This is huge news for Siri AI (and one of the last things I was working on when I stepped away)
Any app can now offer dynamic skills from their app to Siri so users can take broader actions across their apps
(App Intents instead of MCP)
We have lots of younger kids (age 5-7) in our 3rd grade math course, who can barely read.
To help them learn math anyways, we created interactive DI tutorials that teaches out loud to them.
To our delight, the tutorials work just as well for older kids. Watch this lesson.
Following the fantastic reaction to our interactive learning experiments, we’ve decided to create an open source skill for anyone to build their own 💪🏗️
It's called the Marble-Builder. You tell it your child’s age and what they’re curious about and it builds a playable experiment for them.
What’s built into the skill:
- 1,837 concepts kids learn through primary school, and the 3,853 links between them
- 1,049 teaching research records on how kids learn best
- It agrees a plan with you, then builds, tests and fixes the experiment itself
You stay in control and can adjust everything. AI is a tool with huge potential to make teaching even better for both parents and teachers. We want anyone with something to teach to be able to bring it to life in an interactive, personalized way.
It’s a first prototype so there is a lot to improve. One big next step is to make the experiments more beautiful visually.
Parents, teachers, homeschoolers: show us what you make. We’ll gather the best experiences into the first open, interactive encyclopedia for kids.
Incredibly exciting times for kids education.
Links to try it below 👇
"Contemporary Mathematics" is a free textbook that introduces fundamental mathematical concepts over nearly 1,900 pages through clear explanations, numerous worked examples and exercises.
The book covers set theory, logic, Venn diagrams, mathematical statements and proofs, De Morgan’s laws, number systems, elementary number theory, prime numbers, rational and irrational numbers, arithmetic sequences, geometric sequences, numeral systems, calculations in different bases, and many other topics, providing a broad overview of foundational mathematics.
It is particularly useful for high school students, and I recommend keeping it if you have children studying mathematics at that level. The book is well structured, accessible, and enjoyable to browse, making it a valuable resource for both learning and reviewing mathematical concepts.
https://t.co/QK3RHNInkq
In July we open-sourced a dynamic graph of everything a child learns in primary school. 1,590 concepts, 3,221 dependencies.
Now we’re turning every concept into interactive experiments kids can play and learn from.
First one, age 7: heat and water.
Everything that used to be a boring textbook can now be an engaging experience, potentially tailored to every child.
Kids education just got a massive upgrade.