Academics
NoticeTots
For grown-ups of 3- to 5-year-olds: say the math that's already there. Pick three things you already do every day — snack, stairs, bath — and get one short line a day: notice, say, model, ask. The screen never faces your child. A monthly card about you, never about them.
▶ Play it nowBuilt for sittings of about 10 minutes on the screen. That is our design budget, not a measurement.
Meet your mentor
Every Spark & Anvil app has a friendly mentor character that demonstrates, asks, and patiently scaffolds learning.
Mentored by Knockly
#9a3412 Characters who teach
Meet the cast
Knockly is a friendly neighbour at the kitchen door with one line a day. Evenwell asks, once a week, whether every child got the same number of whys.
Knockly
knocks twice with one short line a day and never asks for more
Evenwell
A pair of scales - asks once a week whether each child got the same number of whys
What's inside
Learning goal
For grown-ups of 3- to 5-year-olds: say the math that's already there. Pick three things you already do every day — snack, stairs, bath — and get one short line a day: notice, say, model, ask. The screen never faces your child. A monthly card about you, never about them.
Mentored by Knockly — no data leaves the device.
How NoticeTots 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
For you, the grown-up
Spark & Whetstone, our free site for grown-ups, tells what NoticeTots teaches in a short course of its own.
NoticeTots runs on ForgeKit — the open-source Swift Package Manager framework that powers every Spark & Anvil app. ForgeKit ensures consistent accessibility, COPPA compliance, and design language across the portfolio, so your kid's progress and preferences feel coherent across every app they touch.
Coming to the App Store
NoticeTots is in active development. Email us to hear when it ships — no marketing, no spam, just a one-shot launch announcement.
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