Unlike edutainment apps intended as digital babysitting, Mentava's goal is to get preschoolers to a 2nd grade reading level as quickly and efficiently as possible.
There are 44 sounds in the English language. Half of English sounds are written with more than one letter, but alphabet books just ignore them. So we wrote one that does it right.
We include sounds like sh and ch, voiced th and unvoiced th, and vowel sounds like the oo in book and the oo in boom.
Many parents asked us what they could do to support their kids who were still too young for our learn-to-read software. Our "Alphabet Sounds" book is our answer and it's available for free.
Mentava's daily reading tutor is intended for students who are speaking in full English sentences and have begun showing interest in letters.