PiyoTan: Fun Words for Kids

This app is a multilingual learning app that helps children naturally become familiar with words by listening to audio while having fun. With simple tap-to-listen interactions, even young children can engage with language easily. It is also highly effective for adults who want to begin learning a foreign language. Listening to sounds is essential for language learning. Young children have the ability to distinguish a wide range of sound frequencies, but as they grow, this ability gradually focuses on the sounds of the language they use daily. As a result, learning correct pronunciation in a foreign language can feel more difficult later in life. By being exposed to the sounds of multiple languages from an early age, future language learning becomes smoother and accurate pronunciation is easier to acquire. Exposure to multiple languages also supports brain development and positively affects learning abilities and flexible thinking beyond language. Up to around ages 1–2, children can tap illustrations to listen to words or play silhouette puzzles, developing cognitive skills through play. From around age 3, they can challenge themselves with word ordering and quizzes, gradually understanding words and learning to read. By listening to a lot of audio, children can earn rewards, and parents can check the progress screen to see how much audio their child has listened to and track their growth through numbers. By clearing quizzes, children can also earn trophies. Let’s continue learning in a fun way while collecting trophies from various categories and languages. Children’s brains are far more flexible and full of potential than adults often realize. Becoming familiar with three or four languages is not unusual at all. The greatest benefit is the ability to naturally acquire correct pronunciation. Please try the app together with your child.