Parent portal: getting started

The parent portal is your home for everything PhonicsPath related to your child. Daily home practice happens here, you'll see clinician notes here, and the kid portal opens from here.

Accepting your invite

1. 1Look for an email from your speech pathologist titled 'Welcome to PhonicsPath'. Check spam if you can't see it.
2. 2Tap 'Accept invite'. The link opens in your default browser.
3. 3Set a password — your email is already filled in. We recommend a passphrase like 'sunset-river-42' rather than a complex jumble.
4. 4You'll land on the family home with your child (or children) listed as cards.
5. 5Tip: bookmark the page or add it to your home screen. On iOS use Safari → Share → 'Add to Home Screen'. On Android, Chrome → menu → 'Install app'.

Daily practice flow

1. 1Open the parent portal at the time you've agreed with your clinician (most families do 10 minutes after school).
2. 2Tap your child's name to open their path.
3. 3Read any new clinician message at the top — it might point out what to focus on today.
4. 4Tap 'Start practice'. The screen switches to the kid portal — bigger buttons, simpler graphics.
5. 5Hand the device to your child, or sit with them if they're young. Encourage them but don't say the target word for them — the AI needs to hear them, not you.
6. 6When the path is complete, the screen returns to the parent view with a session summary: total recordings, average score, and stars earned.

Reading messages from your clinician

Notes left during reviews appear in Messages. They don't expire — scroll back any time to see what your clinician said about a particular session.

1. 1From the family home tap Messages.
2. 2Messages are grouped by date, newest first.
3. 3Tap a message to read the full note and see which recording it relates to. Some include audio playback so you can hear the example yourself.

Tracking progress

1. 1From the family home tap your child → 'Progress'.
2. 2You'll see a simple weekly chart of stars earned and the phonemes currently in focus.
3. 3Tap any chart for a closer look.