Five levels. One connected journey.
From first sounds.
To reading with meaning.
The AptyRead English Reading Program brings letters, sounds, words and understanding together. Five progressive levels, in the AptyRead app.
Reading begins in Lesson 1
A few sounds.
Their first words.
Your child does not need to learn every letter before reading a word. In Lesson 1, they learn the letters s, a and t and practise their sounds, then build and read at and sat with the app's help.
The words have meaning, too. Children listen, choose, build and explore what happens. By Lesson 9, those early sounds lead to Pat and Pip, their first little story.
This is the pattern throughout the journey: learn something, put it into practice, and return to it in a new context.
The five-level path
More to read.
More to understand.
These are the teaching focuses of the five levels. Reading, vocabulary and meaning grow together throughout.
Sounds into first words
Learn letter names, shapes and sounds. Build words and explore their meanings through activities and little stories. Discover capital and small letters, with optional writing practice.
More words, richer sentences
Build varied short words. Read phrases, sentences and short books. Explore who does what, where things are, and how a question or a small word changes a message.
Letter teams and longer words
Explore letters that work together, longer sound sequences and word endings. Follow a character's problem, action and result while checking that the words make sense.
Vowel patterns and longer reading
Explore more vowel spellings and longer stories and factual passages. Follow connected ideas, notice feelings and find details. Practise phrasing and reread to check meaning.
Independent reading and vocabulary
Bring word reading and understanding together in suitable new books. Explore longer words and meaningful word parts, explain ideas using the text, and choose what to read next.
Your part in the journey
Be close. Be curious.
Let them have a turn.
Give your child time to look, listen and respond. Replay the model when helpful, without turning practice into a test.
Talk about the meaning.
Ask what happened, act out a word, or find something similar nearby. You can talk in the language your family knows best.
Keep it comfortable.
Pause when your child needs a break. Writing is optional, and grown-up guidance is available in English, Hindi and Malayalam.