Academics
ReadyRoos
Get-ready-to-learn skills with Hopp the kangaroo — wait-then-go, remember-and-bring-back, sort-then-switch, and plan-the-steps — playful, spoken, and just-for-fun, for ages 3–5.
Meet your mentor
Every Spark & Anvil app has a friendly mentor character that demonstrates, praises, and patiently scaffolds learning. On-device AI personalizes the mentor's responses to your kid's progress — never connecting to a server, never collecting data.
#F4A620 Distributed-narrative cast
Meet the cast
ReadyRoos is a little band of animal friends who help the youngest learners practice the 'ready-to-learn' skills through play — waiting then going, remembering, switching the rule, and planning the steps. Hopp the kangaroo is the hero; the cast are Hopp's friends. Everything is spoken, gentle, and has no wrong answers — a slip is just a friendly 'let's try again.'
Hopp
Inhibitory control (hero) — a bouncy kangaroo who hops on 'go!' and freezes stock-still on 'stop!'; the wait-then-act IS self-control
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Mem
Working memory — a kind elephant who holds a little string of things in mind and brings them back after a pause
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Flippa
Cognitive flexibility — a cheerful chameleon who changes color when the rule changes (sort by color → now by shape); switching the rule IS flexibility
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Stepp
Planning / goal-holding — a busy beaver who lays the stepping-stones in order before crossing; planning the steps IS staying on task
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Browse all 4 chapters → · What's distributed-narrative methodology? →
What's inside
Learning goal
Get-ready-to-learn skills with Hopp the kangaroo — wait-then-go, remember-and-bring-back, sort-then-switch, and plan-the-steps — playful, spoken, and just-for-fun, for 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.
How ReadyRoos 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
ReadyRoos 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
ReadyRoos 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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