Family risk is known
Family history can identify children to watch before formal reading begins.
Early Dyslexia Risk Screening
Assess your child’s risk early to act before reading problems emerge at school.
- For children ages 3+
- No reading skills required
- 5-minute at-home screening on a phone or tablet
- Direct signals: eye and finger movements
- Independent of phonological awareness
The dyslexia paradox
Dyslexia is diagnosed after reading struggles take hold
Dyslexia does not begin at school. Research shows that in infants predisposed to dyslexia, biological risk markers are already evident at an early age. For children at risk, screening is necessary at an early age because help and intervention are most effective before school, when a child's brain is highly neuroplastic. But a diagnosis is usually made much later—after visible failures in reading ability. As a result, the system recognizes the problem when the best time for intervention has already been missed. This is the dyslexia paradox.
Early Intervention Window
Act while the window is still open. Up to 92% of at-risk children reached grade-level reading after early intervention.
Start ScreeningEarly signs can be measurable
Observable pre-reading markers can appear before ordinary reading screens are useful.
Start ScreeningWait-to-Fail Gap
Concern is visible, but action stalls. Each month of delay narrows the intervention window.
Existing tools don't answer the question
Standard questionnaires rely on adult interpretation. Screeners require reading or phonological skills that have not yet developed.
Support waits for visible failure
Even when the concern is well-founded, support comes only after enough school evidence has accumulated.
Visible Reading Failure
The system finally responds, but the window has nearly closed: 88% of children remain poor readers by the end of fourth grade.
Only failure gets a response
The response starts when the child is already clearly struggling to read.
Support arrives too late
After that, reading skills rarely catch up to grade level.
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Assess risk in time. Don’t wait for reading to fail.
If your child is at risk for dyslexia, waiting until it shows up in school reading means waiting for failure. Standard screeners rely on skills a young child may not have yet: sound awareness, letter knowledge, or reading words. A preschooler may not be reading yet. That can be normal, or it can hide risk. Rockids uses the Reading Simulator to run a simulated reading flow without asking the child to read words. The screener measures gaze patterns and finger patterns and calculates dyslexia risk.
Start ScreeningHow it works
A Direct Signal from Your Child, Instead of Questionnaires and Interpretation
The standard path starts with a parent questionnaire or tasks in sounds, letters, and reading — skills a young child may not yet have. Instead, Rockids Dyslexia Screener uses the patented Reading Simulator technology: your child goes through a reading simulation without having to read words. The app captures eye and finger movements, and an algorithm calculates an early dyslexia-risk assessment. You can discuss the report with a speech-language pathologist, pediatrician, or neurologist.
Dyslexia-risk signals show up in eye movements
In reading, the eyes do not glide smoothly along a line. They jump, pause briefly, and sometimes move back. These movements are called saccades, fixations, and regressions. They show how a child processes the line.
In dyslexia and reading difficulties, line processing is different: the eyes linger longer, return backward more often, and forward movements become shorter and less stable. That is why early screening has to look at the movement pattern itself.
Reading Simulator guides the child through a reading simulation without requiring them to read words. The app captures eye and finger movements and uses those data to assess dyslexia risk.
Parent Sets the Context
You only confirm the child’s age, language, and basic context. The main signal comes from the child.
5-Minute Screening
Reading Simulator guides the child through a reading simulation on a phone or tablet.
Direct Signal from the Child
The app analyzes where the eyes pause, where they return, and how the child moves a finger across the screen.
An Algorithm Assesses the Movements
The algorithm uses eye and finger movement data from completed screenings to calculate a dyslexia-risk assessment.
A Plan Instead of Worry
The report explains the risk level, shows what the screening observed, and suggests next steps for a conversation with a speech-language pathologist, pediatrician, or neurologist.
Don’t Wait Until Reading Breaks Down
Rockids Dyslexia Screener shows an early risk signal from your child’s eye movements, builds a report, and gives clear next steps. Instead of anxiety, you get data: what the screening noticed, what to discuss with a specialist, and how to act next.
What You Receive in the Report
- Risk level:A clear risk estimate based on the child’s eye-movement pattern across the full risk assessment.
- Parent summary:What the screening noticed, which eye-movement patterns matter, and what the result means.
- Eye and finger maps by page:Where the child paused, moved back, and moved through the line.
- Quality context:Whether enough data was collected and whether to repeat the screening for a more confident result.
- Next steps:What to watch at home, when to repeat screening, and what to discuss with a speech-language pathologist, pediatrician, or neurologist.
Pricing
Start for free.
Trial Screening
Get a dyslexia risk assessment for a preschooler in 5 minutes. At home, on a smartphone or tablet.
