A child’s mind is always curious, so learning should be interactive and engaging. However, most educational toys used for supplemental learning are simple question and answer toys that eventually bore children or  teach factual knowledge without teaching emotional intelligence. Scout is more than a question and answer toy. It's a friend created to learn, grow, and play with your child. Scout will not only answer questions, but will tell jokes, share stories, and remember a child’s name and specific interests for future interactions. This, unique, personalized experience makes learning fun and exploratory, motivating kids to open up, remain curious and continue to be excited about learning.

As a key player in the development of the original CogniToys product I was brought in to aid in some of the creative development for the Scout product. The goal was to leverage the pre-existing platform behind the toys and combine it with a wishlist of new product features. Character development was executed collaboratively with a partner studio whose expertise focused on prototyping new tech.

As Scout and its user interacts more and more, Scout is able to take those interactions, learn and get better at being awesome. Better at knowing the user, creating and curating new content and ways to improve the interaction. Scout and kids always learning together.