For Educators, Clinicians & Caregivers

Chatterbloom is a free, ad-free collection of 44 word and talking games for young children. This page explains what it is, how it was designed, and — just as importantly — what it is not.

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Scope. Chatterbloom is a play-based activity app made by a family, not by clinicians. It is not a medical device, a screening tool, an assessment, or a substitute for professional speech-language, educational or medical care. It makes no claims about outcomes. For questions about a child's speech, language or attention, a qualified professional is always the right place to start.

What it is

Forty-four small games in a web browser, grouped into four categories, played alongside a friendly animal buddy the child chooses. It runs on any phone, tablet or computer, can be added to a home screen, and works offline once loaded. There is nothing to install and nothing to buy.

Design choices you may care about

No fail states. No scores, timers, buzzers or "game over". An unexpected answer gets a warm redirect and another turn, never a penalty.
Built-in wait time. After a prompt the app pauses and waits rather than moving on. A grown-up decides when to continue by tapping a star, so the pace follows the child, not a clock. The pause length is adjustable in the parent area.
Receptive participation is enough. Many games ask only for a tap, a look or a choice, so a child who is not yet talking can take a full turn and still be part of the game.
One clear goal at a time, with visible progress toward it — useful for children who find multi-step screens hard to hold on to.
Repetition in varied contexts. The same core words recur across different games and settings rather than being drilled on flashcards.
Sensory adjustability. A quiet mode reduces sound, and the app honours the operating system's reduced-motion setting.
Everything is named aloud. Items are spoken, and in several games a child can tap a picture to hear its word again as often as they like, without losing their turn.

Privacy — the short version

Chatterbloom does not record your child's voice. There is no microphone use, no account, no login, no analytics profile of the child, no advertising and no third-party tracking. Progress is stored only in the browser on the device being used, and a parent can copy a backup code to move it to another device. Nothing is uploaded anywhere.

This matters in school and clinic settings where installing apps or creating accounts for children is often not permitted. Chatterbloom needs neither.

Using it alongside your own work

Chatterbloom is designed for a child and a grown-up to play together, not for a child to be left alone with. The star-tap flow deliberately requires an adult, which makes it usable as a shared activity — something to do together in a waiting room, at home between visits, or as a calm choice in a classroom.

The parent area includes a simple play history and a place to keep notes, so a caregiver can see which games have been played recently.

Cost

Free. There is no paid tier, no trial, no upsell and no advertising. It is not a business.

Feedback is genuinely wanted

If you work with children and something here would be more useful with a change — different vocabulary, a different pace, an option that is missing — we would really like to hear it. That kind of feedback has shaped most of what is in the app already.

📧 hello@chatterbloom.ca

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