🧩 Free Learning Games for GLP Kids

Your child learns in whole words. Their games should too.

GLP Games are free, interactive learning experiences designed from the ground up for gestalt language processors — by a dad who knows the journey firsthand.

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The Challenge

Most learning tools weren't built for how your child thinks.

Gestalt language processors learn in chunks — whole phrases, whole melodies, whole words. But almost every reading app, flashcard set, and classroom curriculum is designed for analytic learners who build up from parts. That mismatch creates a painful gap for families.

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The phonics wall

Your child can recognize "GARBAGE TRUCK" as a whole word instantly — but struggles when someone asks them to "sound it out." Traditional phonics-first approaches can feel like being asked to disassemble something that already makes perfect sense.

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Almost no resources

You search for "gestalt language learning games" and find... almost nothing. A few academic papers. Some SLP blog posts. No actual tools your child can use today. You're not imagining it — this gap is real.

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Parents building from scratch

So you improvise. You make your own flashcards. You adapt apps that weren't designed for your kid. You spend hours figuring out what works — because nobody else has built it yet.

Nicholas Putz and family - Elm Grove, WI
Meet the Builder

I built this because my step-son Jack needed it.

Nicholas Putz — Father, Marketing Director, Technologist

When my six-year-old step-son Jack — who is autistic and a gestalt language processor — started recognizing whole words instead of sounding them out, it was a sudden revelation to Kindy (Jack's mom) and me. He wasn't so much behind; He was learning differently. And the tools to support that simply didn't exist.

I've spent over sixteen years building marketing systems, digital products, and creative solutions for complex businesses. As a Marketing Director, AI & Tech Committee Chair, and founder of PureDigital, I pair strategy with technology to solve real problems — and this one was extremely personal to me.

GLP Games combines everything I know about design, storytelling, and technology with everything I'm continuously learning as a GLP parent. These games are free because every family walking this path deserves tools — not another subscription.

Step-Father of a GLP child 16+ years in tech & marketing Free & open for all families
How It Works

Games that match how your child already learns.

Every game is designed around gestalt learning principles — whole-word recognition, visual patterns, contextual association, and positive reinforcement.

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Explore a world

Your child navigates rich, interactive scenes — a city, a park, a construction site — full of objects they recognize from real life.

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Tap to discover words

Every tap reveals the whole word as a complete visual unit — always the same font, same style. Their brain learns the word as one shape, not a string of letters.

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Celebrate and repeat

Confetti, sounds, and a growing score. No pressure, no penalties, no timers. Just the joy of discovering that words are everywhere — and they already know them.

The Games

Start exploring.

New games are always in development. Each one is designed for a specific learning goal and a specific kind of fun.

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Word World City

Explore a vibrant city full of cars, trucks, cranes, and construction equipment. Tap every object to discover its word — 20 words to find!

Whole-word reading Vehicles Ages 4–8
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Word Match Challenge

See a word, tap the matching object. A quiz-style game that reinforces whole-word recognition through playful repetition.

Word-image matching Recall Ages 4–8
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Park Explorer

A new world to discover — animals, playground equipment, nature, and more. Same gestalt-friendly design, a whole new vocabulary set.

Nature & animals Exploration Ages 3–7
"The most meaningful systems aren't built in business — they're built at home. Family is where you learn that structure without love is control, and love without structure is chaos."
— Nicholas Putz

Every GLP child deserves tools that fit.

These games are free and always will be. If they help your family, share them with another parent on the same journey.

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