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Read a little.
Grow a garden.

A daily five-minute reading game for kids aged 5 to 8.

Today’s round 4:12 left

Six words read, six plants grown.

A reading round: the sentence “The fox ran up the hill.” as six word tiles; each word read grows one plant in the garden below.

14 days freethen £4
a month

One round, four moments.

What your child sees, from the first page to the last.

  1. A page with the sentence “A bee sat on a red hat.”, the word “sat” lit up.

    Read a page

    One short sentence at a time, with the word being read lit up.

  2. A word card showing “hill” with a button to hear it.

    Hear a word

    Stuck on a word? Tap it and Sprout says it out loud.

  3. The garden screen: the peas growing after a page read.

    Grow a plant

    Every page they read helps today’s plant along.

  4. The end of a round: “That’s five minutes. See you tomorrow.”

    Stop at five

    The round ends itself at five minutes, before anyone gets tired.

Watch the garden fill.

Plants stay put between rounds, so there is always a reason to come back.

Your garden

After the first round

  • PeasJust planted.

Tomorrow’s seed: Sunflower

Your garden

After a week of rounds

  • PeasIn bloomoll().
  • SunflowerGrowingTll(.
  • TomatoGrowingTll(.
  • DaisyGrowingTll(.
  • CarrotSproutingvl.
  • BeanSproutingvl.
  • RadishJust planted.

Tomorrow’s seed: Lettuce

Your garden

After two weeks of rounds

  • PeasIn bloomoll().
  • SunflowerIn bloom*ll().
  • TomatoIn bloomoll().
  • DaisyIn bloom*ll().
  • CarrotGrowingTll(.
  • BeanGrowingTll(.
  • RadishGrowingTll(.
  • LettuceGrowingTll(.
  • PoppyGrowingTll(.
  • PumpkinSproutingvl.
  • OnionSproutingvl.
  • LeekSproutingvl.
  • MarigoldJust planted.
  • StrawberryJust planted.

Tomorrow’s seed: Sweet pea

A boy seen from behind holding up a homemade kite against a blue sky

Five minutes, then off they go.

Ages 5 to 8
Made for children who are just starting to read.
Once a day
One round, short enough for a school night.
14 days free
Then £4 a month.

Start their first round.

When do they start?

Free for 14 days, then £4 a month.

The first screen: an empty garden and a button to start reading.