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Phonics & Decoding

8 apps to play — grouped by age.

Ages 3–5 · Pre-K & K

English & Language Arts

VowelTots

Ages 3–5 · Gr K–K Level 1

Meet the five Vowel Sisters — for ages 3–5. Press to hear a little word, then tap the sister whose sound you hear in the middle: cat is Ava, dog is Ollie. Then watch Magnet-E work her magic — cap becomes cape, and the sister sings her name! Every word is one you can sound out. No reading needed, no score, no rush. On-device; nothing leaves your device.

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Ages 6–8 · Grades 1–3

English & Language Arts

ChainPals

Ages 6–8 · Gr 1–3 Level 1

Change one sound to make a new word — sounding-out practice for ages 6–8. Turn cat into cot into cog into dog, one little sound at a time, while Snuffle the mole tunnels along your word chain. Every word is one you can sound out. No memorising, no score, no rush. On-device; nothing leaves your device.

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English & Language Arts

HeartPals

Ages 6–8 · Gr 1–3 Level 1

Meet the tricky little words, for ages 6–8. Some words — said, to, he — have ONE part that makes a surprise sound; the rest you can sound out. HeartPals shows you the word, lets you hear it, and asks you to mark the surprise part — then tells you the friendly reason why. No memorising whole shapes, no score, no rush. On-device; nothing leaves your device.

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English & Language Arts / decoding × spatial reasoning

FlipPals

Ages 6–8 · Gr 1–3 Level 1

The first word game where your friend can take a letter back! Tap a cell to claim it — and if you flank a real word (your ends, their middle), the middle flips to you and the picture pops up: CAT! The vowel sits in the middle of every word, so it is the risky one to leave open. Read, flip, and make the most words. On-device, no accounts, no ads.

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Reading & Math Readiness — comfortable start & how-school-teaches-it

MapPals

Ages 6–8 · Gr 1–3 Level 1

Find a comfy place to start — a few quick games with Cardi the cardinal, no test and no score, that end with a friendly "here’s where we start" kit. Then, for grown-ups: how school teaches reading and math NOW (blending, number bonds, magic-e) so you can help without saying "that’s not how I learned it." On-device: no accounts, no grades, nothing sent.

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English & Language Arts

ReadPals

Ages 6–8 · Gr 1–3 Level 1

Sound out first words to a whole page with Blip the frog — blend, digraphs, magic-e, and decodable readers for grade 1–2.

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Ages 9–14 · Grades 4–8

English & Language Arts

DecodeForge

Ages 9–13 · Gr 4–8 Level 1

Crack the code of hard words — map sounds to spelling tiles, chip long words into syllables, snap prefixes, roots, and suffixes together, and read it smooth. Structured-literacy decoding for readers ages 9–14 who need it, across 16 kits.

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English & Language Arts

MorphQuest

Ages 9–13 · Gr 4–8 Level 3

Fuse Greek + Latin word-parts to spawn Morpheme Monsters — chrono + phage births a time-eater. Master the roots, prefixes & suffixes that unlock thousands of words, then decode a word you have never seen. 16 morphology & etymology missions.

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