RoseMarq LLC has released B.bot World, a new learning app aimed at toddlers and young children ages 2 – 5. B.bot World teaches social-emotional skills to toddlers and preschoolers, such as sharing, taking turns, and respecting boundaries.
The learning app gamifies social-emotional learning and online safety concepts through interactive games, encouraging and helping children make smart choices, online and off. The app is hosted by the titular mascot, B.bot, a child-like robot who serves as the children’s’ teacher, narrator, and guide.
“We teach children the rules of the road long before we expect them to cross a busy street alone. Why should the digital world be any different?” said Lynn Ell Tilker, Founder and CEO of RoseMarq LLC and creator of B.bot. “Children are growing up in a world unlike any generation before them. Their relationships, choices and experiences will increasingly happen both in person and online. We have an opportunity to begin building the habits that will help keep them safe while they’re still learning the fundamentals of how to interact with the world.”
B.bot World features short, interactive adventures called KidKapades. Each KidKapade focuses on a different age-appropriate skill, from sharing to friendship to following instructions. The interactions also help teach digital safety and awareness.
“Digital citizenship doesn’t begin with technology. It begins with character,” Tilker added. “When we teach children to share, respect boundaries, ask permission and speak up, we’re laying the groundwork for the choices they’ll eventually make online. Why wait until they’re teenagers to begin?”
B.bot originally got its start through Tolker’s potty-training program, BottomZz Up. That legacy can still be found in B.bot World, which features a potty-training adventure as one of its core learning interactive experiences.
“I didn’t originally set out to create a digital safety platform,” said Tilker. “But as I watched my own child struggle with her relationship to her phone, I began asking why we were waiting so long to teach children the skills they need to navigate technology. We were already teaching those skills in everyday life. What was missing was the connection to the digital world.”
New KidKapdes will release regularly, with additional adventures arriving later this year. The app also features a Parents Corner section with quick tips to reinforce digital safety and playtime.
The B.bot World learning app for toddlers and preschoolers is free-to-download on iOS and Android mobile platforms, with a seven-day free trial. Monthly subscriptions start at $4.99 per month.
