A child working on her writing with PiBA nearby and a supportive adult beside her.

PEDGES · Singapore

Help children get unstuck.
Without doing the thinking for them.

Meet PiBA — a playful learning companion we are building to help children take the next step, then return to their own work.

In development · Singapore

Sneak Peek

One small step can make a big difference.

PiBA supports the moment of difficulty, so the learner can keep going.

A learner looking stuck while writing.

1. Stuck

A moment of difficulty.

PiBA offering a small suggestion to help the learner continue.

2. Supported

A gentle nudge, not the answer.

The learner continuing the work on her own.

3. Continues

Her ideas, her words, her progress.

Why we are building it

Learning technology should help children think — not think for them.

Too many tools either leave children stuck or take over too much. We believe the better path is to support the moment of difficulty, then help the learner continue with confidence.

The child still does the work

PiBA supports the stuck moment without taking over the task.

Help arrives when it matters

Small, timely support can make progress feel possible again.

Adults stay in the picture

Parents and educators get useful clarity without drowning in noise.

PiBA

What is PiBA?

A learning companion for the moment between “I’m stuck” and “I can try again.”

PiBA is being developed to give children small, playful moments of support while keeping them responsible for the real work of learning.

First validation focus: primary-school writing in Singapore.

Who we want to meet

We’re looking for the right people to build the next stage with us.

PiBA is still early. That is exactly why the conversations we have now matter.

Pilot partners

Learning centres and education organisations interested in carefully testing new learning experiences.

Current validation environment: PlayED Budding Learners, Singapore.

Research & education collaborators

Educators and researchers who want to challenge assumptions and help build responsibly.

Strategic & investment partners

People who see the opportunity in a different kind of child-centred learning technology.

Start a conversation
Education and strategic partners in conversation around a shared table in Singapore.

Learning in the real world

A controlled environment beyond the product demo.

PlayED Budding Learners (PBL) is a Singapore learning-centre partner providing a real-world environment for selected PLEMO and PiBA learning experiences.

This gives PEDGES a practical setting for observing how experiences work within real teaching routines and improving them under governed conditions — not just how they behave in a product demonstration.

Visit PlayED Budding Learners →
PlayED Budding Learners Real-world learning environment

About PEDGES

Games thinking. Learning science. Real classrooms.

PlayED Games & Education Studio (PEDGES) is a Singapore-based education technology studio bringing together game production, learning design and classroom-grounded thinking.

We build learning technology with the production discipline of games, the grounding of learning science, and the reality check of actual classrooms.

Game production Learning design Classroom grounded
A child, a parent, and adult guides gathered around a learning experience, showing PEDGES' blend of playful technology, learning design, and real-world support.

Let’s talk

Curious where PiBA could go with the right partner?

Whether you run learning programmes, study how children learn, build education ventures, or invest in the future of learning — we’d love to hear from you.