Words that keep growing
Every story carries a few new words. Tap one, understand it, save it. Vocabulary builds quietly, one morning at a time.
Why news matters
A child who knows the world grows up ready for it.
Every child starts at the centre of their own small world. A few calm, true stories a day gently widen the circle: from their street, to their country, to the planet they share with eight billion people.
Questions, not scrolling
Real events spark real curiosity: why did it happen, where is that, what would I do? Each story ends with a question to think about.
Kindness that travels
Reading about children in other places helps kids care about people beyond their own street, and see how much they share.
Telling true from false
In a UK study, only about 2 in every 100 children sorted every real news story from the fakes. Kids who meet real, checked news early learn what trustworthy looks like.National Literacy Trust, Commission on Fake News, 2018
A voice at the table
Knowing what is happening gives children the confidence to join the conversation at dinner, in class, and with friends.
How the world works
History, geography, civics and science, woven into today's stories. Lessons stop being chapters and start being real life.
Not more screen time.
Better screen time.
A few minutes a day, real stories told kindly, and then the edition ends. No endless feed, no algorithm, no rabbit holes.
How it works
The news in a few minutes, not a never-ending feed.
FFMPA is built like a morning paper. A short edition arrives, your child reads it, and then it's finished. There is nothing to scroll forever.
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Two fresh editions
A morning and an evening edition in your local time, with only news from the last 3 days.
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Swipe, one story at a time
Each story fits on one screen. Swipe up for the next, tap More for why it matters and a question to think about.
3
Learn the words behind the news
Tap any underlined person, place or idea for a quick explainer, and save it to a personal word bank.
6:00 AMMorning edition, before school
7:00 PMEvening edition, after homework
Three reading levels
The same story, told for their age.
Every story comes at three levels, so a seven-year-old, an eleven-year-old and a fourteen-year-old can read the same news in the way that suits them.
Explorers
Ages 5 to 9
"Tonight is a good night to spot shooting stars called the Taurids. Some of them are extra bright fireballs!"
Thinkers
Ages 10 to 12
"The Northern Taurid meteor shower peaks tonight. It only produces about five meteors an hour, but the Taurids are known for slow, bright fireballs."
Navigators
Ages 13 to 15
"Scientists also track larger objects in the Taurid stream. How much should the world spend watching for rare asteroid impacts, compared with dangers that happen every year?"
Local news for your country and world news side by side. Starting with:
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Beyond the headlines
News that explains itself.
Reading what happened is the start. FFMPA also shows why it happened, lets children follow a story through the week, and gives them something to do with what they learned.
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Hard ideas, drawn by hand
When a story needs a concept made clear, a sketch draws itself in three steps: why smog gets trapped over a city, how a satellite stays up, why the planet is warming. One line of text per step, written for each reading level.
- Opens from the story, right where the question comes up
- Three steps, about a minute
- Reused whenever the idea returns in the news
Every week
One Big Story, followed all week
A new part each school day: why it matters, the key numbers, the story so far and a question with no right answer.
Every day
Learn one thing
One idea from history, geography or science, linked to that day's news, with a single question to check it stuck.
Every story
A feelings check
News can be heavy. If a story worries your child, FFMPA slows down, suggests talking to you and offers a calmer story.
Every Monday and Sunday
Puzzles and a craft
A sudoku sized for their level, a word game built from the week's news, and something to make by hand each Sunday.
Progress
From Cub Reporter to Editor in Chief
Reading, learning and finishing an edition earn points and newsroom ranks. Three stories a day keeps a streak, with one rest day a week.
Discovery
Hidden finds that teach
Six secrets to stumble on, from tonight's real moon phase to a reporter's fact-checking habits. Riddles are the only clues.
For classrooms and young writers
Read it together. Then write your own.
Classroom mode
A weekly class pack, built from the news
A teacher names a class and gets a six-character code. Each week brings a five-question quiz for the big screen, a printable worksheet with an answer key and one question to discuss.
- No pupil names, emails or accounts
- Teachers see class totals only, never one child
- Children join with a grown-up's PIN
Young reporters
One assignment a week, written by children
Who did what, and where? Children write a headline and a few sentences about something they saw. The best appear on Sunday's front page.
- A grown-up's PIN is needed to send a report
- An editor reads every report before it appears
- Shown with age and country only, never a name
Safe by design
Real news, without the scary parts.
Every story is written from trusted reports and checked by a human editor before it goes out. Our standards are public.
Strict language rules
No swearing, slurs, graphic detail, fear words or sensational headlines. A blocked word list and editor review catch anything that slips.
Facts checked twice
Every fact appears in at least two reputable sources, and grown-ups can see the sources under every story.
Fair on every side
We explain how things work and what happened. We never tell children what to think about politics or belief.
No tracking, no profiling
No ads based on your child, no selling of data, no comments, chat or strangers. Sponsor cards, when shown, are approved by our team.
No links out
Nothing in the app links to other websites. Photos are free-to-use images, credited in plain text. No AI images of real people.
Hard topics handled with care
War stories only for older readers and only if you allow them. Disasters focus on helpers and safety.
For parents
You decide what they see.
Sign in with your email, no password. A 4-digit PIN keeps the controls in your hands.
- 1Reading level. Choose Explorers, Thinkers or Navigators, and lock it.
- 2Topics. Turn whole subjects on or off, from sport to politics.
- 3Sensitive news. Decide whether older children see war and conflict stories.
- 4Limits and sharing. Set stories per edition, and whether story links can be shared with friends.
- 5Feelings and writing. See which stories your child marked as worrying, and approve anything they write before it is sent.
Get FFMPA
Works on any phone, tablet or computer.
iPhone and iPad
Open the web app in Safari, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen. It opens like an app.
Android
The Android app is coming to Google Play. Until then, the web app works in Chrome and can be added to your home screen.
Questions
Good to know
Who writes the stories?
Each edition is drafted from trusted news reports, written at three reading levels, and then read, corrected and approved by a human editor before it is published.
Why only the last 3 days of news?
So nothing feels stale. Old stories disappear automatically, and each edition only adds what is new since the last one.
What do you need to know about my child?
Only an optional first name or nickname, a reading level and a country. No birthday, school, photo or contact details. See the privacy policy for details.
Can my child end up on another website?
No. FFMPA never links out: sources and photo credits are shown as plain text, sponsor cards carry no links, and sharing only copies a link to the story for a grown-up to send.
Can schools use FFMPA?
Yes. Classroom mode gives a teacher a class code, a weekly quiz for the big screen and a printable worksheet. It holds no pupil names, and teachers see class totals only.
What happens to what my child writes?
A Young reporters piece is sent only after a grown-up enters the PIN. An editor reads it before it can appear, and it is shown with age and country only. Private headlines a child writes for fun stay on the device.
Is it in other languages?
FFMPA is in English for now.
Are there ads?
There are no ads based on your child, and we never sell data. Some editions may show a clearly labelled sponsor card that our team has approved, the same for every child in a country. They are off by default for the youngest readers.