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the primary curriculum

Lalo Academy

Lalo goes to school, and brings the exercise book

The follow-up to Lalo for primary school children: nine subjects from the real curriculum, in five-minute sessions. The same pencil as before, now wearing glasses.

  • Ages 6-9
  • iPhone and iPad
  • 17 languages
  • No ads

Times tables and numbers free · the other subjects with one purchase · no subscription

9 subjects
55 times-table facts
17 languages
0 ads in the app
01the method

Not quizzes: mastery

The difference between answering correctly once and actually knowing something. Lalo Academy keeps track of the second one.

Times tables to mastery

Fifty-five canonical facts — commutativity means nothing is learned twice — in the order school teaches them: 2, 10, 5, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9. A fact counts as known only after several correct answers spaced out over time.

  • A three-state map: to learn, in progress, known
  • The answer is typed on a keypad, not picked from four
  • A new fact is shown as an array of objects first, then recalled
  • Fluency is measured silently: no timer on screen

Spaced repetition

What causes trouble comes back, and it comes back just before it would be forgotten. That is why five minutes a day beats an hour on Sunday.

  • Every topic has its own review rhythm
  • The home screen marks subjects with reviews falling due
  • A mistake returns after two exercises, not at the end
  • The progress map shows what was actually learned

Mistakes are gentle

Getting it wrong costs no telling-off and no life: the right answer appears, the step is explained, and it moves on. In column arithmetic the working is also read aloud.

  • No visible timer, ever
  • The working can be asked for at any moment
  • Problems and dictation are read by a natural voice
  • Five to ten minute sessions, made for after school
03the subjects

Nine subjects, two of them free

Times tables and numbers cost nothing. The others open together with a single purchase. Measures is on the way.

  • Times tables
  • Column arithmetic
  • Word problems
  • Dictation and spelling
  • Numbers
  • Telling the time
  • Money
  • Shapes
  • Calendar
04for parents

A PIN, not a riddle

In Lalo the parents' area sits behind a sum. Not here: at six, they can do sums.

Parents' area with a PIN

Settings, progress and purchases sit behind a four-digit PIN. That follows directly from the age: what is enough at three is not enough at eight.

  • Four-digit PIN, chosen by you
  • Progress map, subject by subject
  • Purchase and restore always behind the PIN
  • No account, no sign-up

The adventure

Outside the exercises there is a map to complete: levels rise and earned rewards get worn. The reward is inside the game, not in a notification calling the child back.

  • Levels that advance with study, not with time spent
  • Rewards to dress the mascot in
  • No notifications pulling them back to the app
  • No leaderboard, no comparison with other children
05privacy

No ads, no subscriptions

The app ships no advertising SDK and asks for no account. Times tables and numbers are free with no time limit; the rest opens with a one-time purchase, not a recurring fee.

No ads, no profiling identifier, no analysis of what the child does.

Read the privacy policy

Get Lalo Academy

On the App Store for iPhone and iPad. The Android version is in preparation.

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