We made an app that’s filled with digital toys for kids to discover. There are no rules, menus or language at all. No right or wrong way to play. It’s called Pok Pok Playroom.
The story: my co-founders have toddlers and wanted them to have a healthy relationship with their iPad, but found most preschool apps didn’t develop skills beyond memorization. While it’s important for kids to learn academic curriculum, we think that one of the most important skills in the future won’t be something you can learn doing repetitive learning drills: creative thinking. Together, we created an app filled with open-ended toys that spark creativity, imagination and learning to prepare kids for life, not just for school.
Would love to hear what you all think. There’s a 2 week free trial.
Only available on iOS/iPadOS.
It's nice but it frustrates me when people use digital toys rather than real ones. Blocks, Lego, trains, dinosaurs, books - real, tangible, pickupable items are waaaaay better for kids.
In my humble (yes, and old fashioned) opinion, most digital tools like this are made for parents, not kids. It's easy (keeps the kids quiet for a bit while parents relax) - and that's one use case, but "easy" is not always a good reason to choose something.
If you want really, properly creative kids, then it's the hard work of realworld toys, games, books and art making tools.
Cool, thanks. We designed everything around play-based learning, so each toy we make for the Playroom puts kids at the centre of the experience and has them taking an active role in the play (and therefore, their learning).
The story: my co-founders have toddlers and wanted them to have a healthy relationship with their iPad, but found most preschool apps didn’t develop skills beyond memorization. While it’s important for kids to learn academic curriculum, we think that one of the most important skills in the future won’t be something you can learn doing repetitive learning drills: creative thinking. Together, we created an app filled with open-ended toys that spark creativity, imagination and learning to prepare kids for life, not just for school.
Would love to hear what you all think. There’s a 2 week free trial. Only available on iOS/iPadOS.
It’s for kids 2-6 (and older).