As my son continues through kindergarten, it never ceases to amaze me how much more is expected out of kids academically these days. He has many bilingual kids in his class who already have a leg up. So I am always looking for ways to give my kids that advantage too. I found a great tool at www.gogolingo.com.
GoGo Lingo is a website that “tricks” your kids into learning a new language. You child gets a little pet to take care of called a lingo. They play learning games to earn stars. They can then use those star as currency to take care of their lingo by buying them things. They also have to love and play with their lingo by doing activities that teach Spanish. There is a whole lingo town to explore complete with a store, a library, a movie theater and more. It is very inviting and easy to use for little ones. I set my 3 year old up on it and had to tear him away from the computer an hour later. And a little to my surprise, he had picked up the activities pretty well.
I was really impressed with how much they encourage parental involvement. I received an email that detailed what my son had done online and how well he did at it. There is also a parents link with progress information. As well as a forum for questions and discussion and helpful links and data. There are 2 levels of membership, free and premium. The premium is $6 per month or $42 per year. You can only enroll one child under the free membership. And your customizations are pretty basic, but it still gets the job done. The premium membership gives you 12 additional learning categories and many extra offline printable benefits.
My kids haven’t been using it long enough to tell how much Spanish they have learned. But they are learning and having a great time doing it. You can’t ask for much more than that!
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