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Timpson Lyceum Jr

Sound It Out

Phonics reading for kids.

Sound It Out teaches young children to read the way reading actually works — sounding words out, one letter at a time. It was built by a teacher, and it is deliberately calm: no ads, no characters shouting, no timers, and nothing that can ever tell a child they got it wrong.

Coming soon to the App Store — for iPhone and iPad.

What's inside

  • Sound it out. Letters and their sounds, blending two sounds together, word families, whole words, and first sentences — a gentle path from letters to real reading.
  • Write it. Trace each letter and number with a finger, following a dotted guide down the middle.
  • Play. Find It, Build a Word, Rhyme Time, and Match Up — practice dressed as games.
  • Made for families. Several children can share one device, each with their own profile. Grown-up settings sit behind a simple gate.

Private by design

Sound It Out has no network connection at all. Nothing is collected, nothing is uploaded, nothing is stored off your device — ever. If you turn on voice, speech is recognized on the device and never recorded or sent. Read the full privacy policy.

Support

Questions, trouble, or an idea? Write to dt323259@gmail.com and you will get a real answer — the Lyceum is run by one person.