Unlock the Magic of Reading
Like Duolingo, but for Unlock the Magic of Reading. 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 forever · No credit card · iPhone & Android
Key ideas in Unlock the Magic of Reading
- Reading is an activity that only happens when you sit down with a book
- The location of an object provides context for what its labels might say
- Specific colors like red signal danger or a need to stop
- The shape and color of a sign give a hint about the word's meaning
- Identifying where specific types of words are found in a home environment
- Pictures on labels usually match the words and the contents
- Using color and shape cues to predict a sign's meaning
- Descriptive words like 'crunchy' provide clues about food
- Recognizing how pictures and words work together on packaging
- Each letter shape represents a specific starting sound
- Pictures provide clues but letters provide the exact words
- Changing one letter shape creates a completely different word
- The letter code is more precise than an illustration
- Specific shapes are tied to specific mouth movements
- The 'code' requires matching the visual shape to a distinct audio cue
- How changing a single letter shape alters the spoken word
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 gives Unlock the Magic of Reading the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
If you find a bottle in the bathroom shower, what does its location suggest about the label?
Get it right to open this lesson and 25 more in the app.
Where Unlock the Magic of Reading takes you
Stop struggling with symbols and start seeing stories. This course turns reading from a chore into a superpower by focusing on how words paint pictures in your mind.
- 1
Start Reading Right Now
- Finding Words in the Wild
- The Secret Code of Letters
- Turning Sounds into Words
- Reading Your First Sentence
- 2
Build Your Reading Speed
- Spotting Common Words Instantly
- How to Group Words Together
- Using Pictures to Help You
- Skipping the Small Stumbles
- Finding the Rhythm of a Story
- Reading Out Loud with Feeling
- 3
Understand the Deeper Story
- Guessing What Happens Next
- Meeting the Characters
- Why the Author Wrote This
3 sections · 13 units · 26 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
You pick the voice
Unlock the Magic of Reading is taught in the The Professor style: clear, structured, thorough. 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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