Academics
CurlTots
Print the ribbon page. Curl one paper ribbon round a crayon, fold the other back and forth into a zigzag, and join them: one ribbon, two shapes. Then the phone shows the curl and the zigzag for ten seconds and goes to sleep. Ages 3–5, with a grown-up.
▶ Play it nowBuilt for sittings of about 10 minutes on the screen. That is our design budget, not a measurement.
#6b3a8f Distributed-narrative cast
Meet the cast
CurlTots's friends play with paper ribbons. Curlie the caterpillar curls up like a spring, Ziggo the grasshopper hops in a zigzag, and Chainy the snail joins the shapes into a chain.
Curlie
(Hero and guide, a caterpillar) - curls round and round like a ribbon wrapped on a crayon
Ziggo
A grasshopper - hops back and forth, back and forth, like a zigzag fold
Chainy
A snail - joins a curl and a zigzag end to end, into one long chain
What's inside
Learning goal
Print the ribbon page. Curl one paper ribbon round a crayon, fold the other back and forth into a zigzag, and join them: one ribbon, two shapes. Then the phone shows the curl and the zigzag for ten seconds and goes to sleep. Ages 3–5, with a grown-up.
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.
Mentored by Curlie — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How CurlTots 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
- ✅ No personal information collected from children — in line with COPPA (updated by the 2026 FTC amendments)
- ✅ Parental controls + session limits + content filters built in
CurlTots 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
CurlTots 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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