LimaRead School · for schools and kindergartens
Plan your class’s reading, follow every child and see who needs help.
LimaRead School has two parts. Teachers work in a web panel: classes, reading plans, tasks, goals and reports. Children read in the LimaRead app on tablets, where every story is read aloud while the spoken word lights up, in six languages.
- Free 30-day pilot
- Books in 6 languages
- Teacher panel in 7 languages
- Children sign in with a code, not a password
How it works
1. Set up your classes
Create your classes, add the children one by one or import a list, and print an activation code for each child. A child’s tablet is linked by typing the code or scanning its QR code: no email and no password.
2. Plan the reading
Build a reading plan from the library: the books in order, with a task after a book where you want one. Publish it to a class and every child finds it in the app.
3. Follow and support
The overview shows this week’s reading time, active readers, finished books and goals. Support signals tell you which child has stopped reading or is falling behind.
Everything in LimaRead School
Real screens of the teacher panel, from a demo school. Click a picture to see it in full.
Students
All your students in one list, with their class, this week’s reading and whether their device is activated. Search, filter and sort, or import a whole class from a spreadsheet.
A profile for every child
Reading time, books, goals, task answers and your notes on one page, with the family’s contacts and the devices the child reads on.
Edit a student
First name, last name, date of birth and gender, the animal on the child’s card, and up to three family contacts: mother, father and one more guardian. Reports go only to parents who confirm by e-mail.
Reading library
Hundreds of illustrated stories in English, Spanish, German, French, Italian and Russian. Filter by language, reading level, age and genre, and add a book to a plan in one click.
Read a book with the class
Open any book in the browser and play it on the classroom screen: the story is read aloud while the spoken word lights up. Sentence, flow or word mode, three speeds, full screen.
Tasks
Questions after a book, for comprehension, vocabulary and reflection: one answer, several answers or a free answer. A task can be required before the next book.
Create a task
Give the task a title and a type, then write the questions: one answer, several answers or a short text. Tick the correct answers and set the points; choice questions are graded automatically.
Answers and grading
See every child’s answers and how the class answered each question. You grade the free answers and leave a comment for the child.
Reading goals
Set a weekly reading goal for a class or a child and see who reaches it. Exceptions for illness or a family trip keep the record fair, and school holidays do not count.
Set or change a goal
Choose what counts (reading minutes or reading days a week, books or chapters finished, tasks done), for the whole class or one student, and the target per week or month. A changed goal replaces the current one from now on.
Reports
Reading time, books, goals and active readers by week or by period, for a class or one child. Download the figures as an Excel or CSV file.
Support signals
The panel points out the children who need attention: no reading for a week, a sudden drop, a goal missed twice, a device that has not synced or a code never used. You note what you did.
Teachers and roles
Invite your colleagues and give each one their classes. A substitute teacher can get view-only access for a set time. The director sees the whole school.
School calendar
Holidays, closures and class trips in one calendar. Days without school do not count against reading goals.
Licence and invoices
Seats and classes in use, the licence period, renewal and every invoice in one place for the director.
Audit log
Every change to students, classes, plans and access is recorded: who did what, and when.
Why schools choose LimaRead School
Two languages in the room
Every story is read aloud with the spoken word lit, in English, Spanish, German, French, Italian and Russian. A class can read the same story in two languages.
No accounts for children
A child’s device is linked with an activation code or a QR code. No email, no password, nothing for the child to remember.
One panel for every teacher
Plans, tasks, goals and reports for all your classes, in the browser on a computer, a tablet or a phone.
The whole school in one account
Teachers, classes, substitutes, the school calendar and one licence with one invoice, managed by the director.
In class and at home
A child can read on two devices, a class tablet and one at home, with one profile and one plan. Downloaded books work without Wi-Fi.
The school stays in control
The school decides what is kept about a child and can correct or delete it at any time. No advertising, no third-party analytics, and every change is in the audit log.
Pricing for institutions
Per year, with one invoice to your institution. Paying month by month costs 25% more. These are pilot prices: tell us about your group and we confirm the offer.
Group
$149 per year
One class or one room.
Site
$449 per year
One kindergarten, up to 5 groups.
Institution
$999 per year
A school or a large kindergarten, up to 15 groups.
Network
Let’s talk
Several sites or a district: a price per site, agreed with you.
Prices in USD.
Prices exclude VAT or sales tax.
Start with a free 30-day pilot for one group. The first six books in every language are free to try as well.
Home access for families
Give each family a class code. Families get LimaRead at home at a reduced price, and the children read the same stories in both places. We agree the terms with your institution.
Start a pilot in four steps
- Write to us with your institution, the number of groups and children, their ages and the languages you read in. The button below opens an email with these questions ready to fill in.
- We reply and agree a start date. The pilot is free, lasts 30 days and covers one group.
- We open your school’s account with you in one short session. You add your classes and children, or import a list, and print the activation codes.
- The children read for 30 days and you follow them in the panel. At the end you choose a plan, or stop. There is nothing to cancel.
What you need
- A tablet for every few children (Android, or iPad), with internet for the first download.
- A teacher to run the class, with a computer or a tablet for the panel.
- A few minutes of reading time a day, in English, Spanish or another of the six languages.
- Your usual notice to families. We give you a data processing agreement and a template letter for parents.
Questions from teachers and directors
Does each child need an account?
No. The teacher creates the child’s profile in the panel: a name, a class and a reading language; anything else, such as a date of birth, is optional. The child’s device is linked with an activation code or a QR code, so there is no email and no password.
What devices do we need?
For the children: Android tablets, iPads or iPhones, up to two devices for each child. For the teachers: a web browser on a computer, a tablet or a phone. Books and progress need the internet; downloaded books can be read without a connection.
Which ages and languages?
Ages 3 to 17, in three reading stages. Every story exists in English, Spanish, German, French, Italian and Russian, so a class can read the same story in two languages. The teacher panel is in English, Latvian, Spanish, German, French, Russian and Italian.
What happens to the children’s data?
The school is the data controller, and we process the data on its behalf under a data processing agreement. We keep only what the panel needs: the child’s profile, reading time, progress and task answers. Each school’s data is kept apart, there is no advertising or third-party analytics, and nothing is sent to AI services. The school can correct or delete a child’s data at any time.
What does it cost, and how do we pay?
A group costs $149 a year, a site with up to 5 groups $449, an institution with up to 15 groups $999; networks by agreement. One invoice to your institution. The pilot is free. These are pilot prices, without VAT or sales tax.
Can families use it at home?
Yes. Give each family a class code and they get LimaRead at home at a reduced price. We agree the terms with your institution.
How do we start?
Write to [email protected] with your group size, the children’s ages and the languages you read in. We agree a start date and set it up with you in one short session.
Ready to try it with one class?
The pilot is free and lasts 30 days. Write to us and we reply within two working days.