Make practice familiar
Use the learner’s phrase, picture, response route, and preferred level of support.
✦ One connected toolkit
Everything needed for a more personal learning loop.
Start from a real goal. Add familiar content. Adjust the support. Practise briefly. Then notice what helped and where the skill might be used next.
- All 18 child-facing games are free
- Thirty levels in every leveled game
- Child- and teen-respectful examples
- No ads and no required AI
- Response
- Used the phrase
- Support
- One picture cue
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Start from the learner
The goal is not to make the learner fit the app. It is to make the app fit the learner.
Use familiar people, places, routines, interests, words, and pictures. Choose examples that respect the learner’s age. Adjust challenge, pacing, prompts, and response options without losing sight of the real goal.
Start from the learner
Choose a practical starting point, then adjust as the learner changes.
Personalization is not decoration. Familiarity and access can change what a learner is able to show.
Quick Start
Choose a useful goal and begin without configuring the entire app.
Level check
Find a practical starting point, then let the adult review the suggestion.
Thirty levels
Move in smaller steps instead of jumping between broad age or grade labels.
Age-respectful content
Auto can use the saved age or Teen look. Adults can also choose Childlike or Teen & adult examples without changing the learning engine or available levels.
A child-friendly starting point
A short level check can tailor practice without making the learner feel tested.
Quick Start recommends a roughly five-minute level check. Families can instead try one tiny three-question sample round for each selected goal, or begin without a sample.
- The learner receives supportive prompts and a successful finish
- An adult sees suggestions before anything changes
- Auto can adjust gently over time
- Manual control remains available
This is practice placement, not a diagnostic, standardized, or formal educational assessment.
Suggested starting points
- Words
- Level 8
- Numbers
- Level 6
- Sentences
- Level 4
Adult reviews and applies
Thirty levels of runway
Smaller steps, without a formal grade label.
Familiar words and pictures
Bring real people, places, objects, interests, and routines into practice.
Per-learner settings keep content, preferences, and progress separate for each profile.
Use a familiar photo
Add family-approved photos for words that matter now.
Review picture suggestions
When setup adds a new word, the app can search Wikimedia Commons and show up to four choices. Nothing is saved without an adult tap.
Keep a clear fallback
Skip keeps a supported built-in symbol or simple first-letter tile when no picture is chosen.
Communication and access
Give the learner more than one way to participate.
Keep established communication supports available. Sage’s World adds options inside the app; it does not replace an individualized AAC system or assessment.
AAC Talk Board
Create quick access to useful words and phrases for communication.
Regular Read Aloud
Practise reading aloud without Speech Coach. Regular Read Aloud remains part of Free.
Multiple response routes
Use pictures, choices, typing, listening, speech, or AAC-style selections when one route does not fit.
Keep practice supportive
Build the experience around a real goal, then change the support before expectations disappear.
Adaptive teaching
Change the explanation, hint, or next item when the current approach is not working.
Focus Mode and Today’s Practice
Reduce competing elements and create a smaller, more intentional session.
Gentle day
Use three quieter questions, two choices, and no level changes when a lower-pressure session fits.
Learner comfort button
The Make today nice and easy button is shown by default and lets the learner choose a lower-pressure day. An adult can hide it.
Flexible play
Repeat, pause, change course, or stop at any time.
A helper that can step in or step away
Meet Sage, the optional in-app helper.
Sage points to Today’s Practice, makes the hear-it-again control easier to spot, appears when the app tries another teaching approach, and celebrates a finished round.
- Choose the presenceUse Full, Small (just his face), or Hidden for each learner.
- Choose the movementUse Gentle movement or keep Sage completely Still.
- Respect age and comfortWith Auto, the Teen / adult theme starts Hidden and Calm starts Small. Gentle day, Still, Hidden, and device reduced-motion settings stop movement.
Sage stays clear of learning content. When voice is on, a one-time introduction can be spoken. Families can choose Hidden or turn voice off.
Two controls that reduce friction
Make feedback fit the learner and adult settings easier to find.
These controls do not change the learning goal. They make daily use more comfortable and easier to manage.
Celebrations that fit each learner
Choose favourite things falling, gentle fireworks, a slow colour glow, or quiet praise only, with optional vibration on supported devices. The choice is saved per learner, and reduced-motion or the master off switch always takes priority.
Find an adult setting quickly
Search the entire Parent Corner using everyday words such as “too hard,” “cancel,” or “vibration.” Results open the right tab and setting, and the search stays on the device.
Support passport · Included in Free
Help the next adult understand what works.
A new teacher, educational assistant, respite worker, or grandparent should not have to start from scratch. Create a family-written How to support me summary of the learner’s communication, helpful supports, interests, and routines.
- Explain how the learner communicates yes, no, help, or overwhelm.
- Capture what helps and what makes a moment harder.
- Preview and print, share a PDF, or copy the text for a handoff.
The Support passport is free. It shares family knowledge, not test results, and is separate from the Premium IEP-team practice report. Review personal details and included information before sharing.
