AskMyClass, now Soundkins

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Audio learning assistant for teachers and students.

Summer 2018Founded 20172 peopleSan Francisco, CA, USA; Remote

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About

AskMyClass, is a learning assistant that helps teachers save time and enhance learning, using smart speakers like Alexa, and help students get back-on-task quickly and build life skills through classroom management, social-emotional learning, and lesson support.

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SaaSSubscription · School license priced at $695/year (as listed: "LICENSE School School-wide site license $695 /year Now to June 2027"). Includes full year of activities, reporting, home practice, and more.

Soundkins is a PreK-K supplemental literacy program that uses 5-minute interactive videos to build phonemic awareness and letter-sound skills. It supports whole-group, small-group, intervention, and home use with research-backed, Mnemonic-based lessons.

Soundkins offers 5-minute interactive video lessons focused on phonemes, letter sounds, and simple word blending. Lessons are designed for whole-group and intervention settings and include features such as integrated mnemonics, phoneme production guidance, articulation instruction, phoneme-based vocabulary, and stories. The program emphasizes progress monitoring, personalization, and reporting, with a home practice component and classroom/student-level analytics. Pricing provided is for a school-wide site license with included scope across a full year of activities and alignment to core curriculum.

Who it’s for: PreK–K schools and teachers seeking a phonemic awareness and early literacy solution with video-based instruction and progress monitoring.

Features

5-minute interactive videos for whole and small group time
Phoneme production and articulation instruction
Phoneme-based vocabulary and stories
Integrated mnemonics to connect sounds and letters
Progress monitoring and personalization
Home practice component
Classroom and student-level reporting

Pricing mention (license price) and product features; reference to several teacher testimonials; mentions of research-supported content and grounding in science of reading.

Founders · 1

Aparna RamanathanFounder

Aparna worked for 11 years as a medical doctor in Australian hospitals. Moving to the U.S. in 2011, she provided accessible mental health support and stress management coaching to professional women. In 2016, using screen-free, low-cost voice technology, she began supporting children to build social and mental resilience skills. A year later, Aparna built an interactive mental health game on Alexa for the home and launched AskMyClass, to provide behavioral support for the PK-6 classroom.

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