Partner brief

Teachers & school leaders · KudoKids partner brief

Your classroom system works. Then they go home.

Routines followed, feelings named, effort rewarded — then the bell rings and it resets at home. Parents keep asking you how to keep it going, and there's never been anything to hand them.

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What it is

KudoKids is safe screen time for kids 3–12 that instills growth.

Live in early access now on the web, iOS, and Android — a growing library of games and routines that turn the screen time kids already get into time that grows them.

HeartKindness, gratitude, and naming what they feel

HeadReading, STEM, and money smarts

GritRoutines, chores, and finishing what they start

Free for every family — routines, the full library of games, and a first companion are included. Premium ($11.99/mo or $99/yr) adds the other themed worlds, companions, backgrounds, and companion looks and extras kids earn through their routines — never a wall in front of the learning.

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How it works

Effort in, rewards out — and parents decide what they're worth.

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Parents set the routine

Parents pick the tasks and responsibilities that matter this week — nothing for you to set up or run.

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Kids earn Kudo Coins

Finishing tasks earns coins — visible progress, not nagging.

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Parents set the rewards

Coins buy rewards parents set — including off-app screen time.

Earned, not handed over

The Kudo Coin — kids earn it, parents decide what it's worth. Everyday effort becomes rewards a parent actually approves of.

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The cast

Twenty companions, each one cheering kids on.

These are the faces of KudoKids. Every companion has its own personality — and thousands of sayings that guide, encourage, and celebrate kids as they grow.

Every family starts free with the Space world and Cosmo — Premium unlocks the other themed worlds, companions, backgrounds, and companion looks and extras kids earn through their routines.

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Educators in focus

How it lands after the last bell.

Home consistency

The routines you build by 3pm, still standing at 7am

Kids earn Kudo Coins at home for finishing real routines and responsibilities — and a daily check-in gives them words for how they feel, the same language you use in class.

What parents can see

Parents see what their kids are up to

The parent dashboard shows parents what kids are earning, playing, and learning — now including drawing and short exercises their companion guides them through, the kind of calm-down and get-moving breaks you already use in class.

Routines — a real screen from the app

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Why this matters

Three kids you already know.

The kid who unravels by Monday

Steady in your room all week — the routine holds him, he's proud of himself by Friday. Monday he's back having lost all of it, because nothing at home held the same shape.

Teachers whose families joined a shared home-and-school plan reported much better relationships with those parents. Sheridan et al. (2017), randomized trial, 45 rural schools.

No words for it yet

The child who comes apart at ten and can't tell you what happened. At home a daily check-in gives him words — never scored, and nothing from it reaches the school.

Naming emotions at 5 predicted social behavior and academic competence at 9. Izard et al. (2001) — a small correlational sample of 72 children.

Arrives without a morning

The child who turns up late, unfed, already behind. Not neglect — there's simply no shape to the evening or the morning, and a five-year-old can't build one himself.

Family routines in the preschool years predicted stronger school-readiness indicators at the kindergarten transition. Ferretti & Bub (2017), 3,250 children.

Research behind the design — these researchers have not evaluated KudoKids, and we claim no results for children who use it

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Safe by design

Built to earn a parent's trust — and keep it.

No ads to kids

Children never see advertising inside KudoKids.

No strangers

No chat or contact with strangers inside KudoKids.

No child data sold

We never sell children's data. Ever.

No AI on kids' screens

The kid experience uses no AI — just carefully designed play.

No ads, everNo child data sold Ages 3–12

Recommended by child-development experts.

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Honest answers

Fair questions teachers ask.

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District ethics rules — am I even allowed to recommend this?

Your district's policy governs — but there's nothing to be compensated for. The educator track has no financial relationship, and the core app is free for families, so this is structured like sharing a book list, not a business relationship. A recommendation is yours personally, never your school's official endorsement.

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Is there anything to buy, install, or set up for families?

No procurement, no contracts, no student data. Families sign up directly and the core app is free to use.

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Forward this

Three sentences you can paste into your newsletter.

A few families have asked about screen time at home, so we're sharing one optional resource: KudoKids — a free app for ages 3–12 where kids earn rewards, including screen time, for finishing routines and responsibilities.

It's completely optional and something you set up yourself at home.

It's free for every family — start at kudokids.org.

A recommendation like this is your own, never your school's or district's official endorsement — swap in the wording that fits your newsletter, conference night, or team.

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Next step

Bring KudoKids to the families you teach.

Open it yourself the way a parent would — two minutes, free, no card — before you pass it on. No cost to you, and no cost to the families you teach.

kudokids.org

Educators who want more → kudokids.org/partners

No ads, everNo child data sold Ages 3–12

Live in early access now on web, iOS, and Android. Recommended by child-development experts.

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