Learn to Read - Duolingo ABC

I rarely write reviews, but I just had to give my testimony for this one Lol. After teaching my 4 year old twins all of the letters and letter sounds, I was unfortunately really struggling to teach them how to read actual words. I tried three paid subscriptions, “teach my monster to read,” “hooked on phonics,” and “abc mouse,” and although each app was useful in it’s own way, I had to spend so much time sitting down with them to go through all of those lessons and games with them. And in our family, we have story time, and every day the boys color, draw, and practice writing. So, when we were going through the paid apps, it was always quite a hassle and time consuming to skip the stories and coloring portion of them. It was nearly impossible for me to do this with EACH of them, take care of my baby girl, and maintain the rest of my household responsibilities. But, THIS APP is just incredible. The lessons on Duo are straightforward with clear instructions, and it’s nothing like other apps I’ve tried that had too many game components and were very much overstimulating for my children. My boys insist on completing their reading lessons without my help, but they always say “look mommy, I’m getting another star!” once they finish one. My boys started off with 1 lesson a day, but they love earning stars (and my praise and rewards once they complete a star) so much that they are completing 5-10 lessons a day. They actually come to me and say “mommy can I do my school please?!” I can’t give this app enough praise. It keeps their attention, each lesson is the perfect length. I honestly don’t know how I would be teaching both of them to read without it, so, I just wanted to say a big thank you to all of the creators of this app.