What your child is taught, year by year
Children learn to read and spell in a set order, and that order has different names in different countries. Pick the year or grade your child is in to see what it covers, and which games use those exact words.
UK school years
- Reception ages 4–5
- Year 1 ages 5–6
- Year 2 ages 6–7
- Year 3 ages 7–8
- Year 4 ages 8–9
- Year 5 ages 9–10
- Year 6 ages 10–11
US grades
- Kindergarten ages 5–6
- Grade 1 ages 6–7
- Grade 2 ages 7–8
US grades
- K1 ages 4–5
- K2 ages 5–6
- Primary 1 ages 6–7
- Primary 2 ages 7–8
- Primary 3 ages 8–9
- Primary 4 ages 9–10
- Primary 5 ages 10–11
- Primary 6 ages 11–12
US grades
- Kindergarten Year 1 (JK) ages 4–5
- Kindergarten Year 2 (SK) ages 5–6
- Grade 1 ages 6–7
- Grade 2 ages 7–8
- Grade 3 ages 8–9
- Grade 4 ages 9–10
- Grade 5 ages 10–11
- Grade 6 ages 11–12
Every Tadpole game asks for the school year once and then keeps the words at that level, so the puzzles stay at the point your child has actually reached.
Where the words themselves come from, and what keeps an unsuitable one out: how the words are chosen.