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BuilderTots
A first building game for ages 3-5: Timber the beaver builds cozy things from parts! Each thing has a little recipe - a birdhouse needs 2 logs and 1 leaf. Tap the piles to gather the right number of each part, then tap Build. No reading needed (tap to hear it), no score, no losing - just a workshop full of things you made.
▶ 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 Timber
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Meet the cast
BuilderTots's cast is Timber the beaver and the workshop of things he builds. Timber shows the recipe, counts each part, and cheers every finished thing. Illustrated chapters are on the way.
Timber
The little beaver who loves to build - he shows the recipe, counts each part out loud (one more log, two logs!), and cheers every finished thing
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The parts
Logs, stones, and leaves - the amounts a 3-5 learner gathers one more at a time, until there is exactly enough
The things
Birdhouses, boats, bridges and nests - each one made from just the right number of parts (things made from things)
Browse all chapters → · What's distributed-narrative methodology? →
What's inside
Learning goal
A first building game for ages 3-5: Timber the beaver builds cozy things from parts! Each thing has a little recipe - a birdhouse needs 2 logs and 1 leaf. Tap the piles to gather the right number of each part, then tap Build. No reading needed (tap to hear it), no score, no losing - just a workshop full of things you made.
Mentored by Timber — no data leaves the device.
How BuilderTots 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