For grown-ups

What your child practices

TinyLetters builds the earliest reading skills for ages 5–7, the way they're taught in kindergarten and first grade: the sounds letters make, blending sounds into little words, the words we see everywhere, forming letters, and putting words together.

• Letter Sounds — hear a letter's sound (like "/mmm/") and tap the picture that starts with it. We teach the sound a letter makes, not its name — the phonics-first way.
• Sound It Out — hear a short word, stretch the sounds with the "blend it" helper, then pick the word (blending three sounds into one, like c-a-t → cat).
• Sight Words — hear a very common word (like "the" or "you") and find it — the top-100 words that make up most of early reading.
• Letter Trace — follow the dots to form a letter with a finger or mouse while hearing its sound. Forming letters helps children recognize them — shape and sound learned together.
• Story Builder — tap decodable words to build a three-line story. There's no wrong answer — any story your child makes counts.

Play together

Everything is read aloud, so a child who can't read yet can play on their own — and it's even better with a grown-up. Sit close, take turns saying the sounds, and for Letter Trace, say the sound as your child traces (shape and sound stick together better that way). Keep it gentle: there are no timers, no scores to fail, and a tricky one just shows the answer kindly and moves on.

Your privacy

TinyLetters runs entirely on your device. There are no accounts and no ads, and nothing your child does leaves the device. A little bit of progress (stars and a streak) is saved just on this device, for fun. Reading aloud uses your browser's built-in voice — no recording, no microphone.