Teachers who use SoundTown, see 2X the rate of letter sound retention.

Make phonemic awareness and letters sounds stick, in Pre-K, TK, and K - including MLs and Tier 2/3 groups. There's no prep, no materials, and it works to make mainstream programs even better.

Engaging 5-minute interactive videos for circle time, transitions, or small groups.

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Everyone's going to SoundTown!

SoundTown is an engaging, easy-to-use, effective way to help young readers learn through play and the science of reading.

The charming inhabitants of SoundTown immerse young readers in a warm and welcoming world of interesting sounds and stories that train their ears for reading.

Phonemic Awareness

Playing with individual
sounds in words

Letter Sounds

Connecting the symbols
(letters) to the sounds

Vocabulary

Making meaning
and connections

Oral Language

Speaking and
listening

See SoundTown in action

"For my English language learners, if they couldn’t make the sound the first time, the repetitions that SoundTown provides helps them eventually make the sounds." - Ms. Masters, CA TK Teacher

“SoundTown is really an easy program to use. A teacher can walk into the lesson and not really prep ahead of time. It has a nice predictable rhythm.” - Ms. Kust, WI 4K Teacher

“My students love seeing what the new character will be and looking for the previous characters on the map. It makes for great daily review.” - Ms. Knutson, MN Pre-K Teacher

“The children would refer back to the characters when they wrote in their daily journal to help them recall the letter sounds.” - Ms. Lundeen, CA TK Teacher

“Once the music starts in the beginning it is like when the introduction music hits for your favorite movie! SoundTown incorporates phonemic awareness in a multi-sensory way.” - Ms. Logan-Bruce, NY Pre-K Teacher

Proven Success with Diverse Students

On level readers

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English language learner

Reading skills gap

Invervention

Special education

What are integrated mnemonics?

An integrated mnemonic alphabet boosts children's letter learning speed.
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By embedding pictures within letters, children recall sounds twice faster than with plain letters.

rate of letter learning

Engaging and interactive world of sounds and letters

Proven Success with Diverse Students

On level readers

English language learner

Reading skills gap

Invervention

Special education

Easy-to-use for every teacher

"Just Press Play" approach uses 5-minute interactive videos enable every teacher, with no prep or training, to help young readers build phonemic awareness and letter sound skills.

Meets stringent efficacy criteria
versus using non-approved videos
from YouTube

Effective and proven by research

SoundTown is grounded in the science of reading and produces proven results in building phonemic awareness and other early literacy skills.

In over 300 schools across the USA

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Success with Diverse Students

On-level readers

On-level readers can learn to read more efficiently when they are trained in phonemic awareness. This allows students to build quicker sight vocabularies. Also, it is difficult to determine which young children will have phoneme awareness problems. By training all children, potential reading difficulties can be reduced.

Multilingual learners

SoundTown is designed to support children with minimal vocabulary by:
- Using simple, minimal vocabulary
- Supporting vocabulary with visuals
- Using universal concepts

Intervention

For PreK-1st grade children needing more support in their literacy learning is it essential to shore up the foundational skills of phonemic awareness, articulation instruction, and letter sounds.

Special education

SoundTown provides short, engaging instruction with flexible pacing and repetition for neurodivergent children.

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Teachers who use SoundTown, see 2X the rate of letter sound retention.

Everyone's going to SoundTown!

Proven Success with Diverse Students

On level readers

English language learner

Reading skills gap

Invervention