How does teaching work, step by step?

Every skill is taught the same way. The details change from skill to skill. Each lesson has ten short parts.

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Pip's Workshop

What will you teach Pip today?

Teach Pip something new

Add a new building block.

Find what went wrong

Teach

Change one thing at a time

Teach

Know when to ask a person

Peek

The steps

1. Pick a skill. In the Workshop, your child taps a puzzle piece. The companion says what it wants to learn.
2. Ask. Your child picks a prepared question and taps Send.
3. Notice. The companion answers, and the answer may be wrong or half right. Your child spots what went wrong.
4. Teach a rule. Your child picks the rule that fixes it. The companion learns it.
5. Try again. On a new example, the companion uses the rule. Your child checks the difference.
6. Save. The last screen has a Save button. Your child earns coins and a puzzle piece.

Ask Pip a question.

Solve 8 + 7

Give me a hint for 8 + 7

Help me practice adding

Give me a hint for 8 + 7

Send

Along the way

Your child always taps prepared choices. Every question has a Need help? button. A wrong pick gets a kind "try again." See What if my child picks a wrong answer?

Teaching uses a little battery on each Send. See What uses the battery.