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DialTots
Where is your body right now - sleepy, calm, just-right, perky, or wiggly? DialTots is a big, tappable energy dial for your 3-5-year-old: slide from still to stirred-up, try a little body move at each stop, and learn that energy is its OWN thing (you can be a calm-happy or a wiggly-happy!). Spring the springtail rides the dial; a gentle wiggle wakes you, a slow breath settles you - never a wrong place to be. Read-aloud help, and nothing is ever saved.
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Meet the cast
DialTots teaches ONE axis of feeling - energy (arousal) - as a body dial a 3-5 child can slide, before they can read a two-axis map. The big idea: energy is SEPARATE from good/bad (a calm-happy or a wiggly-happy). Spring the springtail rides the whole dial; Doze anchors the still low end, Zizz the buzzy high end, Lolla the calm middle. Every stop is okay, and nothing a child moves is ever saved.
Spring
Ride the dial (hero) - a springtail whose body curls still then boings wiggly, showing the WHOLE range of energy; helps the child find where their body is and that a gentle move can shift it. The dial-finding act IS Spring.
Doze
The still, low end - heavy, slow, floppy energy (sleepy); embodies the bottom of the dial, a real and okay place to be.
Zizz
The buzzy, high end - fast, bouncy, hard-to-hold-still energy (wiggly); embodies the top of the dial, also real and okay.
Lolla
The calm middle - soft and settled, breathing easy; embodies the comfy centre where each visit starts (energy is a dial, not a good/bad ladder).
What's inside
Learning goal
Where is your body right now - sleepy, calm, just-right, perky, or wiggly? DialTots is a big, tappable energy dial for your 3-5-year-old: slide from still to stirred-up, try a little body move at each stop, and learn that energy is its OWN thing (you can be a calm-happy or a wiggly-happy!). Spring the springtail rides the dial; a gentle wiggle wakes you, a slow breath settles you - never a wrong place to be. Read-aloud help, and nothing is ever saved.
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 DialTots 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
DialTots 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
DialTots 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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