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Smart kid. Struggling reader. There’s a reason, and a way forward.

It was never about trying harder. Poppins Learning is structured, sound-first practice designed for how struggling readers process letters and sounds: about 20 minutes a day at home, in a game they’ll come back to on their own. No diagnosis or referral needed to begin.

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Designed with neuroscientists. Studied in two randomized clinical trials, the first peer-reviewed in Scientific Reports, a Nature Portfolio journal, 2025.Reviewed and covered by France's national health system, its equivalent of the FDA
You’re not imagining it

"My daughter has been using Poppins for a few months now, and she still loves it."

Anne A.Parent
Why it hasn’t clicked

Reading isn’t just letters. It’s processing.

You know your child is smart, and you’ve done your part: the phonics, the flashcards, maybe a tutor. Decoding is one layer of reading. Research points to another underneath: the sound processing the brain uses to turn letters into words.

Poppins Learning works on the layer underneath.

ABOVE THE SURFACE: WHAT EVERYONE WORKS ON
The decoding layer: letters to sounds

The phonics, the tutor, the specialist. That work was never wrong. Keep everything that’s working.

BELOW THE SURFACE: RARELY TRAINED IN A CHILD’S WEEK
The processing layer: underneath decodingthe missing layer

Poppins Learning adds rhythm-based daily reading therapy for that processing layer, designed to work alongside phonics and your child’s reading specialist, and studied in two randomized clinical trials.

The evidence

Two randomized trials. One published. Google it.

Reading-fluency progress over 12 weeks (randomized trial, 306 children).

Poppins + every-other-week sessions
Weekly sessions alone

About twice the progress, on half the specialist sessions.

Both groups saw a reading specialist. Poppins Learning is designed to amplify, not replace, your child's reading specialist.

The two-minute check

A two-minute check you can do from the couch.

A few quick questions about how reading is going day to day. No jargon, no diagnosis, just the patterns parents often notice.

Does your child avoid reading out loud, or get upset when asked to?

Does reading take your child much longer than you’d expect for their age?

Do they often guess words, skip small words, or lose their place on the line?

Do they mix up letters or sounds that look or sound alike (b/d, “was/saw”)?

Is reading homework a daily struggle at home?

Has a teacher raised a reading concern, or have you quietly wondered yourself?

These are patterns worth raising with an evaluator

You don’t have to wait for that appointment to start the practice: about 20 minutes a day, alongside whatever help comes next. Keep your evaluation appointment, and start now.

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This quick check is not a diagnosis. If you're concerned, your child's teacher or a reading specialist can help, and Poppins Learning is designed to support reading practice at home, alongside that.

A Poppins Learning day

Twenty minutes a day to read better.

A child holding a tablet, playing a Poppins Learning reading game at home

Why rhythm helps reading

Rhythmic training strengthens the sound processing reading depends on: the hearing-and-timing skills a child uses to break words apart and put them back together.

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Easy for them, easy on you

Screen time, capped

The session ends on its own after 20 minutes.

Adapts to their pace

Rhythm and reading games adjust to your child, session by session.

No homework fights

A session your child actually wants to start, no nagging required.

Loved by families

Parents who wondered the same thing

"My daughter has been using Poppins for a few months now, and she still loves it."

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Anne A.
Parent

"It's really well made, a lot like the exercises the reading specialist gives him, and it's fun. He really loves the app."

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Claudia M.
Parent

"For now, I can see my son enjoys the exercises and is getting his confidence back."

AM
Audrey M.
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What reading support costs

$99 a month, next to $125 for a single session.

One month of support, side by side
Reading specialist
MTWTFSS
$125
$125
$125
$125
A reading specialist, 45 minutes every Saturday4 sessions · $125 each
Poppins Learning
MTWTFSS
Poppins Learning, 20 minutes of practice every day30 sessions · every single day
Specialist$500/month
Poppins Learning$99/month

A year with a reading specialist: $6,500. A year of Poppins Learning: $1,200. Same neuroscience, every single day.

Your Poppins Learning planOne subscription, everything included.
Full access from day one, every game, every skillWorks on iPhone, iPad & AndroidProgress you can bring to the IEP or 504 table
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Start while you wait, not instead of waiting.

Download Poppins Learning and start the daily 20-minute reading practice today, alongside the evaluation and any help that comes next.

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FAQ

Questions parents ask before they start

Read the published study
No. It’s observational, not diagnostic. Only a professional evaluation can diagnose dyslexia. Poppins Learning is daily reading practice, not a test.
No diagnosis, referral, or waitlist required. Keep the appointment if you have one, and start the practice now.
The evaluator decides that. Either way, the practice builds the sound-and-print skills any struggling reader needs, whatever she finds.
Most apps drill letters. Poppins Learning trains the sound-processing layer underneath decoding, studied in two randomized clinical trials.
No. It’s built to amplify what you already have. The trial tested the combination, Poppins Learning alongside reading support, not a replacement for it.
About 20 focused minutes with a built-in stopping point: screen time doing the reading work, not another feed.
$99 a month, or the $449 six-month pack, cancel anytime. Compare that to about $125 for a single specialist session.
Two randomized clinical trials: one published, one registered. Check the published study yourself, peer-reviewed in Scientific Reports (Nature Portfolio), 2025.

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Poppins Learning is an educational app designed to complement professional support for reading. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration does not regulate educational interventions for dyslexia, which is recognized as a specific learning disability under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

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