Learned on Thursday, gone by Monday? These activities build spelling memory through short, repeated retrieval -
and the app brings each tricky word back automatically until it sticks. For ages 5โ11 (KS1 & KS2), free to
start.
๐๏ธ Look & remember
The word fills the screen in large text, then disappears before your child answers - the digital version of
look-cover-write-check. For younger children (ages 5โ7), a picture is shown alongside the word when one is
available, so the spelling is linked to what the word means, not just its shape.
Why it helps: hiding the word forces genuine recall instead of copying, and pairing it with
an image gives young memories a second hook to hang the spelling on.
โ๏ธ Write it
Your child handwrites the word on screen with a finger or stylus, and the AI reads it and marks it in real
time.
Why it helps: physically forming the letters builds muscle memory - a second route into
memory that typing alone doesn't give.
๐ Pick it
Hear the word spoken aloud, then choose the correct spelling from four options - no pressure to recall it
from nothing.
Why it helps: recognition comes before recall. Pick it is the gentle first meeting with a
new list, before harder retrieval practice.
๐ Word Lock
A spelling game where your child spins each letter drum until the word clicks into place - one of 12 games
built from their own word list.
Why it helps: reconstructing the word letter by letter is another retrieval rep, disguised
as play.
๐ Spaced repetition, built in
Every attempt updates each word's schedule: words your child gets wrong come back sooner, words they know
come back later. Due revision words are added to practice sessions automatically.
Why it helps: revisiting a word just before it would be forgotten is the most reliable way
to move it into long-term memory - no parent bookkeeping needed.
Every child gets an editable weekly Learning plan. The Classic Week template opens with Look & remember
and Pick it on Monday to meet the words, moves to full recall by mid-week, and ends with a Friday test - and
you can swap any day's activity, word count or hint yourself.
How the Learning plan works โ