Speech practice kids love.
A few playful minutes a day, at home. Your child hears a sound, says it out loud, and every try powers the game.
Built with Rachel, MS, CF-SLP, a pediatric speech-language pathologist in her clinical fellowship
25 games. 36 picture books.
Games for ages 3 to 8 and picture books read along with Echo, with more of both on the way.
Fruit Slice
Piano Tiles
Block Stacker
Sound Sprint
Flappy Glide
Hoops
Soccer Goal
Dino Dig
Rise Up
Feed Echo
Bubble Pop
Peekaboo
Balloon Party
Grow a Flower
Rocket Blast
Build a Snowman
Choo-Choo Train
Bedtime Stars
Birthday Cake
Race Car
Treasure Map
Robot Builder
Castle Builder
Space Trip
Pizza Chef
Rory and the Rainbow
Sid the Seagull
Shay the Shy Shark
Leo’s Lucky Leaf
Theo’s Thunder Day
Rosie and the Red Wagon
Ray and the Lost Ring
Sam’s Sailboat
Sophie’s Silly Soup
Libby and the Lemon
Leon’s Lantern
Shane and the Shiny Shell
Shawn and His Shadow
Thor Says Thank You
Thelma’s Thirsty Plant
Kip’s Kite
Zoe and the Zipper
Chip the Chipmunk
Goldie’s Guitar
Jax and the Jam Jar
This Bear, That Bee
Toby’s Tiny Tuba
Finn Finds a Feather
Val the Van
Penny’s Pebble Party
Ned Needs a Net
Dot Digs a Pool
Bo’s Beach Day
Mia Makes Muffins
Bear’s Lost Ball
Rabbit and the Rocket
Seal and the Sock
Lion and the Lock
Sheep and the Ship
Chicken and the Picnic
My Thumb Paints a Gift
Made with someone who does this every day.
Rachel is Sona’s co-founder and a pediatric speech-language pathologist in her clinical fellowship. She loves helping children build confidence in communication, and she sets the rules Sona keeps:
- Start simple.Practice begins with one sound and moves up to words and sentences as your child is ready.
- Silence never counts.A try counts only when the phone hears your child’s voice.
- End on a win.If a word is hard, Sona steps it down, so the last try is a success.
- The right sound at the right age.Sona waits on a sound until a child is typically old enough for it.
Speech homework is hard to get done at home.
Most families try all of these first. Practice sticks when it feels like play, and that is the whole idea behind Sona.
speech practice done:
- flashcards
- sticker charts
- worksheets
- candy bribes
- Sona
They think it’s just a game.
Every game in Sona is earned with speech practice, so the fun is what keeps the practice happening.
just a game
to keep playing
happy dances
by practicing
their sound
A few minutes a day. Nothing for you to plan.
Echo says a word.
One word at a time, for the sound your child is working on. Your child hears it first, then gets a turn.
Your child says it back.
The phone listens right on the device. A try counts only when it hears your child’s voice, so silence never counts.
Practice unlocks the fun.
Practice earns tickets for games and coins to spend. If a word is tricky, Sona makes it easier, so every round ends on a win.
The homework they groan at, or the one they ask for.
Your child’s voice stays on your phone.
Every try is checked right on the device. There is no cloud listener, and the app never sends your child’s voice anywhere.
Sona is free to download, and the app shows its price before you pay anything.
Kids about 3 to 8. Sona holds back a sound until a child is typically old enough for it: the R sound, for example, isn’t expected until about age 7.
19 speech sounds: P, B, M, N, T, D, K, G, F, V, S, Z, SH, CH, J, L, R, and both TH sounds (as in “thumb” and “this”).
The phone listens for the shape of the sound, right on the device. It’s a quick check that keeps practice honest, not a test: silence never counts, and every round ends on a win. It’s tuned to American English, so some accents may be asked to try again more often.
No. Sona is practice at home. It doesn’t diagnose, evaluate or set goals. If you’re worried about your child’s speech, a speech-language pathologist is the right person to ask, and if your child already sees one, Sona is a fun way to practice between visits.
No. Every check happens on your phone, in the moment, and Sona never saves or sends your child’s voice.
From this page: just your email, kept by Sona and on our email list at Resend so Rachel’s tips can reach you. In the app, your child’s practice stays on your phone unless you choose to share it with your child’s speech therapist, ask for the weekly progress report (a few counts a week and the sounds practiced, never a name), or turn on Sona’s Practice Board if it’s offered (a made-up nickname and a count of days). There is a Meta ad pixel and analytics (PostHog) on this page so we can tell which of our ads work; neither ever runs where a child practices, and neither is sent a child’s name. PostHog may also record how this page is used (where it is scrolled and tapped, never what you type). No ads in the app, no data sales, no profiling. The privacy policy has every detail.
The iPhone and iPad app launches Friday, October 2, and we’ll email you the moment it’s ready. Sona is made for iPhone and iPad, through the App Store. On an Android phone, it works in the web browser.
Practice that feels like play.
Free to start. A few minutes a day.