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LapTots
The anti-screen screen app (ages 3–5): as you read a real picture book in your child's lap, LapTots shows YOU one gentle dialogic-reading question per page. Your child never touches or sees the phone. No mic, no camera, no data.
#c46a2a Distributed-narrative cast
Meet the cast
LapTots' four reading friends (ages 3–5): each IS one CROWD dialogic-reading move (R-DN-PARITY). The UI faces the grown-up; the child never sees the device.
Fill-in Finch
Completion — leave a blank at the end of a sentence for your child to finish
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Open-ended Owl
Open-ended — ask your child to tell you about the picture in their own words
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Wh-Wren
Wh- question — ask a what/where/who/why/how about the page
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Distancing Deer
Distancing — connect the page to your child's own life
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What's inside
Learning goal
The anti-screen screen app (ages 3–5): as you read a real picture book in your child's lap, LapTots shows YOU one gentle dialogic-reading question per page. Your child never touches or sees the phone. No mic, no camera, no data.
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 Fill-in Finch — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How LapTots 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
LapTots 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
LapTots 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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