- 1 free screening
- Preliminary risk assessment
Free
Try for Free
Risk Assessment
3 screenings to identify a consistent signal. Get a report with risk markers and an overall risk assessment.
- 3 screenings
- Practice mode
- Risk markers explained
- Eye and touch signals explained
$49
Assess Risk
Annual Plan
Take control of the situation. Take action to advance your child’s reading development.
- 3 risk assessments to track changes
- Practice mode
- Activity journal and reading skills guide
- Priority support
$99
Take Control
Rockids Dyslexia Screener does not diagnose. It shows early indicators of reading difficulties and produces a report that you can discuss with a speech-language pathologist, pediatrician, or neurologist.
FAQ
What parents ask before screening
My child can't read yet. Can they take the screening?
Yes. That is exactly why Rockids Dyslexia Screener exists. Your child does not need to know how to read.
Can we do the screening at home?
Yes. The screening is designed for home use. You need a phone or tablet with a working front-facing camera. One screening takes about 5 minutes. Choose a moment when your child is calm.
How is it different from existing screeners?
Existing screeners rely on questionnaires, phonological tasks, letters, or reading. Rockids Dyslexia Screener estimates risk from direct signals from your child: eye and finger movement.
What age is Rockids Dyslexia Screener for?
From age 3. Older children can also complete the screening. The built-in age check allows the result to be extrapolated with age context taken into account.
My child still struggles with sounds and letters. Does that affect the screening?
No. It does not block the screening. Rockids Dyslexia Screener does not require letter knowledge and is not built on phonological tasks.
Is this a diagnosis?
No. Rockids Dyslexia Screener does not diagnose dyslexia. It shows early risk indicators and produces a report of the results that you can discuss with a specialist.
What happens during screening?
Your child completes a five-minute screening in the Reading Simulator. Their only task is to follow a moving guide with their finger while the app tracks eye and finger movement.
Why do eye movements show reading risk?
During reading, the eyes do not move smoothly: they stop, jump, and sometimes go back. With reading difficulty, these patterns often differ. Rockids Dyslexia Screener uses them as early risk indicators in its scoring model.
Why not wait for a school check?
Because the school system reacts when it is already late and difficulties have settled in. Most screeners require letters, sounds, or reading. Rockids Dyslexia Screener looks earlier, when intervention is most effective: before reading failure becomes the trigger.
Why does the full risk assessment have three screenings?
One run can be affected by tiredness, distraction, lighting, or device position. Three screenings help reveal a repeating signal, not a random episode.
What if my child quits halfway?
Stop and repeat later. An interrupted run does not use a screening: a calm, valid attempt is more useful than pushing a tired child to finish.
What if the screening data is not good enough?
The app checks data quality. A low-quality screening does not go into the report and does not use an attempt. You can repeat it when your child is calm, the lighting is good, and the device is positioned correctly.
Does the camera record my child's face?
No. The camera is needed to track eye position during the task. Rockids Dyslexia Screener does not record your child's face, take photos, or upload video. Only normalized numerical eye coordinates are used.
Who will see my child's report?
Only you. The parent controls the report: the PDF can be saved or shared with a speech-language pathologist, pediatrician, neurologist, reading specialist, or teacher only when you decide.
What do I get after the full risk assessment?
Risk level, parent summary, breakdown of gaze and touch signals, page-by-page eye and finger maps, quality context, and data for a specialist.
If the risk is high, what should I do?
You are not left alone with anxiety. The report shows what the screening noticed, which steps you can start at home, and what to discuss with a speech-language pathologist, pediatrician, or neurologist.
Why repeat screening if I already have a report?
The risk signal can change with age, practice, and support. Repeat risk assessments show the trend: whether the pattern is getting weaker, staying stable, or getting stronger. That makes it clearer whether the current support is working.
What if the risk is low?
You get a baseline and know what to do now: watch, support age-appropriate reading skill, and repeat the screening later if new concerns appear.
What will a specialist get if I show the report?
Not a retelling of your worry, but structured data: risk level, gaze and touch signals, screening quality context.
How can I use the report when speaking with a specialist?
The report adds the results of your child's tasks and a risk assessment to your observations. You can show it to a specialist. It does not replace a professional assessment.
Which should I choose: Trial Screening, Risk Assessment, or Annual Plan?
Trial Screening: 1 free screening; Preliminary risk assessment. Risk Assessment: 3 screenings; Practice mode; Risk markers explained; Eye and touch signals explained. Annual Plan: 3 risk assessments to track changes; Practice mode; Activity journal and reading skills guide; Priority support.