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Lumi's Sound Rhyme

10 scenes · 20 talking words · 3 language levels

Tap the glowing spots in every scene to hear the words out loud.

About Lumi's Sound Rhyme

Lumi the mouse arrives for a friendly checkup and starts a tiny sound list with the desk clock. She folds her vest away, watches fish bubbles, and draws in her book. When her clipboard page slips at the scale, she slows down, listens again, and finishes her rhyme with a bright sticker.

What happens, scene by scene

  1. 1Tick at the Deskdesk · clock
  2. 2Vest in the Basketvest · basket
  3. 3Bubbles by the Tankfish tank · plant
  4. 4Drawing the Soundsbook · crayon
  5. 5The Page Slipsscale · clipboard
  6. 6Light in the Halllamp · window
  7. 7Thump in the Chairchair · stethoscope
  8. 8Swish at the Sinksoap · towel
  9. 9Rustle by the Shelfbandage · shelf
  10. 10Sticker for the Rhymesticker · drawer

Words your child will hear and say

Every scene hides two tappable pictures. Tap one and it says its word out loud, then it is your child's turn.

Want to practise a specific sound instead? Open Practice in the story toolbar and pick any of the 26 sound decks — Buddy brings five cards from it into this story, without leaving the page.

How to read it together

Start at the right level

Level 1 is single words for early talkers. Level 2 is short phrases. Level 3 is full storybook sentences. Switch any time, even mid-scene — the art stays put and only the language changes.

Let them find the words

Two glowing spots hide in every scene. Tap one, hear the word, then pause and wait — the wait is where your child's turn happens.

Session-ready

Therapist mode mutes the narration and lays out each scene's target words with their speech-sound tags, so a clinician models and elicits every word live.

More stories in The Friendly Checkup

Lumi's Sound Rhyme is one of four stories set in The Friendly Checkup. They share the same illustrated world and none of them tells the same tale twice.

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Reviewed by a licensed speech-language pathologist.