Academics
ReadRise
Rise into reading with Sonny the lark — syllable-chunking, word parts, vocabulary, comprehension, and read-it-with-feeling fluency, all read aloud, for grade 3 (ages 8–9).
#E86A4C Distributed-narrative cast
Meet the cast
ReadRise's grade-3 bridge-band cast (hero-anchored, ages 8–9) embodies the reading skills that carry a child from learning-to-read to reading-to-learn, as warm animal friends in the Reading Den — reading aloud smooth and with feeling (Sonny the lark, the hero, fluency + prosody), breaking a long word into syllable beats (Chunk the chipmunk, multisyllabic decoding), building and un-building words from meaningful parts (Morpho the butterfly, morphology), catching a new word from its neighbors and parts (Verba the parrot, vocabulary), finding the big idea the details hold up (Gist the owl, comprehension), and reading between the lines (Vera the cat, inference + figurative). Sonny stays the protagonist and Den host; the cast are Den friends. Every skill is offered with read-aloud always available. Structured Literacy only — never guess-from-the-picture. Anti-shame + reading-anxiety gate: keeper Marley the badger frames every skill as safe; a stumble is a friendly restart, never a fail; no child is timed or compared; hearing it read first is never cheating.
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What's inside
Learning goal
Rise into reading with Sonny the lark — syllable-chunking, word parts, vocabulary, comprehension, and read-it-with-feeling fluency, all read aloud, for grade 3 (ages 8–9).
Question kits
16 curriculum-aligned kits × 25 questions = 400 questions per app, mapped to recognized standards.
On-device AI mentor
FoundationModels-powered hints, feedback, and adaptive difficulty — all running locally.
Mentored by Marley — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How ReadRise handles your kid's data
- ✅ All progress, settings, and AI-generated content stays on the device
- ✅ No analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs
- ✅ No ads, no in-app purchases — you pay once
- ✅ COPPA compliant under the 2026 FTC amendments
- ✅ Parental controls + session limits + content filters built in
ReadRise 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
ReadRise 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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