Blockspark started with my nephews. When we talked, they were never quite there - half of their attention always belonged to a phone or a TV. Endless videos, endless games, endless scrolling. Consuming everything, building nothing.
I do not think kids are the problem. The things competing for their attention are just louder than the things that are good for them. So instead of complaining about screens, I wanted to put something on the screen that is worth their time.
Blockspark is that attempt: a kid snaps a few blocks together and a real light blinks, a real motor spins, a real buzzer beeps - in the real world, because of something THEY made. That first "I made that happen!" moment is where curiosity begins. For some kids, it might be where a lifelong passion begins.
Mission: spark kids to build real things - and maybe discover what they love, early.
Vision: kids who create more than they consume. Kids being kids again.
If Blockspark gives even one kid that spark, it is doing its job.
- A.Y.