Academics
SproutLab
Guess what happens, then find out — hands-on science with Hatch the chick and friends: light, sound, and melting-and-freezing, for grades 1–2.
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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
SproutLab is a little band of animal friends who do science the best way — guess first, then look. Hatch the chick is the hero; the cast are Hatch's friends who each explore one wonder: light, sound, and how things change. Every guess counts, even a wrong one — that's how discovery works.
Hatch
Guess-then-find-out — a curious just-hatched chick who predicts what will happen, then checks.
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Blink
Light — a firefly whose glow shows how we can only see things when there's light.
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Rattle
Sound — a woodpecker whose drumming shows that sound comes from things that shake.
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Frost
Changing matter — an ice friend who melts and freezes again, showing what can and can't go back.
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What's inside
Learning goal
Guess what happens, then find out — hands-on science with Hatch the chick and friends: light, sound, and melting-and-freezing, for grades 1–2.
How SproutLab 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
SproutLab 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
SproutLab 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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