Academics
WhereTots
On, under, in, behind, next to, between — little words that are hard to learn from a screen. WhereTots turns them into a game you play with a real toy: the phone says "Put your teddy UNDER a chair!", your child does it, and you tap "We did it". Then a quick picture check: which picture looks like what you did? Everything is said aloud (no reading needed), there is no way to lose, and the phone never watches or listens — no camera, no microphone. On-device, no account. Ages 3-5.
#c0612b Distributed-narrative cast
Meet the cast
WhereTots' where-friends each embody POSITION WORDS - the crew IS the idea (audio-first for ages 3-5). Toppa climbs ON top and hops UNDER. Tuckaway tucks things IN and peeks from BEHIND. Sidlebee stands NEXT TO a friend and squeezes BETWEEN two. Mentor Pawsley the puppy asks "where is it now?" and lets the child show, not tell - with a real toy, while a grown-up watches (no camera, no mic).
Toppa
Climbs ON top and hops UNDER — the first two where words.
Tuckaway
Tucks things IN and peeks from BEHIND.
Sidlebee
Stands NEXT TO a friend, and squeezes BETWEEN two.
Pawsley
(mentor, the puppy) — asks “where is it now?” and lets you show, not tell.
What's inside
Learning goal
On, under, in, behind, next to, between — little words that are hard to learn from a screen. WhereTots turns them into a game you play with a real toy: the phone says "Put your teddy UNDER a chair!", your child does it, and you tap "We did it". Then a quick picture check: which picture looks like what you did? Everything is said aloud (no reading needed), there is no way to lose, and the phone never watches or listens — no camera, no microphone. On-device, no account. Ages 3-5.
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 Pawsley — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How WhereTots 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
WhereTots 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
WhereTots 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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