Calm Mode
Softer colors, less motion, and no surprise read-aloud. Great for busy days.
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For parents & guardians
Island Helpers are little adventure tools that sit beside our stories and characters. They help your likkle one share words, feel steady, and get ready for new places — in a joyful Caribbean way.
What this is
A home for calm settings, talk cards with friends like Tanty Spice and Steelpan Sam, simple First → Then plans, and (when you are ready) Journey Stories you write and check first.
It is play and reading support for your family — not a clinic, not a test, and not a scoreboard.
How it helps your child
- Some children learn language in whole phrases. Our cards speak full lines they can tap and hear.
- Big captions with Tanty’s warm voice help kids who love reading along.
- Calm Mode softens motion and surprise sound when the day feels loud.
- You stay in charge. Skip anything that does not fit your child.
How to set it up (start here)
- Turn on Calm Mode if your child prefers quieter screens.
- Pick Images, Text + Images, or Text Only under Parent tools — whatever matches how your child likes to look at words.
- Open “Talk with friends,” tap a few phrases together, and model without pressure. No need to make them repeat.
- Try First → Then for a simple plan (first story, then snack).
- Open a library book and look for Island Helpers in the reader backpack — captions and talk tools stay close while you read.
What each tool does
Talk with friends
Character soundboards. Tap a card to hear a full phrase. Mix a phrase lets you fill in blanks like “I want to ___.”
My Phrases
Add your family’s own lines — Caribbean English welcome.
First → Then
A simple visual plan: what comes first, what comes next. No timers that punish.
Reading with Tanty
In storybooks, large captions can follow the warm narration. Helpers stay one tap away in the backpack.
Journey Stories
Parent-made 5-page adventure storybooks for new places (dentist, loud fête, airplane, and more). You edit and Publish before your child sees them.
Journey Stories
Journey Stories help you preview a new routine with Likkle friends. You write or generate pages, fix the words, add pictures, then Publish — only then does the book show up in the kids library.
Create a Journey StoryIsland Helpers grows with your family. Use what helps. Leave the rest.
Your tools
Try them when you are ready
Calm Mode
Soft palette, less motion, no surprise read-aloud.
Say a phrase
Tap a card to hear your friend.
Quick links
Soundboard display
Applies to Island Helpers cards. Story captions stay available in books.
Journey Stories
Make a short adventure storybook for a new place. You review every page before your likkle one sees it.
Create a Journey StoryMy drafts