Every lesson starts with a lump of clay to squish, stack or sort. No ads, nothing to buy inside the app, and a progress email for you every Sunday night.
Every lesson starts with a lump of clay to poke. Kids drag, stack and squash it on screen, and the idea lives inside the toy, not in a block of text.
Math, science and art, each built from the same clay. 316 lessons, none longer than ten minutes.
Stack number blocks, share a cake, count fish into a tank.
Follows the K to 5 math sequence: number sense, operations, shapes, measuring, reading simple charts.
Sample lesson: blocks 1, 2 and 3 sit in a pile. Rebuild them so every column adds up to 4.
Look through a magnifier, grow a bean, orbit Saturn.
Notice, ask, guess, then check. Every lesson ends with a small experiment to try at home.
Sample lesson: water one bean every day and take a photo. On day 5, compare it with the bean you skipped.
Mix colours, model animals, draw a map of your street.
Colour, form and layout. Kids photograph real paper-and-crayon work to keep in a sketchbook.
Sample lesson: what do yellow and blue make? Guess first, then mix them on the palette.
Pick a pot. You'll see the first week most kids that age get, day by day. After that the path adjusts to every lesson they finish.
Kids can go solo. Short sentences on screen, with a replay button for words they can't read yet.
5 lessons, 46 minutes in total. Matches grades 1 to 3.
Stuck on a word? Tap it and I'll say it again.
Mon
10 min
Add and subtract across 10 with sticks
Math: Splitting and joining numbers
Tue
10 min
Where does a puddle go on a sunny day?
Science: Predict, then check
Wed
9 min
Draw your way to school
Art: Thinking in maps
Thu
8 min
Clock hands: o'clock and half past
Math: Telling time
Fri
9 min
What does a magnet pick up?
Science: Sorting materials
Kids see toys. You get this email every Sunday at 7 pm, and four promises we keep in writing.
Maya's week, age 7
Oct 28 – Nov 3
Still wobbly: Maya mixes up 6 and 9 when the card is turned upside down.
Try together: lay out 6 sticks as a 6, turn the paper around, and ask which number it is now.
Minutes learned, lessons finished, one skill still wobbly, and a five-minute game to play together.
Set 10 to 60 minutes a day and a bedtime window. When time is up, the app stops at the end of a lesson, never halfway.
No banners, no paid items, no links out of the app. Settings sit behind your PIN.
We store a first name and an age. No camera, and the mic stays off until you allow it. Deletion requests are done within 7 days.
Family pricing
One child is $69 a year. Up to three kids, each on their own path, is $99 a year.
That is about $5.75 or $8.25 a month. One child saves $26.88 against paying monthly. Both get all 316 lessons, offline downloads and the Sunday email, one per child.
14 days free, no card needed. Cancel a yearly plan in the first 30 days and we refund the unused months. One child plays on 2 devices, a family on 5.
Parent: My child can't read yet. Will it work?
Kenny: Yes! Seedlings (ages 3 to 5) reads every instruction aloud, and kids only need to tap and drag. Sit with them for the first two weeks if you can.
Parent: How do the time limits work?
Kenny: Set minutes per day and a bedtime window under Parents. When time runs out, your child finishes the current lesson and then sees a see-you-tomorrow screen. Extra time needs your PIN.
Parent: What data does Puddle keep?
Kenny: A first name, an age and the result of each lesson. No photos, voice recordings or location. We never sell or share data. Ask us to delete it and the whole profile is gone within 7 days.
Parent: Which devices does it run on?
Kenny: iPad, Android tablets on Android 9 or later, and any modern desktop browser. Lessons download ahead of time, so long car rides without signal are fine.
Parent: Who writes the lessons?
Kenny: A team of 11 former preschool and elementary teachers. Each lesson is tested with real kids, usually 20 of them, before it ships.
Parent: How do I cancel?
Kenny: Open Parents, then Plan, then Turn off renewal. Cancel before the renewal date and you won't be charged again. Yearly plans get the unused months back if you cancel in the first 30 days.
Still stuck? Write to us and a person, not Kenny, replies within one working day. [email protected]
Leave a parent's email and your child's age. We'll send the download link and their first week of lessons.
