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Reading Reef

  • Reading
  • Ages 5 to 12
  • Ten-minute quests

Dive from first sounds to deep-sea stories.

Reading Reef starts with sounds and pictures, with every instruction read aloud, and grows into short stories, non-fiction and the questions teachers ask about them. Each passage is short enough to finish in one sitting.

Start the adventure Try a sample quest

The quest trail

Four stops from age 5 to 12

Your explorer starts where they are, not where their birthday says. Quests adapt as they go, so they can linger at one stop or race ahead to the next.

  1. 1
    Ages 5 to 6

    Shallow Shore

    • Letter sounds
    • Blending CVC words
    • First sight words
    • Picture matching
  2. 2
    Ages 7 to 8

    Coral Garden

    • Digraphs and blends
    • Reading short stories
    • Who, what, where questions
    • Sequencing events
  3. 3
    Ages 9 to 10

    Kelp Forest

    • Finding the main idea
    • Inference
    • Word meanings in context
    • Fact and opinion
  4. 4
    Ages 11 to 12

    The Deep

    • Comparing texts
    • Author's purpose
    • Figurative language
    • Summarising

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A peek inside a quest

This is one question from a real Reading Reef quest. Pick an answer: get it right and you earn treasure, miss and a hint shows the method instead of the answer.

  • Stars and XP for every right answer
  • Step-by-step hints, never just the answer
  • Read aloud for early readers
Reading Reef
Question 4 of 10

"The crab hid under a rock because the gull was circling." Why did the crab hide?

Treasure! +10 XP and a star for Pip's collection.

Not quite. Here's a hint: Look for the word "because". The reason comes right after it.

What you'll see on the Parent Dashboard

Every Reading Reef quest your child finishes shows up for you within seconds, broken down by the skills that matter for reading.

  • Phonics sounds mastered
  • Comprehension by question type
  • New words learned this week
Tour the Parent Dashboard

Reading Reef

Accuracy by stop, this week

Example
  • Shallow Shore 96%
  • Coral Garden 88%
  • Kelp Forest 74%
  • The Deep 41%

Suggested next: two more The Deep quests before moving on.

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Start the adventure Questions? Read the FAQ