Games that teach the lesson by the way they play
We make classroom games built from the Ontario curriculum. Students learn by playing, and teachers can see what each student understands.
Meet Placeholder, our first product
Placeholder
Kids practise the skill as part of the game, not in a quiz added on top. Teachers see which ideas their class is mixing up, and gather evidence for report cards.
Rewards are earned by practising. There's no store and no ads, and kids and parents are never asked to pay.
Grades 1 to 8 · Ontario curriculum · Free for teachers, now in a pilot
Visit the Placeholder websiteWhat we hold to
The curriculum comes first.
Every game starts from a specific Ontario curriculum expectation, so the time students spend playing counts in class.
Children's privacy is not negotiable.
Students don't need an email address, and only their teacher sees their name. There's no chat, and student data is stored in Canada.
Teachers decide what's good.
They try our games early in a free pilot and tell us what works in their classroom. We change the games based on what they say.
About Sparling Education
Sparling Education is a small, independent company making learning games for Canadian classrooms.
We think a good learning game should teach through the way it plays. It should show teachers something useful, and it should treat children's time and privacy with respect.
Stephen Sparling, founder
Get in touch
Teachers, school boards and partners, we'd like to hear from you.
hello@sparlingeducation.ca