — play-together rooms use a short code and preset emotes, never typed messages

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