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Why this works
Curiosity is the best teacher
What's crawling along that wall? Which bird is sitting on the fence? Children are full of questions about nature, and the answers are right outside the front door. What they find for themselves sticks far better than anything in a textbook.
BrainBite Explorers isn't a course: it's a nature discovery app for outdoors. Your child looks for an animal or plant, photographs it and picks from four pictures what they think it is. Charles Darwin, the guide in the app, talks them through it out loud. Every find goes into the field guide with your child's own photo.
How exploring nature works with BrainBite Explorers
No learning by rote from a textbook: your child heads outside and learns from what they find themselves.
Find and photograph
Your child looks for an animal or plant outside and takes a photo of it. That photo goes into their own field guide: 36 cards across five surroundings to fill.
Charles Darwin is your guide
Darwin is an animated AI character inspired by the naturalist Charles Darwin. He speaks out loud, asks the questions and tells your child what to look out for.
No reading needed
For ‘What is it?’ your child picks from four pictures in a 2×2 grid. So children who aren't confident readers yet can join in too.
What your child finds outside
36 cards across five surroundings: Garden & Street, Park & Grass, Ditch & Pond, Wood, and Farm & Field. Every card belongs to one of the six groups below.
Farm animals
Chicken, cow, sheep and horse on the farm and in the field. Before the camera opens, a grown-up first gets tips on looking safely.
Birds
From the house sparrow and pigeon in the street and the blackbird and magpie in the park to the grey heron by the ditch and the jackdaw in the field.
Pond life
Frog, stickleback, duckweed and reed in the ditch and the pond. Water is always something to do together, so here too a grown-up gets tips first.
Trees & woodland
Oak, birch, pine and chestnut, and the mushrooms beneath them. Look at the bark, the leaves and what lies on the woodland floor.
Minibeasts
Ant, woodlouse, snail and spider by the pavement, and earthworm, ladybird, bumblebee and butterfly in the grass. Look closely along walls, pots and paving stones.
Flowers & low plants
Dandelion, moss, daisy, clover and buttercup. And the stinging nettle: one to look at rather than touch.
Also practise: maths · spelling · reading · science · space · history · geography
Five surroundings, and two you do together
Garden & Street, Park & Grass and the Wood are often just round the corner. Ditch & Pond and Farm & Field are different: water and big animals call for a grown-up. That's why a grown-up gets guidance on looking safely there first, before the camera opens.
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Did you know…?
Four facts about animals and plants in the field guide. Perfect to share at the dinner table.
A woodlouse is related to crabs
It isn't an insect but a crustacean. A woodlouse breathes through gill-like plates, so it looks for damp spots.
Trees ‘talk’ to each other
Underground, trees are connected through fungal threads. They share food along them and warn each other of danger.
A bumblebee shivers to warm up
Before take-off, a bumblebee shivers its flight muscles until they're warm enough. That's why you can see it flying on chilly days.
A frog drinks through its skin
Frogs don't drink with their mouths: water comes in through the skin. That's why they need to stay moist.
Questions about BrainBite Explorers
What parents ask us most. Short answers, no fluff.
For children aged 6 to 12. No reading is needed: Darwin asks the questions out loud and your child answers by picking a picture from a 2×2 grid.
As often as you like. There are new daily quests that earn your child coins. A short walk down the street or through the park is often enough for a new find.
36 cards across five surroundings: Garden & Street, Park & Grass, Ditch & Pond, Wood, and Farm & Field. From ant, woodlouse and house sparrow to frog, oak and cow, grouped into minibeasts, birds, flowers and low plants, trees and woodland, pond life and farm animals.
At Ditch & Pond and Farm & Field, a grown-up first gets guidance on looking safely before the camera opens. Water and big animals are something to do together.
No. Your child really goes outside, finds an animal or plant and takes the photo themselves. Then they pick what they think it is, and their own photo goes into the field guide. The app also works offline, can be added to the home screen and is available in English and Dutch.
Yes, your first 7 days are free once per parent account. Not a fit? Cancel during your eligible trial to avoid the plan charge. Add-ons are charged today. 7-day free trial once per parent account. 14-day money-back guarantee.
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Head outside today: find an animal or plant, take a photo and start your own field guide.
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