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TinyLetters

Emergent Phonics + Alphabet for Ages 5-7 — letter-sound mapping, sight words, decodable storyboarding. Pip Jr (younger-sibling sparrow to LyricForge's Pip) guides daily 15-min phonics routines.

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Meet your mentor

Every Spark & Anvil app has a friendly mentor character that demonstrates, praises, and patiently scaffolds learning. On-device AI personalizes the mentor's responses to your kid's progress — never connecting to a server, never collecting data.

TinyLetters mascot demonstrating
demonstrating
TinyLetters mascot praising
praising
TinyLetters mascot thinking
thinking
TinyLetters mascot working
working
TinyLetters mascot encouraging
encouraging
In planning Swift 6 · SwiftUI · FoundationModels CCSS Foundations.RF.K-2 CCSS RL.K-2 Hero color: #FFB89C

What's inside

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Learning goal

Emergent Phonics + Alphabet for Ages 5-7 — letter-sound mapping, sight words, decodable storyboarding. Pip Jr (younger-sibling sparrow to LyricForge's Pip) guides daily 15-min phonics routines.

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Question kits

16 curriculum-aligned kits × 25 questions = 400 questions per app, mapped to recognized standards.

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On-device AI mentor

FoundationModels-powered hints, feedback, and adaptive difficulty — all running locally.

Mentored by Pip Jr — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.

How TinyLetters 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

Full parent privacy guide →

Built with ForgeKit

TinyLetters 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

TinyLetters 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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