THE WOODLAND SESSIONS

BACKSTAGE PASS

For the grown-ups

Start together, keep it playful, and stop whenever he’s ready. There are no timers, lost lives, or penalties for trying again.

Choose the next adventure
Reading challenge length

6 questions per set

Applies to every reading challenge set when you start this adventure. Saved in this browser.

The name is saved in this browser on this device. Only the name is saved, not microphone audio.

Meet the voices

Tap-to-build spelling is the default. Recorded character voices read words and letter names; they do not provide recorded individual phonemes. A grown-up can model the sounds and blend them together.

Activity ideas & learning progression

Warm up: clap syllables, find rhyming pictures, and listen for the first sound together.

Early reading: match a printed word to its picture, choose a missing letter, then build the same word with tiles.

Next steps: build longer words one letter at a time; try word changes such as cat → hat → hot.

Later: build a short sentence, choose the picture that fits it, and answer a simple “who” or “what” question.

Word length alone doesn’t determine difficulty. Choose familiar sounds before introducing a new pattern. This prototype offers practice, not an assessment or a complete phonics curriculum.

More about blending and segmenting ↗

YOUR FIRST GIG

Help Rocky find his nuts.

  1. Help the hedgehog finish a set of reading questions before each satellite scan. Choose the number of questions and blocks in Grown-ups settings.
  2. Tap a picture or letter. Tap or type letters to build a word. Each tile is one letter; use Backspace to undo.
  3. Correct answers move on automatically after the Oracle cheers you on. Need a clue? Use the speaker button to hear the word.
  4. The satellite finds 3 nuts, then 30 nuts, then the final 100. Rocky celebrates each discovery with a guitar solo!

Try as often as you like. Grown-ups can choose a level or turn on keyboard spelling.