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A foundational literacy reading program for all students

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Track early literacy development

See an in-depth overview of your district, school(s), and even class details from usage to performance and growth over time to track literacy development for all your learners with Lalilo.

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Inform your instruction

Monitor the foundational literacy development for your whole class in a snap. The Lalilo detailed answer report for each lesson is perfect for formative instruction. You can also assign custom lessons and view standards-based reporting for individual students.

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Keep the learning going with Lalilo at home

You can maintain your learner’s engagement with Lalilo at home, so their discovery and foundational literacy development can happen anytime, anywhere.

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Enhance reading proficiency with Individualized Skills Practice

Lalilo is part of Renaissance’s Individualized Skills Practice for Literacy along with Freckle ELA. Together, they support the needs of all students whether learning to read or reading to learn. Lalilo supports students who are still mastering foundational skills, and Freckle supports students who are reading independently.

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Adaptive foundational literacy practice

Aligned to the science of reading

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Phonics

With Lalilo, give students adaptive practice and explicit instruction in phonics, phonology, and phonemic awareness. Students interact with letters and sounds in multiple ways. Monitor progress down to the phoneme, letter, and sound level through the Teacher Dashboard.

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Sight and high-frequency words

Teach high-frequency sight words explicitly and systematically. All Lalilo sight words appear on either the Dolch or Fry lists.

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Word families

Through scaffolded lessons, Lalilo gives students the chance to take the letter-sound relationships they’ve learned and practice them across word families to solidify recognition of spelling patterns. Teachers can also assign any lesson on Lalilo to match core curriculum or provide small-group instruction.

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Comprehension

Lalilo offers practice for both listening and reading comprehension interspersed throughout the scope and sequence. Stories include learning scaffolds and comprehension questions built right into each lesson.

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Grammar and conventions

Personalize grammar instruction with Lalilo so each student has the time and practice they need to master these critical skills for reading success. With Lalilo, students build on what they’ve already learned and work on exercises that allow them to practice grammar and conventions independently.

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Renaissance Star Phonics and Lalilo Integration

Linking accurate phonics assessment to targeted practice lessons, seamlessly

Lalilo now integrates with Star Phonics, a web-based assessment that screens and diagnoses 12 of the most critical phonics categories and essential skills.

After completing an assessment, a list of available supporting lessons in Lalilo, tailored to each individual student’s results, is automatically generated. Teachers can adjust lessons according to their preferences and assign them with the click of a button, saving time and allowing students to practice the phonics that need extra attention.

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Why teachers, students, and parents love our foundational literacy reading program

Get students excited about reading

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Differentiate your foundational literacy development

Lalilo adapts to your students’ performance by providing content at just the right level of difficulty. Regardless of their age or grade level, students still developing foundational skills can work independently on Lalilo thanks to scaffolding that meets the needs of each individual student.

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Innovative technology drives student engagement

Students work at their own pace in Lalilo and are only given activities within their zone of proximal development. Lalilo adjusts each student’s experience using artificial intelligence, scaffolded exercises, speech recognition, and self-reflection to minimize frustration and ensure they know the content before moving them on.

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Actionable data to ensure all students develop strong foundational literacy skills

You remain in control of the learning process with the wealth of learning data on your teacher dashboard. You can track engagement and progress through skills and standards for an entire class and individual students. Customers can also assign any lesson on Lalilo to simultaneously target skills and content taught in the classroom.

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Aligned to the Science of Reading

Students receive explicit, systematic practice on each component of foundational literacy. Lalilo’s lessons are based on a learning progression of standards-based foundational reading skills, leading students through exercises that build a strong foundation for reading.

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How it works

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Placement

Lalilo automatically identifies each student’s level based on Renaissance Star Early Literacy’s Assessment or through a brief adaptive launch activity.

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Learning

Students work through a variety of standards-aligned exercises tailored for their needs.

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Insights

Teachers understand whole-class progress in under five minutes or diver deeper to monitor individual students’ progress and plan instruction.

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Rewards

When students master lessons, they unlock badges that earn them stories read aloud for pure enjoyment.

See Lalilo in action

Watch how Lalilo’s engaging, playful platform helps learners explore new concepts with adaptive exercises, then encourages students to keep coming back for more and foster a love of reading.

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Recommended research and resources about our foundational literacy reading program

Special reports, guides, & more

Research Foundation for Lalilo

Discover how Lalilo can help you personalize foundational literacy development for every student.

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Foundational literacy and the Science of Reading

See how Lalilo offers vigorous, creative, and differentiated practice for every learner.

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Master foundational literacy skills by grade 3

Discover how Lalilo can help you personalize foundational literacy development for every student.

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The role of individualized Lalilo practice

Special Report

A study of more than 20,000 students in grades K–2 shows that foundational literacy practice with Lalilo is associated with higher levels of growth in general literacy achievement. Further, students who used Lalilo had higher levels of growth in general literacy achievement than students from the same school districts who did not use the program.

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We are COPPA and Digital Promise compliant

About COPPA

The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) is a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Rule designed to provide parents control of personal information collected from their young children online.

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About Digital Promise

The Research-Based Design Product Certification serves as a rigorous reliable signal for district and school administrators, educators, and families looking for evidence of research-based education technology products that are based in research about learning.

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Learn how Lalilo can cater to the specific needs of each learner

My students cheer when it’s time for Lalilo! Lalilo has made a huge difference as students get instruction and practice when I can’t physically be with each one.

Beth Marlatt, Teacher, Hulett School

Lalilo is an awesome program that students find engaging and that works to meet their level and needs. It is such a beautiful and well-needed program that all teachers and students should cherish.

Jessica Furr, Teacher, The Burlington School

Lalilo is perfect for differentiating phonics instruction and allowing student independence. My students enjoy the game aspect of Lalilo and are excited to earn books, badges, and rewards as they make progress. Lalilo has become a staple in my classroom.

Andrea King, Teacher, Ashland-Greenwood Elementary School

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The Tech Edvocate Awards Winner

Winner of the Best Early Childhood Education App/Tool 

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Funding is available for Lalilo

From federal and state funds to corporate grants, learn more about resources that can help with the purchase of our products and solutions.

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