I Can Read FoundationEvery child can read — and it starts with the right sound.
Short video phonics lessons. For children from about 4 who want to learn to read in English, and for older children or adults who are just starting. Your child learns to hear the sounds in words with Ese and Amo, their learning buddy.
Watch lesson 1 free: Let's Listen!
No sign-up, no email. Your child starts listening for the sounds inside words — the step that comes before reading.
Lesson 1: Let's Listen!
Ese teaches, Amo learns alongside your child, and your child joins in out loud.
One foundation, many ways to learn.
From first sounds to times tables, from bilingual storybooks to heritage-language tools — every ICRF service is built for the same family.
Bilingual Read-Along Books
Karaoke-style storybooks in Samoan and English, with word-by-word highlighting. Four books in the series.
Live nowTimes Table Adventure
An interactive multiplication game with six learning modes per planet, spaced repetition, and a free trial.
Live nowI Can Read with Amo
Short video phonics lessons with a learning buddy called Amo. Module 1, six lessons on hearing the sounds in words, is ready now; later modules are included as they're released.
From a single sound to their first story.
Hear the sounds
First sounds, last sounds, middle sounds and rhymes, all by ear — what reading is built on.
Module 1 · ready nowFull sentences
Read connected text and write the first sentences. "The cat sat on the mat."
Coming nextReal stories
Read short stories independently, with confidence. Earn your reading certificate.
LaterStart with the free lesson. The rest follows.
Three minutes. No sign-up. Your child meets Ese and Amo and starts listening for the sounds in words.