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The Phonics App That
Makes Kids Love Reading.

Letter sounds, blending, sight words, and early reading — taught by animated characters who make learning feel like storytime. Kids respond out loud. Zero reading required to get started.

✓ Ages 2–13
✓ Up to 4 kids
✓ Voice activated
✓ Parent dashboard
✓ $14.99 / month
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Phonics curriculum

How Kids Learn to Read with Lumi

A sequenced phonics progression from letter recognition all the way to fluent reading — delivered through character voices, not worksheets.

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Letter Recognition & Sounds (Pre-K – K)
Every letter introduced with its sound, a keyword, and an emoji anchor image. Kids hear the sound, repeat it aloud, and get instant feedback from their guide character.
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Blending & CVC Words (Kindergarten)
Short vowel sounds combined into simple words: cat, run, big. Kids blend sounds together verbally and hear the full word modeled back to them.
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Sight Word Mastery (K – Grade 1)
High-frequency words drilled through spaced repetition and voice recall — the way human memory actually works. Not flashcards. Conversation.
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Guided Reading Adventures (Grades 1–2)
Decodable story passages with characters narrating every line. Kids answer comprehension questions out loud after each page. No reading pressure.
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Spelling & Phonemic Awareness
Oral spelling tests, rhyming games, syllable segmenting, and word family drills built into the natural flow of the school day.
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Grammar & Vocabulary (Grades 2–5)
Parts of speech, sentence structure, context clues, prefixes, suffixes, literary devices — all taught through story-based lessons with characters your kids already know.
Why it works

Voice Recall Beats Clicking Every Time

Tapping a multiple choice answer tests recognition. Saying the answer out loud tests recall — the kind that sticks.

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Kids answer every question by speaking
No tapping buttons, no typing. Kids hear a question and say the answer. The app listens, grades it, and their character responds — just like a real teacher would.
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Spaced repetition baked in
Missed sounds and words automatically cycle back into future lessons. The curriculum remembers what was hard and revisits it until it's solid.
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Characters make repetition feel fresh
The same phonics concept can be introduced by Lumi, reinforced by Bessie, and quizzed by ACE — three different voices, styles, and energy levels keeping kids engaged through repetition.
Pricing

Less Than a Single Workbook

One subscription. Up to 4 kids. Every subject, every age, every day.

Lumi Academy · Monthly
$14.99
per month · cancel anytime
Up to 4 learner profiles — all ages, all grades
Full K–5 curriculum — Math, Reading, Science, Social Studies
7 animated guide characters — each kid picks their favorite
Subject Worlds, streak combos, XP & session recaps
Spelling tests, pop quizzes & weekly finals
Real parent dashboard — scores, grade control, progress tracking
One-tap full school day — zero prep, zero planning
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Common questions

Frequently Asked Questions

At what age should my child start Lumi for phonics?
Kids can start as early as age 2 with letter recognition and simple sounds. The Little Learners track (ages 2–6) requires zero reading ability — everything is spoken aloud by the characters.
My child is already reading. Is Lumi still useful?
Yes. Reading fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, grammar, spelling tests, and writing concepts all continue through Grade 5 in the Academy track. Many strong readers use Lumi to accelerate into advanced reading skills.
Does Lumi use synthetic or analytic phonics?
Lumi uses a systematic synthetic phonics approach — teaching individual phoneme-grapheme correspondences before blending them into words — consistent with the Science of Reading research consensus.
What if my child mispronounces a word?
The voice grading system is intentionally lenient for young learners. It checks for phonemic similarity, not perfect pronunciation. Characters give encouraging feedback and model the correct sound without discouraging kids from trying.
Can my child do Lumi without me sitting next to them?
Yes, that's the design goal. Characters guide everything verbally. No reading instructions, no buttons to figure out. A 3-year-old can navigate a lesson session independently once set up.
Does Lumi work on tablets?
Lumi runs in any modern web browser — Chrome, Safari, Firefox. Works on tablets, phones, laptops, and desktop computers. No app download required.
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Your Kids Could Start
Learning Right Now.

Takes 2 minutes to set up. Works on any device. No downloads.

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