If you’ve tried to teach a child to read, you know that the hardest part is getting them to blend letter sounds together without pausing in between them. 

Alphabet books teach reading wrong. They’re based on an outdated understanding of English and have barely changed in the last 500 years. So we wrote one that does it right, and we’ve made it available for free.

Beginning readers frequently have trouble when single sounds are written with multiple letters, like "sh", "th", or "ay”. 

The price of Mentava’s learn-to-read program ($500/month) has been controversial since the beginning. Let’s talk about it. 

Most "educational" children's apps aren’t in the business of selling education. Their business is selling “babysitting without guilt”. And the longer they can keep kids glued to their screens, the more effectively they deliver on that promise.