Questions, answered.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Ready, Set, Reading! for?

It is built around reading readiness rather than a specific age. The curriculum assumes no prior reading at all — Lesson 1 introduces three sounds and ends with the child reading a complete sentence — and carries through to the decoding skills expected of a 1st to 2nd grade reader. If a child can sit with a screen and repeat a sound they hear, they can start at Lesson 1.

Does my child need to know their letters first?

No. The first lesson teaches m, a and s from scratch, and every word after that is built only from sounds already covered. No word appears before the sounds inside it have been taught, so a child is never put in a position of having to guess.See the full scope and sequence

How long does a lesson take?

It varies by lesson and by child. Lesson 1 is seven exercises; later lessons run to around thirty, and each exercise is a single sound, word or sentence read aloud. Progress is saved exercise by exercise, so a lesson can be stopped part-way and picked up later without losing the child's place.

Does it work for children with dyslexia?

It was designed with dyslexia in mind by a Doctor of Special Education. Approaches that rely on memorising word shapes or guessing from pictures tend to leave children with dyslexia behind. Ready, Set, Reading! uses explicit, systematic phonics instead: words are broken into their smallest phonetic units and the mechanical rules of decoding are taught directly, with a clean, visually stable interface that keeps cognitive load low.Read about how it was built

What if my child has a speech delay?

There is an SLI accommodations mode for children with speech sound disorders, apraxia, or expressive language delays. Standard voice recognition can be an exercise in real frustration for these children, so this mode is tuned to encourage rather than discourage.

Is it aligned to the Science of Reading?

Yes. The curriculum is systematic and explicit: 43 sounds are introduced in a fixed order across 75 lessons, each practised on its own, then inside a word, then inside a sentence. There is no guessing from pictures and no memorising of whole word shapes — every word is decoded from sounds the child has already been taught.See how the sounds are sequenced

How does the app know whether my child read it correctly?

The child reads each exercise aloud and speech recognition tuned for children's voices scores the attempt against the expected sound, word or sentence. That is why a lesson cannot be completed by tapping through it — the child has to actually say it.

Is my child's voice recorded or stored?

Audio captured during an exercise is used to score that attempt and then discarded. We do not build a permanent audio library of student voices, and recordings are not used to train third-party models.Read the privacy policy

How many children does one license cover?

The Parent Plan covers 1–4 student accounts for $14.99/month, each with their own progress tracking. The Teacher Plan covers Up to 36 student accounts for $149.99/year.Compare the plans