How it works

One session. Five skills. Ten minutes.
Vocab first. The rest is your child's.

School teaches the content. We're where your child practices it — vocab first, then they pick.

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Vocabulary STARTS HERE
THEN ANY ORDER · THEIR PICK
Reading
Listening
Speaking
Writing
Vocabulary STARTS HERE
ReadingTHEIR PICK
ListeningTHEIR PICK
SpeakingTHEIR PICK
WritingTHEIR PICK
Vocab anchors the session. The rest, your child chooses — in whatever order works that day.
Inside the 10 minutes

What ten minutes actually looks like.

Vocab anchors every session. The other four — your child picks the order. Three minutes max per skill. The session ends at ten — full stop.

9:41
8:14 / 10:00
Vocabulary
3 new words · "adaptation, inherit, observe"
STARTED HERE
Reading
Short passage · first pick
THEIR PICK
Listening
Audio + comprehension · second
THEIR PICK
Speaking
Read aloud · AI pronunciation feedback
NOW
Writing
Short response · waiting
STILL TO PICK
The session itself

One screen, five steps, a visible timer. Each step is its own short module. The session ends when the timer says so — not when your child decides they've had enough.

Below: what each of those five steps actually contains.

01 · STARTS HERE · ALWAYS
Vocabulary

Three new words, in context. Hear them, see them used, then match the meaning. Vocab is the non-negotiable starting block — every other skill depends on it.

VOCABULARY · MATCH THE MEANING
Which word means watch carefully?
adaptation — a feature that helps you survive
observe — watch carefully
inherit — receive from a parent
↓ THEN THEY CHOOSE ONE
Reading, Listening, Speaking, Writing — your child's order, your child's call.

No app-imposed sequence. Your child picks what they want to practice next — every day.

THEIR PICK
Reading

A short passage at your child's level — about 120 words. Then questions that test understanding, not memory.

READING · COMPREHENSION
The fennec fox lives in the Sahara, where temperatures climb past 100°F. Its enormous ears release heat — and let it hear insects moving underground.
Why does the fennec fox have such large ears?
To hear predators far away
To release heat and stay cool
To scare other animals
THEIR PICK
Listening

An audio clip — a narrator, not a robot. Then comprehension. School trains reading; almost no one trains active listening.

LISTENING · AUDIO + COMPREHENSION
0:21 Narrator 0:45
What's one thing the fennec fox can do that other foxes can't?
THEIR PICK
Speaking

Your child reads a passage aloud. The AI listens — to fluency, pace, and pronunciation. It gives notes, not a score.

SPEAKING · READ ALOUD
"Foxes inherit traits from their parents — like the size of their ears, or the color of their fur."
AI note · Strong pace — try slowing on commas, and "inherit" sounded like "in-her-it". One more pass?
THEIR PICK
Writing

Three to four sentences in response to a prompt. The AI grades structure, grammar, vocabulary, and conventions — and rewrites one sentence to show, not tell.

WRITING · SHORT RESPONSE
Write 3–4 sentences: what adaptation helps the fennec fox survive the desert?
Maya wrote · "Fennec foxes have big ears. The big ears help them cool down."
Grammar
9/10
Structure
7/10
Vocabulary
6/10
Conventions
10/10
Try this rewrite · "The big ears help them cool down — and hear enemies far away."
Session ends at 10:00. The app signs off — no notifications, no "one more".
Why this works

Why it's built this way.

Three decisions that shape every session. None of them are about engagement.

The foundation

Vocab is the foundation. The rest is your child's call.

Vocab is the one thing we make non-negotiable — you can't read what you can't decode, can't write what you can't say. Once that floor is set, the rest is up to your child. They pick the path. Agency over a fixed sequence, every day.

Writing
Reading
Listening
Speaking
Vocabulary
FOUNDATION
THEY PICK THEIR OWN PATH
The feedback

We don't say "good job."
We say what to fix.

Scoring tells your child where they are. Feedback tells them how to move. The AI reads every essay and listens to every answer — then quotes their actual words back, with a rewrite.

OLD WAY
"Great job!" 9/10
OURS
Try varying sentence starts — two in a row with "The big ears" reads repetitive.
Original: "The big ears help them cool down."
Improved: "Their oversized ears help them cool down."
The boundary

No streaks. No "one more."

Streaks reward showing up; we reward what gets learned. The app stops at ten minutes — one notification, then silence. Built for outcomes, not engagement.

SESSION TIMER
10:00 / 10:00
COMPLETE
HARD STOP
Time's up. Nice work — the app signs off until tomorrow.
NO XP POPUP · NO STREAK CELEBRATION · NO "ONE MORE"

Ten minutes a day. The work compounds.

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