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ShowTots
You be Dodo, the little bird who's still learning (ages 3–5) — and let your child be the teacher. Dodo miscounts, flips a letter, or picks the wrong sound; your child catches it and shows Dodo the right way with real things in the room. No screens for the child, no score, no fail. On-device — no mic, no camera, nothing recorded.
#2B7FD9 Distributed-narrative cast
Meet the cast
ShowTots' younger hero-anchored cast (ages 3–5): hero Dodo + 3 mistake-cousins, gentle, no trauma depth (R-YOUNGER-CLUSTER-CAST-SIZE). Each embodies a primitive (R-DN-PARITY) — Dodo IS the making-a-fixable-mistake move the child learns to catch; Skippy skips a number, Doublo double-counts, Rhymey listens to the end of a word instead of the start. Illustrated cast portraits SHIPPED 2026-09-10 (Program #121); each member links to a warm read-aloud chapter (beat illustrations + narration draining as a tracked follow-on).
Dodo
(Hero) the eager bird who's still learning — your child teaches Dodo
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Skippy
Dodo's cousin who skips a number when counting
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Doublo
Dodo's cousin who counts a thing twice
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Rhymey
listens to the end of a word instead of the start
Read chapter →
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What's inside
Learning goal
You be Dodo, the little bird who's still learning (ages 3–5) — and let your child be the teacher. Dodo miscounts, flips a letter, or picks the wrong sound; your child catches it and shows Dodo the right way with real things in the room. No screens for the child, no score, no fail. On-device — no mic, no camera, nothing recorded.
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 Dodo — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How ShowTots 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
ShowTots 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
ShowTots 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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