Short Sessions, Real Breaks: How We Think About Screen Time

We build a learning app for young children, so we should be clear about where we stand on screen time: less is fine. The World Health Organization's guidance for children aged two to four is no more than an hour a day of sedentary screen time, and less is better. We designed around that, not against it.

Sessions are short — around five to twenty-five minutes, set by you. The weekly plan books the number of sessions you choose, not an endless feed. There are no ads, no autoplay and nothing built to keep a child scrolling.

During longer language and coding lessons, a movement-break reminder can appear at the interval you choose. It suggests a short physical activity from the health lessons, so a break is a real break: stand up, stretch, move.

A lot of the app points away from the screen on purpose. Activities are off-screen things to do — walks, reading together, drawing — and many are meant to be done with you. Health lessons use South African foods and movement that needs no equipment and little space.

An honest caveat: the break intervals are sensible presets, not a researched prescription, and the reminder only runs during language and coding lessons. We would rather tell you that than dress it up.

A rule of thumb we like: one session, then one thing off-screen. If today's lesson was about fruit, ask your child to find three fruits in the kitchen. The learning sticks better, and the screen stays a small part of the day.