Each part of how TaleTykes teaches reading comes from research on how children learn to read: sounds taught one at a time and in order, books your child can sound out, reading aloud more than once with feedback, and a grown-up talking about the story.
That research was done with other programs, in classrooms and homes. It is not about TaleTykes, and we have not yet measured any reading outcome in any child. So we do not say the product has been shown to work, and we do not put a number on how much it will help your child.
Where to read it
The research page lists each study with a link to the paper, what it found about children in general, what we built because of it, and what it does not show. Every entry was opened and checked on the date shown beside it.
What we will measure
In this order:
- How well Pip hears children, compared with a trained person listening to the
same reading, by age and accent.
- A monthly reading check on short passages your child has never seen. This is
being built and is not switched on yet.
- A study of families who choose to take part, planned and published before it
starts. Taking part is always a separate choice, and saying no changes nothing about your account.
We will publish what those find, including if it is less than we hoped.