Vowel practice
Allows students to practice vowel sounds, and to focus on specific vowel sounds or patterns.
Students are shown words with one of the vowels hidden, and they need to choose the correct vowel.
Practice modes
Six ways to study next to your learner—grouped into spelling, reading, and vocabulary practice—each with its own setup screen, audio where it helps, and practice history so you can review what happened in the round.
Below: the settings you will see before each round (including Drill vs Learn), then what to expect from each mode in the same three sections you see on the app home page.
Settings
- Question count sets how many questions are asked in a round.
- Language allows you to toggle between English and Spanish words.
- Spelling test (if available) ties a session to a teacher-assigned list, or you can pull from your personal vocabulary lists.
- Difficulty adjusts syllable choices in syllable practice and how many extra letter tiles appear in jumble practice.
- Selections persist between sessions so you can easily continue where you left off.
Modes: Drill vs Learn
Drill
Randomly selects words from the whole word pool you have set up, so each round surfaces new words to discover and mixes in ones that have been seen before for review.
Learn
Uses spaced repetition to practice words that are still challenging before introducing new words.
Spelling
Vowel, syllable, listening, and jumble drills to practice spelling.
Syllable practice
Allows practicing words with 2 or 3 syllables. Students select the appropriate syllables in order.
Available in Spanish only.
Jumble practice
Students choose from a list of letter tiles to unscramble the target word.
Listening practice
Hear a word spoken aloud, then choose which word you heard from similar-sounding options—for example, telling "bull" apart from "bell".
Builds careful listening when words sound alike but are spelled differently.
Reading
Read words and check how well you know them.
Flashcard practice
Students practice with mom or dad to determine their ability to read the word on the screen. If it's easy, it won't be presented for a while, while words marked difficult will continue to be surfaced.
Vocabulary
Picture and word practice for beginners.
Vocabulary practice
See a picture and say the word out loud, then hear the pronunciation. A parent or tutor marks how well the learner knew it.
Great for beginners building early vocabulary with visual cues in English or Spanish.