Academics
The Table
One question for the whole family, in three ways of asking: a child's, a teen's and a grown-up's. Pick a side, say why, and say the last person's reason back before you answer. Print the page or save it as a file. Join from other devices with five spoken words — no accounts, no chat, nothing stored.
Built for sittings of about 15 minutes on the screen. That is our design budget, not a measurement.
#8a4b0e Distributed-narrative cast
Meet the cast
Oakley is the long oak table that holds tonight's question for everyone. Placecard sets each person's place with their name and says their version of the question.
Oakley
(Mentor, a long oak table) - holds one question for the whole family and waits while everyone talks
Placecard
A folded place card - gives each person the question in their own words, child, teen or grown-up
What's inside
Learning goal
One question for the whole family, in three ways of asking: a child's, a teen's and a grown-up's. Pick a side, say why, and say the last person's reason back before you answer. Print the page or save it as a file. Join from other devices with five spoken words — no accounts, no chat, nothing stored.
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 Oakley — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How The Table 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
The Table 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
The Table 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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