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SockTots

A pile of socks: spotty, stripy and plain. Tap a sock, then tap its row. When the pile is sorted, which row is longest? Three piles, then sort real socks or toys into rows on the floor. Ages 3–5, with a grown-up.

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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 Dotsy

SockTots mascot
Live Classify objects into given categories; count and sort by count (K.MD.B.3) Hero color: #7a3e8a
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Characters who teach

Meet the cast

SockTots's friends sort the washing. Dotsy loves spotty socks, Stripo loves stripy ones, Plainsy keeps the plain ones, and Twofer counts each row.

Dotsy portrait

Dotsy

puts every spotty sock in the spotty row, one at a time

Stripo portrait

Stripo

A zebra - finds the stripy socks and lines them up in the stripy row

Plainsy portrait

Plainsy

A lamb - keeps the plain socks together in their own row

Twofer portrait

Twofer

A crab who counts - counts each row and says which row is longest

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Learning goal

A pile of socks: spotty, stripy and plain. Tap a sock, then tap its row. When the pile is sorted, which row is longest? Three piles, then sort real socks or toys into rows on the floor. Ages 3–5, with a grown-up.

Mentored by Dotsy — no data leaves the device.

How SockTots 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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