Academics
RootsForge
A family history you gather yourself, for ages 9–14. Pick an interview question, ask a grandparent or a parent out loud, and write down what you learn — no recording, nothing leaves your device. Willow the storykeeper helps you build a family timeline and a printable family book that YOUR family owns. Diaspora-identity + a homeschool capstone.
▶ Play it nowScreen-light: about 5 minutes on the screen. Most of the play happens off it, with real things and real people.
Meet your mentor
Every Spark & Anvil app has a friendly mentor character that demonstrates, asks, and patiently scaffolds learning.
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Meet the cast
RootsForge's storykeeper, Willow, asks one good question at a time and keeps what your family tells you.
Willow
One good question — asks one at a time and keeps what you learn; she never makes up your family
What's inside
Learning goal
A family history you gather yourself, for ages 9–14. Pick an interview question, ask a grandparent or a parent out loud, and write down what you learn — no recording, nothing leaves your device. Willow the storykeeper helps you build a family timeline and a printable family book that YOUR family owns. Diaspora-identity + a homeschool capstone.
How RootsForge handles your kid's data
- ✅ All progress, settings, and AI-generated content stays on the device
- ✅ No analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs
- ✅ Free — no ads, no in-app purchases
- ✅ No personal information collected from children — in line with COPPA (updated by the 2026 FTC amendments)
- ✅ No chat with strangers — play-together rooms use a short code and preset emotes, never typed messages
For you, the grown-up
The grown-up side of RootsForge on Spark & Whetstone, our free site for grown-ups: The Told Book. They trace where a family comes from; you tell the stories behind the names, one question at a time.
It also tells what RootsForge teaches in a short course of its own.