Curious Garden
Curious Garden reflects one of the questions that matters most to me as a founder: what does helpful technology look like when the user is a child, not an adult pretending to be one? This project became a way to think through trust, warmth, and how learning support should meet children where they are.
How It Works
A child presses Talk to El and starts speaking naturally. El responds with short, spoken answers and relevant visual cards — spelling cards, number helpers, meaning cards, fact cards. If the child wants El to look at something, they open the camera, line it up, and press Show El. El continues helping with full visual context. The child can interrupt freely. El adapts. The conversation stays natural.
What Makes It Different
Most AI interfaces are built for adults who can read fast and type well. Curious Garden is built for how children actually communicate — by speaking, showing, and thinking out loud. The decision to prioritize visual cards over live transcripts came directly from observing how children engage: they need to see the answer, not scroll through it. Strength-based feedback patterns, grounded in positive psychology, shape how El responds — encouraging curiosity and resilience rather than just correcting mistakes.
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