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English Quest

Name: English Quest
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A free, open-source early-reading program for children ages 4–9 — growing from first letter sounds and phonics into vocabulary, grammar, and confident reading. Built for kids, and for the parents and teachers guiding them.

Pre-K – Grade 3ages 4–9 10worlds 39activities 29guided lessons Freeno ads, ever

This whole course is open. It is plain data — a single english.course.yml composing the engine's building blocks. Read it, learn from it, or fork it to build your own.

⟨/⟩ View english.course.yml ↗ Engine primitives →

How it teaches

The same research-backed approach runs through every lesson.

Sounds before spelling

Children meet each letter as a sound first and blend sounds into words, the systematic-phonics path to decoding.

One skill per stop

Each station focuses on a single pattern and builds on the last, so reading grows step by step.

Remember it, don’t cram it

A spaced-review deck brings earlier words and patterns back so they stick.

A patient, friendly guide

Luna the owl narrates every step in short, warm sentences a new reader can follow.

What your child learns — the worlds

Each world is a themed stage that builds on the last. Open one to see every activity broken down step by step, with the pedagogy and the open config.

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Phonics Cove

World 1

Letter sounds, blending, digraphs, and word families — sounding out first words.

🅰️ First Sounds🅱️ More Sounds🔤 All Letter Sounds🫧 Blending Bay👨‍👩‍👧 Word Families🧩 Tricky Teams

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Word Woods

World 2

Growing vocabulary: matching words to pictures, synonyms and opposites, and context clues.

🖼️ Picture Match👀 Sight Words🔁 Same or Opposite🔍 Context Clues

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Grammar Grove

World 3

Nouns, verbs and adjectives, building sentences, and punctuation.

🏷️ Naming Words🏃 Doing Words🎨 Describing Words🧱 Build a Sentence🔠 Capitals & Periods

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Story Harbor

World 4

Reading comprehension — finding details, the main idea, and making inferences.

📖 First Readers💡 Main Idea🔎 Find the Detail🤔 Read Between the Lines

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Rules & Tricks

World 5

Tricks that make English click.

🪄 Vowel Tricks✏️ Spelling Rules📐 Word Rules

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Sound Patterns

World 6

Crack the longer words — vowel teams, bossy endings, silent letters.

🤝 Vowel Teams🌀 R-Controlled & Diphthongs🤫 Silent Letters

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Spelling Bee

World 7

Spell it right — the words that trip everyone up.

🍯 Tricky Spellings👯 Homophones🧩 Word Endings

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Grammar Gym

World 8

Train your grammar — build the right form.

⏰ Verb Tenses📊 Plurals & Comparatives🔁 Pronouns & Agreement❓ Sentence Types

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Word Lab

World 9

Take words apart and build new ones.

⬅️ Prefixes➡️ Suffixes🎭 Figurative Language

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Speaking Studio

World 10

Speaking and everyday conversation practice.

👋 Introduce Yourself🧁 Order at a Café🐶 Describe Your Pet📚 Tell a Story

Questions parents & teachers ask

Is English Quest free?

Yes — every lesson is completely free to play, with no ads.

What ages and grades is it for?

Early elementary: Pre-K through Grade 3, roughly ages 4–9.

Is it really open source?

Yes. The whole course is published as an open english.course.yml you can read, learn from, or fork on GitHub.

Do we need to install anything?

No. It runs in any web browser, on a computer or tablet.

What does it cover?

Letter sounds and phonics, blending and word families, vocabulary, grammar, and early reading.

Update Log

Recent changes to this open course — straight from its commit history.

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