The Reading Room

All 98 of our reading, writing and language apps, on six shelves. Each shelf is a ladder that climbs from ages 3–5 to 15–18. Pick an age and we will mark that rung on every shelf. Your pick stays on this device.

Sounds to words

Hear the sounds, then put them together. By 15–18, long words come apart in your hands.

  1. Ages 3–5· your rung

  2. Ages 6–8· your rung

  3. Ages 9–14· your rung

  4. Ages 15–18· your rung

Reading for meaning

From a picture book on a lap to a contract you could sign: read it, then show what it says.

  1. Ages 3–5· your rung

  2. Ages 6–8· your rung

  3. Ages 9–14· your rung

  4. Ages 15–18· your rung

Writing it down

Tell it, plan it, write it, make it better. By 15–18, an essay you can defend out loud.

  1. Ages 3–5· your rung

  2. Ages 6–8· your rung

  3. Ages 9–14· your rung

  4. Ages 15–18· your rung

Words and how they work

Rhymes, riddles, roots and rulings: where words come from and why they mean what they mean.

  1. Ages 3–5· your rung

  2. Ages 6–8· your rung

  3. Ages 9–14· your rung

  4. Ages 15–18· your rung

Your family’s language

The words your family says at home, kept and passed on. Every language here is a strength.

  1. Ages 3–5· your rung

  2. Ages 6–8· your rung

  3. Ages 9–14· your rung

  4. Ages 15–18· your rung

Telling and talking

Say it to someone: a rhyme on a knee, a show-and-tell, a talk, a three-minute tour of one object.

  1. Ages 3–5· your rung

  2. Ages 6–8· your rung

  3. Ages 9–14· your rung

  4. Ages 15–18· your rung

Or start from something you love · Read the characters' stories · Every app