Reading Without Sounding Out
Like Duolingo, but for Reading Without Sounding Out. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
Free during early access · No credit card · iPhone & Android
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo turns Reading Without Sounding Out into a game you actually finish. Levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that make it stick. Five minutes a day.
Where Reading Without Sounding Out takes you
Learn to recognize the most common words instantly so you can stop struggling with phonics and start enjoying real stories. Master the 'tricky' words that don't follow the rules.
- 1
Read Your First Sentences
- Spotting 'The' and 'A' Everywhere
- Using 'I' and 'Me' to Talk About Yourself
- Connecting Words with 'And'
- Finding Action Words Like 'Go' and 'See'
- Reading Your First Three-Word Sentence
- 2
Spot the Words That Break the Rules
- Why 'Was' and 'Said' Look Funny
- Mastering 'You' and 'Are'
- The Secret Sounds of 'Of' and 'From'
- Words That Point Like 'This' and 'That'
- 3
Build Speed and Confidence
- Reading Groups of Words at Once
- Finding Sight Words in Your Favorite Books
- How Your Brain Remembers Word Shapes
3 sections · 12 units · 24 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
When you see the word 'the' in a sentence, what is it usually doing?
Get it right to open this lesson and 23 more in the app.
You pick the voice
Reading Without Sounding Out is taught in the The Bestie style: your friend who just gets it. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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