Until now, a Sprout lesson arrived as a single, scrollable page — a worked example, an explanation, some self-checking practice, all in one column. It works. But for a lot of students, especially younger ones, a long page is still a long page. So we built a second way to learn the same material: Lesson Slides, an interactive deck your student plays through one screen at a time.
Instead of scrolling, they tap or swipe forward through ten purpose-built slides. Instead of reading passively, they hit an interactive challenge every few screens and can’t move on by tuning out. And instead of a wall of text, each slide is a single, focused idea — colour-themed to the subject, sized to one screen, and built to be finished.
What a Lesson Slides deck actually is
Every deck is exactly ten slides, and the shape is deliberate. It opens with a title and a one-line hook, teaches one idea per slide as it builds, and closes with a short recap of what the student can now do. Woven through the middle are three interactive challenges — not videos to watch, but things to do:
- Slide 4 — the warm-up. The easiest check, right after the first couple of teaching slides. A multiple-choice question, or tapping the odd one out.
- Slide 7 — the middle. A step harder: sort items into groups, put the steps of a method in order, or match pairs.
- Slide 9 — the stretch. The hardest challenge, near the end — a number-line target or a multi-step problem that pulls the whole lesson together.
Every challenge is self-checking. Get it right and the deck celebrates and moves you on; get it wrong and it offers a hint rather than a red cross, and lets you try again. No parent needs to mark anything.
A worksheet lets a child sit and stare. A deck asks them to act every few screens. That small difference — do, don’t just read — is most of why engagement holds.
The XP bar, and why it matters more than it should
Along the top of every deck runs an XP bar. Each slide read and each challenge solved fills it a little further, and it visibly celebrates when the student levels up. It is a small piece of game design, and it does something worksheets never have: it makes progress visible. A child who can see how far they’ve come, and how close the end is, keeps going. The same bar shows on the parent page, so you can glance across the room and see genuine progress rather than a page being idly scrolled.
Built for the way students actually use screens
Lesson Slides work on a phone as naturally as on a laptop — swipe forward with a thumb, tap to answer, and the deck remembers where you were if you close it and come back. The design is themed to the subject, so a maths deck and an English deck feel different, and the whole thing is aligned to the Australian Curriculum, in Australian spelling, just like every Sprout lesson.
When to reach for slides, and when for a page
Neither format is “better” — they suit different moments. Reach for a slide deck when a student needs momentum: a reluctant starter, a younger child, a topic that has been a battle, or any time “ten minutes on your lesson” needs to feel less like homework. Reach for the classic single-page lesson when a student wants to see the whole thing at once, take notes, or work through a longer example at their own pace.
Both are built the same way you already build Sprout lessons: name the topic, name what your student loves, and generate. The football-mad kid gets fractions through league ladders; the Minecraft kid gets area and perimeter through builds — now as a deck they play rather than a page they read.
Try it on tonight’s topic
Lesson Slides are live now for every account. Pick a topic your student has been dreading, choose the slides format, add their favourite thing in the world, and hand them the deck. New accounts start with free credits, so you can build your first deck free and watch them get to the recap slide without a single reminder.
FAQ
What is the Lesson Slides feature?
Lesson Slides is a Sprout format that turns any topic into a ten-slide interactive deck a student plays through one screen at a time. It teaches one idea per slide, includes three self-checking challenges (on slides 4, 7 and 9), tracks progress with an XP bar, and is built around the student’s own interests. It is Australian Curriculum aligned and works on phone or laptop.
How is a slide deck different from a normal Sprout lesson?
A normal Sprout lesson is a single scrollable page with a worked example and practice. A slide deck presents the same kind of material as ten focused, one-idea screens the student taps or swipes through, with interactive challenges every few slides and an XP bar that celebrates progress. Decks suit reluctant or younger students and solo study; pages suit students who want the whole lesson at once.
Are the challenges in a slide deck self-marking?
Yes. Each deck has three interactive challenges - such as a multiple-choice check, a sort-into-groups task or a put-the-steps-in-order puzzle. They mark themselves instantly, celebrate a correct answer, and offer a hint rather than a red cross when the student is wrong, so no parent needs to mark anything.