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TinyLetters
Emergent Phonics + Alphabet for Ages 5-7 — letter-sound mapping, sight words, decodable storyboarding. Pip Jr (younger-sibling sparrow to LyricForge's Pip) guides daily 15-min phonics routines.
▶ Play it nowBuilt for sittings of about 10 minutes on the screen. That is our design budget, not a measurement.
Meet your mentor
Every Spark & Anvil app has a friendly mentor character that demonstrates, asks, and patiently scaffolds learning.
Mentored by Pip Jr
#FFB89C Characters who teach
Meet the cast
Pip Jr the sparrow hosts the phonics garden. Huff makes quick consonant sounds, Loo holds the long vowel sounds, and Stick glues sounds together into words. A missed sound is a gentle try-again, and grown-ups are invited to puff and stretch the sounds along.
Huff
Consonant sounds — soft pale-blue bunny in coral scarf; literally puffs a soft cloud-shape for each consonant sound; treats each sound as gentle quick exhale
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Loo
Vowel sounds — holds each vowel sound long and slow, so you can hum along
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Stick
Blend sounds — sticks letter sounds together, then says the whole word
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What's inside
Learning goal
Emergent Phonics + Alphabet for Ages 5-7 — letter-sound mapping, sight words, decodable storyboarding. Pip Jr (younger-sibling sparrow to LyricForge's Pip) guides daily 15-min phonics routines.
Mentored by Pip Jr — no data leaves the device.
How TinyLetters 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
TinyLetters runs on ForgeKit — the open-source Swift Package Manager framework that powers every Spark & Anvil app. ForgeKit ensures consistent accessibility, COPPA compliance, and design language across the portfolio, so your kid's progress and preferences feel coherent across every app they touch.
Coming to the App Store
TinyLetters is in active development. Email us to hear when it ships — no marketing, no spam, just a one-shot launch announcement.
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