Two languages from the first words.

An app built around the first words a child needs, in short lessons a parent and child do together. In Tatako your child hears each word, finds it on a picture and says it, with you right beside them.

Growing up with two languages does not cause a speech delay. When you count your child’s words, count both languages together, not English alone: that total is the true picture.

Mixing is normal: kids reach for the word that comes to them first. It is not confusion, it sorts itself out, and there is no need to correct it at home.

Understanding comes before speaking, so English is going in. A child can know a word and still answer in the language that works faster. After each lesson you mark a word Understands or Can say, so a word your child knows but doesn’t say yet still counts.

Your child is right on time: the first-words stage is the moment for spoken English, and reading plays no part in it. Lessons are spoken, with pictures, so there is nothing to read and no letters to learn. If your child already uses a few English words, the lessons start from those and add the next ones.

You can start both at once: one language does not have to wait for the other. Your home language stays the language of the family, and Tatako adds a short English lesson beside it, not instead of it.

The rest of the day stays in your language: you still talk, sing and read together at home, and the English lesson is a small daily addition.

Tatako is made for families like yours, whatever language you speak at home. The lesson itself is in English, with its own voice and pictures, so it works next to any home language.

The lesson voice speaks the English, so you don’t have to be the model. Your part is to sit with your child and cheer, and the guide voice gives the short prompts along the way.

The guide voice speaks your family’s own language: its prompts come in the language you speak at home, wherever you live. You can switch it off at any time, and the lesson carries on without it.

About five minutes, and you can make lessons shorter or longer in the grown-ups screen. A short lesson every day works better than a long one once a week.

It is a lesson you do together, not a cartoon your child watches alone. You sit side by side, and one lesson a day is the plan, so when your child asks for “two more,” you can stop after the one you chose.

Cartoons are extra sound in the room: your child listens, and nobody sees what stuck. A lesson waits for your child’s answer, so each word gets practiced, not just heard.

Keep it light and never make it a fight: stop while your child is still willing. If they refuse a word, mark it Repeat more and move on. When lessons feel like too much, make them easier in the grown-ups screen, with more repeating and fewer new words, or try one with the guide voice off.

You mark each word as New, Repeat more, Understands, or Can say, from what you just heard, not from a score. The next lesson brings back the shaky words first, before it adds new ones. You can also make a progress card with your child’s words and topics to send to family.

Dropping the home language does not fix a delay, so you can keep it and still do the short English lesson. Tatako is not speech therapy: if you are worried about how your child is talking, ask your pediatrician or speech therapist.

Your child says the word to you, and you decide whether they can say it. Tatako never uses the microphone or the camera, and it shows no ads.

Both, starting with the words a child needs first: hello, mommy, colors, animals, food, clothes, and what a teacher says at preschool. Lessons go round by theme, and phrases stay short.

Keep it: Tatako replaces neither parent. It adds a few minutes of clear English on the days the English-speaking parent is tired, not fluent, or not in the room.

Daycare English is noisy and fast. Tatako is slow on purpose: each new word three times, with a pause to say it back. It doesn’t replace daycare: it gives you a short piece you can repeat at home on the days daycare didn’t stick.

Flashcards and most kids’ apps are built for reading, for older children, or for a long session alone. Tatako does one thing: first spoken words, in a short lesson you do together.

On the web, on Apple and on Android: iPhone, iPad, Android phones and tablets, and any computer. The Android app is on Google Play. Sign in with Google or with email, and your child’s progress follows them to every device.

The first lesson is free, without a card. Paid plans are weekly or yearly, you see the price before you pay, and you can cancel at any time. Your child’s progress stays in your account.