Make your own Botsville story!
At Botsville USA, children don’t just watch the future, they help create it.
Every big idea starts small. What will you make?
Under construction
The bots are still building the make-it-yourself tools, and they’re coming soon! For now, a grown-up can email us your idea at [email protected] with the subject “My Botsville idea.”
Three easy steps
Dream it!
Think of an idea, like a dragon who loves pancakes.
Tell it!
Say it, write it, or draw it, with a grown-up’s help.
A bot helps build it!
Your grown-up gives your idea to a helper bot, and it helps turn it into a storybook, a video, or a lesson!
These are the same steps Nana shares at the end of The Adventures of Nana and Bot.
What could you make?
A storybook
A little story with pictures, about anything you like.
A video
A short, happy video starring your idea.
A learning game
A little lesson with fun questions, like a Botsville quiz.
✅ Get ready: what to have before you start
Pick what you want to make, then think about these things with your grown-up. Little answers are perfect!
For a storybook
- Who is it about? Your main character, and what they look like
- Where does it happen?
- The problem or adventure
- How does it end?
- What do we learn?
- About 8 to 12 short sentences, or one for each page
- Optional: your drawings (a grown-up can send a photo of the drawing, with no kids’ faces in it)
For a learning game
- What does the game teach?
- 3 to 5 questions, each with the right answer
- A couple of wrong choices for each question
- A prize or sticker idea for the end
- Which bot hosts it?
For a video
- The story or lesson in a few sentences
- Which Botsville bots are in it (see Meet the Bots)
- The place where it happens
- The one thing kids should learn
- How long? 1 to 3 minutes
- Optional: a song idea, described in words
👪 Grown-ups: send us your child’s idea
Has your child dreamed up a Botsville idea? A grown-up can email it to us. Type it out, or attach a photo of a drawing.
What to put in your email
- The type: a story, a game or a video
- Your child’s first name or nickname only
- Their age
- The checklist answers from Get ready
- Any drawings (photos of the drawings only)
- A grown-up sends the idea. Kids don’t send anything themselves.
- No children’s personal information is collected on this website: no forms, no accounts, no sign-ups.
- Please don’t include your child’s full name, address, school or photos of your child. A first name or nickname is plenty.
- We read every idea, and we may turn some favorite ideas into Botsville stories.
Made with love by a Nana and her grandkids, with help from the bots of Botsville USA.