Phonics for Kids - ReadBorn

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Your child sounds out their first words, letter by letter, and hatches a baby animal after every story they read. Designed with input from K-1 reading teachers. Built on systematic phonics (Science of Reading aligned). Ages 3-8+. No ads, ever. HOW IT WORKS • Your child sees a word and tries to read it out loud. • The app listens. If they get stuck, it gently sounds out each letter to help: "C - A - T." • The help only grows when they need it, so your child does the reading, not the app. • Every story they finish hatches an egg into a cute baby animal to keep. Collect all 188 across 17 worlds. A PROFILE FOR EVERY CHILD • Up to 5 kids on one device, each with their own cute animal avatar. • Every child keeps their own progress, level, and reading path. • Switch between children in a single tap. FOR GROWN-UPS: THE REPORT CARD • A plain-English look at how your reader is doing. • Their reading level, day streak, animals hatched, and a sound-by-sound view of what they've mastered. • See exactly what to practice next. No jargon, no scores that sting. LEARN STEP BY STEP (9 levels) Reading gets harder at exactly the right pace, one world at a time. • Level 0 - Learn the Letters: every letter and the sound it makes • Level 1 - Blending: put sounds together into your first words (at, in, sat) • Level 2 - First Words: 3-letter words and first little stories (cat, sun, pig) • Level 3 - Stretchy Words: two sounds side by side (frog, stop, swim) • Level 4 - Letter Teams: two letters, one sound, sh, ch, th, ck (ship, chin, thick) • Level 5 - Silent E Magic: long-vowel words (cake, bike, rope) • Level 6 - Big Kid Words: longer blends plus silent-e (brave, smile, stone) • Level 7 - Vowel Teams: two vowels, one sound (rain, boat, seed) • Level 8 - Super Words: real two-syllable words (rabbit, sunset, basket) PHONICS-FIRST LEARNING • All 26 letter sounds with clear, kid-friendly audio, starting with the most useful first (SATPIN: s, a, t, p, i, n) • 103 sight words recognized as whole words (a, the, is, you…) • Gentle audio help that only escalates when your child needs it • Tap-to-hear any letter or word BUILT FOR LITTLE HANDS • Chunky 64pt buttons, big friendly text • Warm pastel colors, no dark theme, no flashy rewards • Zero ads. Zero in-app pop-ups. Zero chat. Zero data sold. GROWS WITH YOUR CHILD • 156 beginner stories plus 24 word-blending warm-ups and 9 sound classes, across 9 difficulty levels • Every story ends with an AR creature hatch (turn the camera on and the animal appears in your room) • Progress tracking that celebrates every reading streak SUBSCRIPTION • Monthly or yearly subscription • Length of subscription: auto-renewing monthly or annual • Cancel anytime in Settings LEGAL • Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ • Privacy Policy: https://readborn.com/privacy/

Learn the Letters: a brand new Level 0. Not every child is ready to blend sounds yet. Now they do not have to be. LEVEL 0: LEARN THE LETTERS All 26 letter sounds, taught a few at a time across nine sound classes, starting with SATPIN (s, a, t, p, i, n). Every letter has its own short video, every class ends with a listening game, and a speaking checkpoint asks your child to say the sounds back. THE ALPHABET LIBRARY Tap any letter to hear its sound and see its word. NINE NEW BABY ANIMALS One hatches for every sound class your child finishes. A NEW HOME SCREEN A forest map now shows the whole reading path in one place, so you can see where your child is and what comes next. TALK TO US There is a contact form inside the app now, in Settings and the parent area. Tell us what your child needs. Sound it out, bring it to life.

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