Helping students speak, not just study a language
KidsLipi started in a living room, with a father trying to help his son learn the family’s heritage language. That search led to heritage language schools, real classrooms, and 1,500+ students. Now the same listening-first practice is available to every language teacher.
Why KidsLipi exists
The idea for KidsLipi started when I was helping my 5-year-old son learn Gujarati — our family’s heritage language. Like a lot of families in that situation, the challenge wasn’t finding a language class. It was finding something that actually helped him practice — that made the language feel natural, not like homework.
I started talking to language educators — heritage language teachers, world language teachers, and coordinators. The same frustration came up every time. There were classroom tools for engagement — games, quizzes, answer selection. But nothing that gave students structured practice in listening first, then speaking. Students could read a word on a screen and choose the right answer. But could they hear it, say it, and remember it? That’s the gap KidsLipi fills.
I wanted to build something that helped students build confidence speaking a language they were learning while making a teacher’s job easier, not harder. That became KidsLipi.
We started with heritage language schools, building listening and speaking activities used directly in real classrooms. We’ve now reached more than 1,500 students through those programs.
Why the name KidsLipi?
KidsLipi began with Indian heritage-language learning, and our name reflects those roots. Lipi is a Sanskrit word for writing or script, the written form used to represent a language.
As KidsLipi has grown to support language teachers internationally, the name has stayed with us. It represents both where we started and how we think about language learning today: helping students connect what they hear, what they see, and what they say.
Today we’re making the same listening-first approach available to individual teachers. Prebuilt activities in Spanish, German, Hindi, and English (ESL/EFL) are ready to share by link, use inside an LMS, or display on a smartboard. No student logins or setup required.
“We believe students learn to speak a language by hearing it, practicing it, and using it — not just reading or writing it.”
Built in schools. Now available for every teacher.
KidsLipi started as a school product. We’re now making the same listening-first approach available to individual teachers — ready to assign in minutes, no school-wide rollout required.
Prebuilt for four languages
100+ ready-to-use listening and speaking activities in Spanish, German, Hindi, and English (ESL) — organized by level and topic.
Three ways to share
Assign by link, embed inside your LMS, or display on your smartboard. No student logins. No setup. Students just click and start.
Listening-first design
Students hear a word, see it with a visual, then say it back. Speech feedback helps students improve pronunciation as they practice.
KidsLipi is used by schools and language programs including
We started in heritage language schools and built our listening-first approach alongside real teachers and real students before bringing it to a wider audience.
We’d love to hear from you
Whether you’re a teacher trying KidsLipi, a school exploring a rollout, or have a question — reach out.
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