Getting started
Setting up your account, the card check, your first reader and your first book.
8 articles
In the order most people need them
- What TaleTykes is and how it works
What TaleTykes does, who it is for, what you and your child each do, and how your child's choices become a book they can read along with.
- Setting up your account, step by step
Every step of the first run, from creating the account and the one-time card check to adding your first reader and handing the device over.
- Why we ask for a card before you add a child
The adult check behind the card step: why the law needs it, what happens to your card, what we keep, and where to see that it is done.
- How the free trial works
What the free days include, why they are always on Sprout, what happens when they end, and how plan changes and codes affect them.
- Adding your first reader
How to add a child as a reader, what each field is for, why we only ask for a first name, and how many readers your plan allows.
- Setting up a device for your child
How to trust a tablet or computer so your child can sign in, what your child sees, how to get back to your own pages, and how to forget a device.
- Making your first book together
What happens when your child makes their first book: the five choices, the waiting screen, reading it together, what it uses from your books and where it goes.
- Devices and browsers TaleTykes works on
What you need to use TaleTykes: a web browser on a tablet, phone, computer or Chromebook, with nothing to install.
Still need a hand?
Write to us at support@taletykes.com and a person will answer. There are no bots and no ticket numbers.
For anything urgent about a child's safety or privacy, write to privacy@taletykes.com. Short answers to common questions are on the questions page.