Engage your child in reading and track their progress with Starwords

BetaList features the newest startups. Today, we interview co-founder Dave Beech about Starwords, an app that helps kids learn to read. Submit your startup to get featured too. What is Starwords? Starwords is a flashcard app that helps children learn to read. It uses tried-and-tested teaching methods to allow you and your child to practice reading together, whenever, wherever. Where did the idea for Starwords come from? I have a five-year-old son, Tom, who is learning to read at primary school. Along with books to read, his teachers sent home sets of laminated flashcards. Although he was making quick progress, it was sometimes tricky…

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