Academics
SoundTales
Climb the sound ladder — a decodable chapter-book series where every spelling pattern is a character who does its trick in every story (the Twins, the Digraph Duo, Silent Ellie, Bossy R, the Vowel-Team Captain). Read one rung at a time, tap any word to hear it, and teach the pattern to Dodo. Structured-literacy decodable reading for ages 6–8.
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Meet the cast
SoundTales's sound ladder is its cast: every spelling pattern is a character who does its trick in every story, and Dodo climbs one rung at a time while you teach each new pattern.
Dodo
climbs the sound ladder; you teach Dodo each new pattern
Buzz the Twins
(Two bees) - two of the same letter at the end still make one sound (huff, bell, kiss)
Digraph Duo
(Two penguins) - two letters team up to make one new sound (sh, ch, th)
Silent Ellie
(An elephant) - a silent e on the end makes the vowel say its name (cap, cape)
Bossy R
(A rhino) - when R follows a vowel it bosses the vowel's sound (car, bird, turn)
Vowel-Team Captain
(A duck) - two vowels sail together and the first one says its name (rain, boat)
What's inside
Learning goal
Climb the sound ladder — a decodable chapter-book series where every spelling pattern is a character who does its trick in every story (the Twins, the Digraph Duo, Silent Ellie, Bossy R, the Vowel-Team Captain). Read one rung at a time, tap any word to hear it, and teach the pattern to Dodo. Structured-literacy decodable reading for ages 6–8.
How SoundTales handles your kid's data
- ✅ All progress, settings, and AI-generated content stays on the device
- ✅ No analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs
- ✅ Free — no ads, no in-app purchases
- ✅ No personal information collected from children — in line with COPPA (updated by the 2026 FTC amendments)
- ✅ No chat with strangers — play-together rooms use a short code and preset emotes, never typed messages