KidsIsland · Hece the owl
Letter Island
Sounds, letters, words and first reading with Hece.
Hi, I'm Hece! Pick your age group, then tap the glowing stop to start the path.
Little stars Ages 3–5
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First sounds
You found: A coral lantern
Hece's story
Hece the owl lives in a library at the top of a tall tree. One night every lantern in the library went dark, and the books couldn't be read.
"Every sound you find lights a lantern," Hece whispered. The very first lantern glowed with a golden H.
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Letter friends
You found: A sunny yellow lantern
Hece's story
The letters on Hece's shelves were feeling lonely, so she introduced them to each other. C met A, A met T, and together they made CAT!
The letters were so happy that a second lantern lit up with a round, shiny O.
Explorers Ages 6–8
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Word builders
You found: A mint green lantern
Hece's story
A storm blew through the library and scattered words all over the floor. Hece and her friends picked them up, beat by beat and letter by letter.
By morning every word was whole again, and a third lantern shone with a second O.
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Word hunters and readers
You found: A sky blue lantern
Hece's story
Hece went on a word hunt through the forest with a map and a magnifying glass. She found colour words in the flowers and school words in an old satchel.
In the very last hollow she found the fourth lantern, glowing with an R.
Captains Ages 9–10
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Word wizards
You found: A lilac lantern
Hece's story
A grumpy wizard put a spell on Hece's books: the long words lost their beats and the rhymes stopped rhyming. Hece read every word aloud, slowly and clearly, until the spell broke.
"Words are stronger than spells," she said, and the fifth lantern lit up with an A.
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Champion readers
You found: A pink lantern
Hece's story
The last lantern hung at the top of the library, behind a wall of tangled letters. Hece searched up, down, sideways and even backwards.
When the last word was found, the sixth lantern glowed with a Y. Now all the lanterns together said: HOORAY!
Free play
All games on Letter Island
Play any game, in any order. Stars on the path only count when you start from a path stop.
- Ages 4–7
Letter Hunt
Look at the picture, hear the word in your head and find the letter it starts with.Play - Ages 5–9
Word Builder
Look at the picture and put the letters in order to build its name. Words grow longer as you go.Play - Ages 3–10
Reading Workshop
Trace letters, build words from syllables, read words and sentences to find the right picture, and put words in order to make sentences.Play - Ages 7–10
Word Search
Find the hidden words in the letter grid. New grid every time, with themes from space to animals.Play