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Shoe Tying Hero

Life Skills30 MinActivity

This challenge helps children master the essential life skill of tying shoelaces. By exploring knots and loops, they'll learn the practical steps needed to secure their shoes, fostering independence and fine motor skills.

What They'll Learn
  • Understand the purpose of shoelaces and knots
  • Identify and create loops as part of a knot
  • Successfully tie a basic shoelace knot
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Shoe Tying Hero

Have You Met Mai?

The AI learning companion who talks, listens, and turns every question into a Spark.

Her Face

A Face To Talk To

Kids just talk with Mai, face to face. Even early readers dive in, no reading aloud needed.

Her Role

Their Guide. Your Backup.

Mai guides your child's curiosity, and when you hit a snag, builds a Spark on the spot.

Her Memory

Knows Your Family

Their love of dinosaurs, your family's values, their proudest "aha!" Mai keeps it all in mind.

Her Voice

Ask Mai Anything

Mai adapts to whoever's asking: your Lego-loving 5-year-old, or your princess-obsessed 8-year-old.

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What Mai Is To Our Families

It got exactly how I want to raise my kids to learn.
R., mom of 2, Florida
I was skeptical. But nothing else follows my kids' curiosity like this.
J., dad of 2, Vermont
I had the best talk with Mai about 3D printers!
T., age 9, Florida
Super easy for my 6-year-old.
A., dad of 3, California

All they need is you. Mai helps with the rest.

Spark /spärk/ noun

A complete learning experience built from what your child is curious about and tailored to their and your . Mai can lead it out loud, or you can take the lead with her step-by-step guide.

Mai's chat bubble above a Spark: Secret Agent Chemistry

Big things start with a Spark.

Anatomy Of Aof a Spark

From the first question to the last “aha!”

  1. Step 1

    Curiosity First

    Every Spark begins with something your child really wants to know.

  2. Step 2

    Mai Builds It

    Shaped around what they love and what your family values.

  3. Step 3

    Your Yes

    You see it first. Change what you like, and say go when it feels right.

  4. Step 4

    Dive In

    On their own with Mai, or side by side with you, step by step.

  5. Step 5

    Go Beyond

    keeps it going with a fun fact, a challenge, and Table Talk. keeps it going with a fun fact, a challenge & Table Talk.

Sound Familiar?

Mai is built for the real days of homeschooling, not the perfect ones.

"He'll learn anything... if it's about trucks."

Mai turns their passions into a learning adventure

"YouTube taught me first. Then I taught her."

Mai explains every idea simply, so you can both dive in

"He won't start unless I'm sitting there."

Mai talks them through it, so they can start on their own

"Ahead in math, behind in reading..."

Mai meets each child at their level, subject by subject

Mai adjusts to your life.
Not the other way around.

Purposefully Unique.

Our 5 Cs, the values that shape every Spark

Mai doesn’t follow a curriculum. Mai follows your child’s curiosity, because we believe real learning starts with a passion for something. Every Spark begins with one question: “What do you want to learn today?”

Worried? We Get It.

Here's how you stay in charge of their learning

Your Yes Comes First

Preview every Spark before your child sees it. Change the level, topic, or length until it feels right.

You Draw The Lines

Tell Mai the topics and words your family avoids, and Mai follows your . If anything needs you, you’ll get an alert.

Follow Their Learning

Find every conversation in , from full Sparks to quick questions. Skim the summary or read the full transcript.

Mai Learns Your Way

Always see what Mai knows about you and your child, and fine-tune it, so every Spark Mai suggests fits your family perfectly.

Freedom That Grows

Open the camera, mic, library, or Spark building when you decide they’re ready to learn on their own. You stay in the loop.

Teach It Your Way

Prefer to lead? Mai hands you the Spark as a step-by-step guide, tips included, so you can teach it your way.

Made for curious kids. Built for their parents.