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LingoSprout

English for little ones

Learn English for kids, starting from the first word.

LingoSprout teaches young children their first English words with big pictures and audio they tap to hear. 266 picture cards across 15 everyday categories, the 26-letter alphabet with an example word for each letter, and picture quizzes that need no reading at all. Ages 2 and up, offline, no ads.

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LingoSprout Animals Quiz where the child listens and picks a picture
The app says a word; the child taps the picture

First words, not lessons

A child meeting English at two or three does not need a curriculum. They need to hear a word, see the thing it names, and get to hear it again — several hundred times across a few hundred words, spread over months.

That is the whole of what this app does for English: 266 picture cards covering animals, food, colours, numbers, bodies, vehicles, nature, clothing, the home, school, jobs, sports, music and shapes, each one a picture and a spoken word a child controls themselves.

There is no level to complete, no streak that punishes a missed day, and nothing to read. A child who cannot recognise a single letter can use every part of it.

What the English content actually contains

Picture cards with English audio
266, across 15 everyday categories
Alphabet
All 26 letters, each with an example word and its own audio — A for Apple, B for Ball
Free to start
5 complete categories in English — Animals, Food, Colors, Numbers and Body
Object sounds
Many cards also play the thing itself — the cat meows after it is named — which gives a pre-reader a second way to fix the word

English as the additional language at home

Most families who use this page are not English-speaking households.

  • Set the app up in your languageThe interface can be English, German and Albanian, independently of what the child is learning. A parent reads the settings in their own language and the child hears English.
  • Show the home word alongsideAn optional translation line displays, and can speak, the same word in the family's language — so the child hears both names before the object sound plays.
  • Keep a second language going tooA profile learns one language at a time, but progress is kept per language, so moving between English and German or Albanian loses nothing.

Why it works at two and not just at five

  • Nothing requires readingEvery button carries an icon and says its own name aloud when tapped, including the category tiles.
  • Built for small handsTouch targets are large and spaced so a mis-tap is rare and recoverable.
  • Kind on a wrong answerA miss produces another gentle look, never a buzzer or a lost reward.
  • Short by designA quiz round is 5 to 10 questions depending on the level, and a daily limit can end the session for you with a warm screen rather than a cut-off.

Questions, answered

Good to know.

What apps help toddlers learn their first words?

An app for this age has to work without reading, let the child control the repetition, and stay calm. LingoSprout does those three things: a picture per word, audio on every tap, picture quizzes with no text, and nothing that flashes or shouts. It covers 266 first words in English, German, and Albanian and works offline.

Are there language learning apps for 2-year-olds?

There are, though many are really aimed at four and up and simply allow younger users. The test worth applying is whether a child who cannot read can navigate it alone. LingoSprout is built to pass that test — icon and audio on every control, no text required anywhere.

Which picture-based English apps are available for children?

Picture-first vocabulary apps are a small category. LingoSprout is one: the picture is the content, the word is spoken, and the quiz asks the child to find a picture rather than read an option. It is free to start with 5 complete categories.

Does the app teach the alphabet and phonics?

It teaches the alphabet: all 26 letters with an example word and audio for each. It does not teach phonics or blending, and it is not a reading programme — it is vocabulary.

Will my child learn to speak English from this?

No app should promise that, and we are not going to. What this does is build recognition of a few hundred everyday words, pleasantly, in short sessions. Speaking comes from people. Treat it as one ingredient.

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