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CapeTots
When something is hard, put on your cape and become Brave You. CapeTots is a warm daily brave-moment talk for your 3-5-year-old: a new slide, a wobbly tower, a dark room - Thimble the mouse-knight asks "what would Brave You do?", then a tiny brave move (and "not yet" or "ask for help" are brave too). A printable cape, read-aloud help - and nothing is ever saved. The Batman effect, for grown-ups and little ones together.
#C0453E Distributed-narrative cast
Meet the cast
CapeTots teaches SELF-DISTANCING for the youngest: when a feeling is big and a thing is hard, a child copes better by borrowing a braver self (the "Batman effect", White & Carlson 2017). Thimble the mouse-knight hands the child a cape - "what would Brave You do?" - over ONE small hard moment for a grown-up and a 3-5 child to share. A cape is an invitation, never a push ("not yet" and "ask for help" are brave too), and nothing is ever saved.
Thimble
Put on the cape (hero) - a mouse-knight in a thimble helmet who hands the child a cape and asks "what would Brave You do?"; the borrow-a-braver-self act IS Thimble.
Pluck
Try again - embodies gentle perseverance: when something is tricky, Brave You tries once more a different way (never a demand to keep going).
Bramble
Brave breath - embodies the steady body: one slow breath, stand tall; a calm body makes room for a little brave.
Dandelion
...and me too - a soft companion who shows the grown-up puts on a cape as well (the grown-up-first move: the adult borrows their brave self first).
What's inside
Learning goal
When something is hard, put on your cape and become Brave You. CapeTots is a warm daily brave-moment talk for your 3-5-year-old: a new slide, a wobbly tower, a dark room - Thimble the mouse-knight asks "what would Brave You do?", then a tiny brave move (and "not yet" or "ask for help" are brave too). A printable cape, read-aloud help - and nothing is ever saved. The Batman effect, for grown-ups and little ones together.
Question kits
16 curriculum-aligned kits × 25 questions = 400 questions per app, mapped to recognized standards.
On-device AI mentor
FoundationModels-powered hints, feedback, and adaptive difficulty — all running locally.
How CapeTots handles your kid's data
- ✅ All progress, settings, and AI-generated content stays on the device
- ✅ No analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs
- ✅ No ads, no in-app purchases — you pay once
- ✅ COPPA compliant under the 2026 FTC amendments
- ✅ Parental controls + session limits + content filters built in
CapeTots 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
CapeTots 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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