Split a pizza fairly: 3 friends, 8 slices, who's owed what?
A fair-share argument, not a fractions worksheet
MathOnlineAll agesEasyAuto-checked quiz
For parents of 8–12 year olds
A daily dose of curiosity for kids aged 8 to 12
Between eight and twelve, kids are hungry for challenge but allergic to anything that smells like homework. They want to build, solve, win and show you what they figured out. They also have a very short fuse for anything that feels like a worksheet.
Tandomo gives your family a few short quests every day: one you play together, like a game of checkers against you, and others they do on their own, like a riddle, a pizza-sharing problem or a myth to read and a monster to draw. Each one is personalized by AI around the things they already care about, never school-like, and practices one of four areas: Thinking, Body, Heart and Voice.
Math+10
Split a pizza fairly: 3 friends, 8 slices, who's owed what?
A fair-share argument, not a fractions worksheet
Online · All ages · Easy
Sound familiar?
Sound familiar?
Many parents of tweens will recognize the same handful of daily battles. None of them mean your child is lazy. They usually mean the offer is boring.
"I'm bored" five minutes after the tablet goes off
Without a screen, the afternoon suddenly feels empty, and you end up as the full-time entertainment department.
Extra practice turns into a fight
Workbooks and drill apps get a groan. Even when they comply, it's the minimum, done fast, and forgotten by dinner.
You don't know what would actually click
You'd happily hand them good puzzles, crafts or experiments, but coming up with something new and suitable every day is a job in itself.
Their interests change every month
Dinosaurs in spring, soccer in summer, space by autumn. Generic material can't keep up with what they're obsessed with right now.
How Tandomo helps
How Tandomo helps
You set it up once with a short quiz. After that a new set of quests is waiting every day, and you only step in when you want to.
Small quests, not a long session
Each day brings 7 to 10 short quests: a quick quiz, a bit of reading or writing, a puzzle, something to make or play. Younger kids get shorter, more playful tasks with lots of variety.
Their world is the setting
Tell us they love Minecraft, horses or a particular soccer player, and the quests borrow those themes now and then. A sharing problem becomes a creator's giveaway; a reading task is about the animal they can't stop talking about.
About half of it happens off-screen
Paper boats, magic squares, hopscotch, a float-or-sink kitchen experiment, a round of dominoes. The app hands out the challenge, then gets out of the way.
Points and a calendar that reward showing up
Kids earn points for every quest and fill in a calendar of days played this month, which rewards the habit rather than perfect scores. On a good day they can tap "I want more" for a bonus round.
Example quests
Quests an 8–12 year old might get
These come straight from our starter library. Each day the AI adapts ideas like these to your child's age, level and interests, so the numbers, names and themes change.
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Read a short myth/legend, then draw the monster on paper
Reading → making
ReadingOff-screenAll agesEasyTick off when done
River crossing: get the wolf, goat and cabbage across
Ancient brain-teaser, still stumps adults
Logic & PuzzlesOnlineAll agesMediumAuto-checked quiz
Fold a paper boat or airplane and test how far/long it goes
Hands-on analog classic
Creative & MakingOff-screenAll agesEasyTick off when done
What a week can look like
On Monday the set might open with a three-clue mini escape room, then ask your child to measure angles around the house with a protractor, read a short legend, and finish with ten minutes of skipping rope. Tuesday swaps in a binary-code challenge, a paper tower contest and a quick quiz on whatever they're covering at school.
Over the week the mix moves across reading, writing, math, logic, science, geography, movement, life skills and making things, so no single subject takes over. If a puzzle lands, similar ones come back; if something flops, you can say so on the dashboard and it shows up less.
You'll see what got done, how the quizzes went and any little notes your child leaves along the way. That's usually enough to start a good conversation at dinner, without you having to check homework.
Questions parents ask
Is Tandomo suitable for an 8-year-old?
Yes, if they can read short instructions on their own or with a little help. Tasks for younger children are shorter and more hands-on, and you can steer the difficulty from the parent dashboard.
How long does a day's set take?
Most quests take 5–20 minutes, and a full set adds up to roughly 45–70 minutes spread across the day. Kids don't have to finish everything; points reward every quest they do, and any day they play fills a square in this month's calendar.
Does my child need their own device?
They need a device to see the day's quests and do the online ones, but it can be a shared family tablet or computer. Roughly half the tasks are done away from the screen.
Will it follow what they learn at school?
You can tell it the current school topics and your goals, and quizzes in math, science or geography will pull those in. It's a supplement for curiosity, not a replacement for school.
What if my child only likes one thing?
That's fine and quite normal at this age. Their favorite topic shows up as a theme now and then, which is often what gets them to try a subject they'd otherwise skip.
Keep exploring
Build a free 7-day plan for your 8–12 year old
Answer a few quick questions about their interests and what you'd like them to practice, and get a personalized week of quests on the spot.
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