Create a free Support passportDoing well
Recognizing familiar words
Working on
Choosing between similar pictures
Try this next
Use the same words during a routine
Family observation
Used the phrase after one picture cue.
Notice useful patterns
Turn practice into information an adult can act on.
Review what was practised, how recent attempts went, which support changed participation, and where the skill might be tried next.
Activity and item progress
See recent practice without treating a percentage as the learner’s full story.
Family observations
Add context such as setting, energy, prompts, communication method, or a real-world example.
Recent-practice summary
Signed-in families can preview the summary in Settings and turn it off or unsubscribe at any time.
Printable report
Premium families can create a concise team report. A fictional, watermarked sample is available before trial activation.
Grade-band context and growth trends
Premium adds adult-facing practice indicators, not standardized scores or placement decisions.
Optional Premium tools for adults
Add context only when the adult tools are useful.
Every child-facing game, every level, manual setup, and regular Read Aloud work without these tools.
Premium · Adult portal
AI IEP Reader
Upload or paste selected IEP content to get an adult-facing plain-language summary and possible practice ideas. The output can be incomplete or wrong and must be reviewed by an adult who understands the learner and official plan.
- Up to five reads each month
- Adult review before applying anything
- Not an official or legal interpretation
Premium · Adult portal
Ask the AI Teacher’s Assistant
Ask an adult-facing question about adapting a goal, choosing a practice approach, or interpreting a recent pattern.
- Up to 100 questions each month
- Cannot change account settings
- Does not replace a teacher, clinician, or IEP process
Premium · Web beta
Speech Coach beta
With adult consent, send a short final passing Read Aloud attempt for pronunciation feedback. It is optional, web-only, and never changes pass/fail or access to regular Read Aloud.
- About 10 coached minutes per family each month
- Raw clips are not saved or synced by Sage’s World
- A practice signal, not a clinical score
Confidence and agency are part of access
Support changes before expectations disappear.
Successful finishes
Supportive prompts help a learner finish without turning a mistake into a verdict.
Teach another way
Use counters, pictures, sound-outs, or another representation when the first route does not fit.
Lower-pressure days
Gentle day and the learner comfort button reduce pressure without changing levels.
Fewer choices
Focus Mode can keep the next step visible without a wall of options.
Flexible progression
Adults can use automatic or guided progression and review the starting point.
Motivation that fits
Rewards and routines remain configurable so participation does not have to look the same for every learner.
Support communication and daily routines
Use learning tools in the places where life happens.
Visual schedules
Show what is happening now, what comes next, and when a routine is finished.
Social stories
Build a personalized story around a situation, expectation, or transition.
About Me
Keep useful preferences, strengths, communication information, and support notes in one family-controlled place.
Chores and rewards
Connect responsibilities to visible progress. Free includes a basic version; Premium adds full capacity.
Accessibility
Visible focus, reduced motion, labeled picture choices, screen-reader support, and adjustable response routes support more ways to participate.
Family profiles
Free supports one active learner at a time. Premium supports up to 10 synced profiles with separate settings and progress.
The learning library
All 18 child-facing learning games are included in Free.
Every learner gets the same learning engine and all available levels.
Words
Vocabulary, recognition, meaning, spelling, and reading.
Numbers
Counting, quantity, comparison, sequencing, and early operations.
Sentences
Sentence building, comprehension, ordering, and expressive language.
Feelings & Me
Emotions, self-knowledge, choices, and communicating needs.
My Day
Routines, schedules, practical tasks, chores, and independence.
Access and control
Families decide what fits and what to share.
- Core learning works without AI
- Free supports one active learner; Premium supports up to 10 synced profiles
- Recent-practice summaries can be previewed and turned off
- No ads and no sale of personal data
- Account holders can export synced data and request deletion
Is the level check an assessment?
No. It is a brief, child-friendly practice-placement tool. An adult reviews the suggestions. It is not diagnostic, standardized, or a formal educational assessment.
Does Teen & adult content change a learner’s level?
No. It changes examples and scenarios so they can feel more age-respectful. The learning engine and available levels remain the same.
Does the Talk Board replace an AAC system?
No. It is an additional communication option inside Sage’s World. Keep the learner’s established AAC system and communication-team recommendations available.
Is AI required?
No. Setup, goals, photos, levels, and every child-facing learning game work without AI. Premium AI tools are optional and adult-facing.
Does Speech Coach grade pronunciation?
It provides cautious practice feedback on an optional short final passing attempt. It never changes pass/fail, does not show the child a score, and is not a diagnosis, clinical measure, or speech therapy.
What works offline?
Core activities are designed to remain available after the app has loaded once. Sync, online image search, browser speech recognition, Speech Coach, billing, and optional AI tools need an internet connection.
Begin with the full learning foundation
Start with the free learning experience.
Explore every child-facing game and every level before deciding whether the adult-facing Premium tools would help your family.