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BrickTots
A build-a-place game for ages 3–5: stack big bricks on a grid to make a path — a step up to the flag, or a bridge across a dip — then tap Visit and watch Brick the badger walk your place. Nothing to score, nothing to buy. On-device; nothing leaves your device.
▶ Play it nowBuilt 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 Brick
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Meet the cast
BrickTots has a tiny friendly crew who make building something a three-year-old can hold: Brick the badger comes to visit and walks the path you build; Stacky the squirrel shows you how to STACK bricks into a step to climb UP; Spanny the beaver lays a plank to SPAN a gap; and Ledge the little wren waits up on the high perch, cheering Brick to the top. Each friend shows ONE gentle building idea; everything is spoken, and there is no way to lose.
Brick
the badger who comes to VISIT - walks the path you build; he can drop down a ledge, but climbs up only one step at a time
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Stacky
Stacky the squirrel - STACK bricks to climb UP: build a step, brick on brick, so Brick can reach a high flag (building up, one at a time)
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Spanny
Spanny the beaver - lay a plank to SPAN a gap: bridge a dip with one flat brick so Brick can cross (bridging across)
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Ledge
Ledge the little wren - waits up on the high perch (or the far side) Brick is climbing toward, and cheers him to the top (the goal you build a way TO)
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What's inside
Learning goal
A build-a-place game for ages 3–5: stack big bricks on a grid to make a path — a step up to the flag, or a bridge across a dip — then tap Visit and watch Brick the badger walk your place. Nothing to score, nothing to buy. On-device; nothing leaves your device.
Mentored by Brick — no data leaves the device.
How BrickTots 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