Helping your child use more language can involve a surprising amount of thinking.
The advice sounds simple: talk more, interact more.
But all that thinking can make even ordinary time together feel like something you need to get right.
That’s where Glowie & Fizz: Everyday Language Adventures comes in.
Each Glowie & Fizz story offers a natural, playful way to help your child learn and use language in everyday life by turning shared reading into an adventure you can step into together.
The story reaches beyond the page and into your child’s home. As Glowie’s little helper, your child explores familiar spaces, completes real-life missions, and earns magic stars to move the adventure forward.
This active role in the story gives your child playful reasons to listen, understand, and respond.
Along the way, your child connects everyday words and phrases with what they see and do, experiencing what they mean and how they’re used in real life.
These experiences can make language easier to understand, remember, and use—to communicate with others and make sense of the world around them.
Real-life missions are built right into the story and use familiar objects already at home, so even on busy days, you can get straight to playing, talking, and connecting with your child.
Simple prompts, useful phrases, repetition, and pause cues are woven into the story, showing you what to say, when to pause, and how to keep the interaction going—so you can simply enjoy the story together.
Because each adventure is built around familiar routines and objects, everyday moments can bring back the story, familiar words, and shared memories—giving you and your child more natural chances to talk and connect.
This series is developed with input from a speech-language pathologist and an early childhood educator, with careful attention to developmentally appropriate language, interaction, and play.
Children ages 2½–5, especially late talkers and children who understand more than they can say.
Children who love to move and explore—or don’t usually sit through a whole storybook.
Families who want familiar routines like nap time and bath time to feel more playful and engaging.
mostly points or gestures, or is beginning to use single words
often relies on the same familiar words
can answer simple, direct questions but needs help answering open-ended questions
use more words to communicate in familiar everyday situations
put words together or add detail to communicate more clearly
put their own ideas into words
finds and uses familiar objects
compares objects and chooses what fits
listens to clues and figures out what is needed
“It is not just a book; it's a semi-structured interaction and it's a wonderful opportunity for parents and their children to connect authentically through fun and educational interaction.”— Simone, Speech Pathologist & Mom of a Bilingual 2-Year-Old
“When we lay down together on the pillow, we laughed because I used the pillow but he used me as his pillow. Then we snuggled up together, made some snoring sounds, looked up at the ceiling and he was chatting away in gibberish. With the blanket mission, he came under the blanket with me and we were whispering and giggling together.”
“The joy that I saw on my son's face when we were doing the missions together. … He is not really a snuggly boy and he is usually very active and independent. So, it was a really lovely moment that we had together during both missions snuggling on the pillow and hiding under the blanket.”
“He wasn't able to find the pillow or blanket by himself but when I got them for him, we played together on the mission. We ended up making our own little pretend bed during the story. Actually, he started it at the beginning of the book by finding a mat to put down on the floor for a bed.”
“We were doing the high five, then clapping and he came up to me and took my hands to clap my hands. Then he put my hands over my eyes to play peekaboo.”
“He was talking a lot while we were lying down on the make-believe bed together. It was not intelligible but he apparently had a lot to tell me.”
“He repeated the word ‘pillow.’ When we read the part about Isla being sleepy, he did a pretend yawn.”
“… very expressive during the book reading. I asked him to find the pillow/blanket and he was pointing and trying to say ‘upstairs.’”
“Also, under the blanket together, he had fun whispering together and playing in the dark. He kept looking up at my face and noticing my face, and he started pointing and naming the parts of my face.”
“My son doesn't usually sit for a full story. … We rarely get through a full storybook. He engages more with actions, dancing and people play. That's why this story was really great for us.”
“… he quickly lay down … hiding and pretending to sleep. He thought it was so funny. It was a really sweet moment …”
A limited number of families will get the chance to experience a Glowie & Fizz story before launch with a complimentary digital advance copy.
No prep. No pressure.
Just more fun, connection, and love—through the everyday language you share.
