For parentsPreschool
A free preschool learning app for kids ages 3–5: TinyLearn
Explore TinyLearn for ages 3–5: ABCs, Hindi and Marathi letters, counting and shapes. Free on Android, with offline lessons and games.
4 min read
Blog
Early learning, without the guesswork
Practical guides for parents of children aged 2–8 — how to teach the alphabet, count to 100, start the Hindi or Marathi Varnamala, begin phonics, and tell a good learning app from a bad one.
All articles
26 articles
- For parentsGetting started
7 learning activities for kids at home: a parent's guide
Try seven easy learning activities for kids at home, from letters to counting. Explore English, Hindi and Marathi with TinyLearn, free on Android.
6 min read
- LanguagesHindi
Hindi and Marathi for kids abroad: a TinyLearn guide for NRI parents
Raising children outside India? Explore Hindi and Marathi letters and numbers with TinyLearn, plus simple family activities to bring your home language into everyday life.
4 min read
- For parentsGetting started
Offline Learning Games for Kids: A Parent’s Travel Guide
Plan learning games for flights and road trips with kids ages 2–8. Explore TinyLearn’s free offline Android activities in English, Hindi and Marathi.
5 min read
- LanguagesHindi
Weekend classes, a tutor, or an app? Teaching Hindi or Marathi abroad
An honest comparison of the options NRI parents actually choose — community classes, online tutors, apps, trips to India and home practice — what each is genuinely good at, what none of them can do alone, and how to tell if it's working.
5 min read
- LanguagesHindi
Teaching your child Hindi or Marathi when you live abroad
Children raised outside India often understand the home language but answer in English. Why that happens, what it costs, and what actually works for NRI families — including what to do when nobody else nearby speaks it.
6 min read
- For parentsFestivals
10 learning activities for the festival season (ages 2–8)
Festivals are full of patterns, counting, colours and family language — the same things children are learning anyway. Ten ways to turn the preparations, the visiting and the travelling into learning, without adding anything to your list.
5 min read
- VocabularyPreschool
How to build your child's vocabulary (and why it matters more than phonics)
A child can sound out a word perfectly and still have no idea what it means. Why vocabulary quietly decides later reading, and the everyday habits that build it fastest in 2–6 year olds.
5 min read
- Early mathPreschool
Early maths for 3–6 year olds: what comes after counting
Counting to a hundred is a memory trick. Real number sense is quantity, comparing, patterns and first adding — the five things that actually matter before school maths, and how to build them in ordinary daily life.
5 min read
- GamesPreschool
Inside TinyLearn's 8 mini-games: what each one actually teaches
Every kids' app claims 100+ games. Here is exactly what TinyLearn's eight mini-games ask a child to do, the skill each one builds, and a way to practise the same thing away from the screen.
5 min read
- DevelopmentFor parents
Child development milestones from 2 to 8: a parent's guide for 2026
What most children can do at each age from 2 to 8 — language, thinking, movement, social skills and independence — why milestones are ranges rather than deadlines, what supports development, and when it's worth asking a professional.
6 min read
- Screen timeFor parents
How to end screen time without a meltdown
Why switching off a screen triggers such big reactions in young children, and the small changes that make it end calmly — countdowns kids can understand, natural stopping points, and what to do when the tears start anyway.
5 min read
- NumbersHindi
Numbers in Hindi and Marathi for kids: 1–20, the tens, and how to teach them
Hindi and Marathi numbers 1 to 20 and the tens up to 100, with Devanagari digits and pronunciation — plus why these numbers are harder than English ones and a way of teaching them that actually sticks.
5 min read
- ReadingToddlers
How to read aloud to your toddler so it actually builds language
Reading the words on the page is the smallest part of reading aloud. How to turn a picture book into a conversation, why reading the same book forty times is fine, and what to do when your child won't sit still.
5 min read
- For parentsTravel
12 learning games for train journeys, waiting rooms and power cuts (no toys needed)
Twelve games that teach letters, numbers, colours and words with nothing but your voice — for long journeys, the doctor's waiting room, weddings and power cuts. Save it for the next time you're stuck.
5 min read
- ShapesToddlers
How to teach shapes to toddlers (and the mistake that makes triangles hard)
Children learn shape names quickly and shape recognition slowly. Why only ever showing the perfect version backfires, how to teach by sides and corners, and the order that works for 2–5 year olds.
5 min read
- ColoursToddlers
How to teach colours to toddlers (and why it takes longer than you think)
Colour words are abstract, so children learn them later than nouns — and teaching several at once slows things down. A step-by-step method for 2–4 year olds, with colour words in Hindi and Marathi.
5 min read
- WritingPreschool
How to teach a child to write their name (and what to do first)
Why pre-writing shapes come before letters, what a workable pencil grip actually looks like at four, and the order to teach a name in. A practical guide for parents of 3–6 year olds.
5 min read
- Screen timeFor parents
How much screen time is OK for toddlers and preschoolers?
The official guidance, what it actually means in a real household, and why the number of minutes is the least useful part of the question. A practical guide for parents of 2–8 year olds.
5 min read
- Getting startedFor parents
How to choose a learning app for your child: a 7-point checklist
Most apps in the kids' education category are games with a letter painted on them. Seven questions that separate a real learning app from a dressed-up one — and a two-minute test you can run before you commit.
5 min read
- PhonicsAlphabet
How to teach phonics at home: letter sounds for 3–6 year olds
The difference between a letter's name and its sound, why saying 'buh' makes reading harder, which sounds to teach first, and how blending actually clicks. A practical phonics guide for parents.
5 min read
- PreschoolGetting started
Is my child ready for school? A kindergarten readiness checklist
What a child actually needs before starting school — and what does not matter nearly as much as parents fear. A calm checklist for ages 4–6, plus a ten-minute-a-day plan for the term before they start.
5 min read
- LanguagesFor parents
Will two languages confuse my child? What actually happens with bilingual kids
Mixing Hindi and English in one sentence is not confusion — it is a skill. What the evidence says about bilingual children, vocabulary and speech delay, and how to raise a child in two scripts without the guilt.
5 min read
- AlphabetToddlers
How to teach the alphabet to toddlers (ages 2–4): a simple play-based guide
A calm, play-based routine for teaching a 2–4 year old the alphabet — what order to teach letters in, how long to spend, and the mistakes that slow kids down.
5 min read
- NumbersEarly math
Teaching kids to count 1–100: fun activities that actually stick
Counting to 100 is not one skill — it is four. A parent's guide to rote counting, one-to-one correspondence, the teens problem, and the activities that fix each one.
5 min read
- HindiLanguages
Learn Hindi for kids: a parent's guide to the Hindi Varnamala
How to introduce the Hindi Varnamala to a child aged 2–8: what order to teach the letters, how matras fit in, and what to do if Hindi isn't spoken at home.
5 min read
- MarathiLanguages
Learn Marathi for kids: getting started with Marathi Barakhadi & Varnamala
A practical guide for Marathi-speaking families: what the Varnamala and Barakhadi are, what order to teach them in, and how to keep Marathi alive in an English-schooling household.
5 min read
Learn together in the app
Free to download, works offline, and ready in English, Hindi and Marathi.
Play · Learn · Grow
Ready in about a minute
- Free to download — no subscription
- Every lesson works with no connection
- English, Hindi and Marathi in one app
