Middle school, ages 11 to 15
Middle school: learn lessons and remember them on test day.
From evening homework to the first national exams, Mindlet turns lessons into short cards and quizzes, then brings each notion back right when it was about to slip away. For parents: clear age rules and a setting to stay involved.
- Free to start
- From 13, or a parent-managed account
- No ads
Mock exam graded /20 Short sessions Learning a lesson
How do you learn a lesson so it sticks?
Rereading a lesson three times the same evening feels like knowing it. By the next day, a good part has already faded. What works better is closing the notebook and trying to recall the answers, then doing it again the next day, then a few days later.
Researchers call this the testing effect and spacing, two of the best-supported learning methods (Roediger and Karpicke, 2006; Cepeda et al., 2006). Mindlet asks the questions instead of the parent, and picks the right day for each review.
Understand spaced repetitionFirst exams
Preparing for the first big exam: where to start?
With what's already been covered in class, chapter by chapter, rather than a big sprint at the end. One collection per subject, each new chapter added once it's done: by the end of the year, most of it has already been reviewed several times.
A few weeks before the exam, the placement test shows what your child already knows, and the practice exam builds a paper from their courses: timed, graded out of 20, with a breakdown by topic. A homemade mock exam, to retake as often as needed.
Discover the practice exam
Fit for the age
Short sessions, varied formats.
At 12 or 14, a long session is discouraging. Session length can be set to short, medium or long, and formats change from one card to the next to hold attention.
- Map quizzes to place a country, a river, a city
- Dictation, on request: listen to a sentence, write it down
- Read-aloud: hear the card spoken
- Font, size and reading aids in the accessibility settings
A typical week
A week in eighth grade, ten minutes at a time.
A history lesson to know by Friday, English vocabulary, a geography test. Here's how it spreads out, without taking over the evening.
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Mon : The history lesson goes into Mindlet
The PDF the teacher sent, or the lesson text pasted in. Mindlet makes a collection with its cards.
Two minutes, with a parent if needed
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Tue : Ten minutes after school
The first cards: dates, people, a few true-or-false questions. Mindlet marks everything itself.
A short session
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Wed : Vocabulary
The word list from the notebook becomes flashcards. Missed words come back soon, the others later.
Five minutes
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Thu : The night before the geography test
Map quizzes to place rivers and cities, and a timed test to check everything's there.
Ten minutes
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Fri : A challenge between friends
A classmate starts a duel on the history collection. For 13 to 15 year-olds, this feature opens with a parent's consent.
If a parent has allowed it
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Sat : A dictation
A sentence to listen to, then write down. Mindlet marks it straight away.
Five minutes
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Sun : Nothing to review
The app says you're up to date: nothing comes back today.
Rest
A scenario built from the app's features, not a testimonial.
Together
Challenges: studying with classmates.
A challenge is a duel between two friends on the cards of a collection. These features between members (friends, messages, challenges) follow age: closed before 13, open from 13 to 15 only with a parent's consent, then up to the teenager.
Challenges and live quizzes
Parents
Parents: helping without doing it for them.
In the settings, the family section brings together child profiles and parental consent. For a child under 13, you create the profile yourself, with a login ID: no email address needed for them. Between 13 and 15, your child creates their account and sends you a consent request for friends features; you can grant it, then withdraw it whenever you want.
Withdrawing your consent closes those features without touching their courses or progress. And your child sees what you can control: nothing is hidden. The app interface is in French; the content of your child's cards can be in English.
- Ask them to explain a card to you, rather than reciting it
- A little every day rather than an hour the night before
- Reminders off between 9 pm and 8 am by default
Safety
Child safety and minors' data.
The rules that apply to younger users, plainly.
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Minimum age: 13
Below that, the account is created and managed by a parent. Learning is complete; features between members are not available.
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Parental consent from 13 to 15
Friends, messages and challenges stay closed until a parent consents, as required by article 45 of the French data protection act.
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No ads
No advertising in the app and no data resale. We do not use content to train AI models.
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Moderation and reporting
Automated and human moderation, and a reporting procedure described on our child safety page.
In practice
What Mindlet changes in the evening, at home.
Mindlet doesn't do the homework. It takes on the repetitive part: asking the questions, choosing what to review.
| The step | Without a tool | With Mindlet |
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| Learning the lesson | Rereading until it feels known | Answering short cards, marked straight away |
| Being quizzed | A parent asks questions, when there's time | Mindlet asks the questions; the parent can ask for an explanation |
| Reviewing before a test | Rereading everything the night before | Missed cards come back on their own in the days before |
| Preparing for exams | Reopening the year's notebooks at the last minute | Chapters reviewed through the year, then a practice exam graded out of 20 |
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
How can I help my child study?
Let them test themselves instead of rereading, and ask them to explain in their own words rather than recite. Come back to the lesson the next day, then a few days later. Mindlet handles the questions and the timing; your role becomes encouraging and listening, not quizzing every night.
How long should a middle schooler study each night?
There's no official figure, and consistency matters more than length. Ten to fifteen minutes each evening, spent testing, sticks better than an hour of rereading the night before a test. In Mindlet, session length can be set to short, medium or long.
What is a good study app for kids?
One that works on your child's own lessons and has them test themselves regularly, with clear age rules. Mindlet turns lessons into short cards, schedules reviews with spaced repetition and offers a practice exam graded out of 20. It has a free plan with no time limit; purchases are for adults only.
How do kids memorise lessons faster?
By recalling rather than rereading, in short sessions spread over several days. A card answered from memory today, then again in two days, then in a week, holds far better than three rereads in one evening. That's the principle Mindlet applies to every card.
Is Mindlet suitable for under-15s?
Yes, with age rules. From 13, teenagers create their account and study; features between members (friends, messages, challenges) stay closed until a parent consents, and the parent can withdraw that consent at any time. From 15, they decide for themselves. Details on our child safety page.
My child is under 13: can they use Mindlet?
Yes, as long as you create and manage their account from your own, in the family settings. They log in with the ID you give them. Learning is complete; features between members (friends, messages, challenges) aren't available before 13.
Keep reading
The next lesson, already in cards.
Drop in today's lesson. Mindlet prepares the questions, your child reviews for ten minutes.
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