Read along stories for kids: words light up as they are read

The words light up while the story is read aloud

A child who is just learning to read loses the line and gives up. Here every word glows at the exact moment it is spoken, so their eyes always know where they are — and there is a silent practice mode that goes at a child's pace, not a narrator's.

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What is inside

  • ✦ every word lights up in time with the voice
  • ✦ silent practice mode at a child's own pace
  • ✦ tap a word to jump the voice there

Why it works

Free read-along books for children learning to read: every word lights up exactly when the narrator says it, so a child can follow the line instead of losing it.

Common questions

The narration is recorded by a storyteller voice, and we keep the exact time of every single word. The reader lights up each word at the moment it is spoken — not a guess, not a fixed rhythm.

Yes. Practice mode highlights the words at a reading speed you choose, from 25 to 120 words a minute. A six-year-old needs about three times slower than a narrator, and that is exactly the point.

Tapping any word jumps the voice to it. That is the cheapest fix there is for a child who got lost, and it needs no extra buttons.

Roughly four to ten. Under five the highlighting teaches something else — that text runs left to right and that these shapes are words — so a grown-up reads and the child follows.

The first books are free and no card is needed. Narration is included in the paid packs.

Yes, and the page never scrolls away from the word being spoken. If you scroll by hand, the book waits for you and offers to jump back.

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