Variety
New and repeat, in balance
Each day mixes new activities with ones your child has done before. Repeats are spaced out, so they feel familiar, not boring.
Parent guide
How Joy works
Everything parents need to know, from your child's first day in Joy to the words you'll see along the way. Pick a topic to get started.
What is Joy?
Joy is a learning app for children that turns a few short activities a day into a path for growth. It gets to know your child, picks activities that suit them, and shows you how they feel and what they learn.
For your child
Daily activities with friendly characters, videos and music, plus more than 1,000 activities in Joy Collection.
For you
One parent account for all your children, with a feeling log and activity history for each child.
Made for them
A profile of your child's nature and a growth path that adapts as they grow.
How to use Joy
Your child opens Joy, taps Start Journey and plays through today's activities. Here's what they'll meet along the way.
Daily routine
Each day, Joy prepares a set of activities in three parts of the day. Your child taps Start Journey to begin.
- Morning Mindfulness — Calm, gentle activities to start the day.
- Afternoon Adventures — Active and curious activities.
- Evening Enchantment — Soothing activities to wind down.
Every activity carries a movement tag: Think, Ground, Action, Create, Flow or Reset. Joy balances them across the day.
Characters
Friendly characters guide your child through activities. Animal teachers lead some videos, picked from Joy's animal library to suit your child.
Your child also has their own animal friend, which reflects their nature. See Animal friends.
Elements and moods
Joy asks your child two simple questions during the day:
- Which element do you feel today? Your child picks the element they feel in the Element Log.
- Feeling okay? Your child picks the mood that matches how they feel. Joy then offers emotional balancing videos or audio for that mood.
Their answers build the feeling log you see in your parent account, with their most common element and mood.
Video and music
Activities come as short videos, and some calming activities come as audio your child can listen to.
- Activity and exercise videos to get moving
- Calm Senses video or audio, based on the needs you add
- Emotional balancing video or audio, matched to today's mood
- More than 1,000 activities to explore in Joy Collection
- Think
- Ground
- Action
- Create
- Flow
- Reset
Your child's unique needs
When you add a child, you can tell Joy about anything that makes them unique, like attention differences. Joy uses this to add support activities that suit them.
How Joy uses them
Joy adds a Calm Senses video or audio to your child's daily activities
Who can set them
Only you, the parent, can set your child's unique needs
Set them in your child's profile when you add a new child, or change them later with Edit
Once you set them, Calm Senses activities unlock for your child. They're included with Premium and Premium Plus plans.
Alpha, Omega, Crystal and Rainbow
These are the stages of your child's growth path. Your child is always in one stage, marked Current in their Information tab. When they finish the path, it starts again and adapts to how they've grown.
Alpha
A fresh start for noticing what makes your child shine.
Omega
A moment to practice new skills and build confidence.
Crystal
Small wins come together as your child keeps growing.
Rainbow
Celebrate the journey before a new path begins.
The improvement plan
Each stage follows your child's improvement plan. Its baseline program is shared across three action tags that form a triangle, helping your child grow in a balanced way.
- BraveActivities that build courage and confidence.
- KindActivities that build care for others.
- DreamActivities that build imagination and hope.
BraveDreamKindBaseline
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Child nature
Your child's nature describes who they are today. Each nature points to a potential archetype, the kind of person they can grow into. You'll see both in your child's Information tab.
Child nature
Dream Explorer
Potential archetype
Explorer
The nine child natures
Dream Explorer
Grows toward Explorer
Kind Helper
Grows toward Helper
Creative Artist
Grows toward Artist
Smart Organizer
Grows toward Organizer
Curious Thinker
Grows toward Thinker
Caring Nurturer
Grows toward Nurturer
Wise Seeker
Grows toward Seeker
Brave Initiator
Grows toward Initiator
Big Dreamer
Grows toward Dreamer
Your child's elements
Your child's core element describes their energy. Some elements are pure, like Flame or Stream, and some blend two or three energies, like Garden or Mountain. You'll find your child's core element in their Information tab.
Flame
- Fire
Stream
- Water
Spark
- Fire
- Air
Stone
- Earth
Wind
- Air
Garden
- Water
- Earth
Sky
- Sky
Mountain
- Earth
- Air
- Sky
Ocean
- Fire
- Water
- Air
- Earth
- Sky
Ocean holds every energy: Fire, Water, Air, Earth and Sky.
Animal friends
Your child's animal nature reflects how they tend to behave: how they play, learn and connect with others. You'll find it in your child's Information tab. Tap it in the app to read more.
Lion
Dolphin
Panda
Black Panther
Bunny
Butterfly
Caterpillar
Dragon
Duckling
Elephant
Firefly
Hummingbird
Ladybug
Owl
Squirrel
Whale
Deer
Clownfish
Development and repetition
Children learn by doing new things and by coming back to things they know. Joy plans both, so your child keeps growing without feeling rushed.
Movement
Balanced movement
Joy spreads Think, Ground, Action, Create, Flow and Reset activities across each stage of the growth path.
Cycle
A path that repeats and adapts
When your child finishes the path, it starts again, adjusted to how they've grown.
Progress
Progress you can see
Your parent account shows activity counts by movement tag, the feeling log and each activity with its date.
With Mastery, the Special Plan program adds 12 programs across one year, starting on the plan date.
Subscribe and extend
Each child needs their own plan. You buy and manage plans in your parent account in the Joy app.
Subscribe
- 1
Log in to your parent account
Use your phone, email, Google or Apple.
- 2
Choose your child
Open their profile and go to the Child Plans tab.
- 3
Pick a plan
Choose Buy new, or assign a plan you already have.
- 4
Make payment
Confirm the plan and pay in the app.
Extend
Plans don't renew automatically. To keep going, buy a new plan for your child from Child Plans.
Joy sends you a notification 3 days before your child's plan ends, so there's time to choose the next one.
If a plan ends, your child's profile, growth path and history are still saved.
See plans and pricesContact customer service
Can't find what you need? Reach the Joy team by email, Telegram or WhatsApp.
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A safe and loving space where parents support their children's growth every day.
- Daily activities picked for your child's growth path
- 1,000+ activities to explore in Joy Collection
- A feeling log to follow how they're doing
- One parent account for all your children
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