American English
English first words and phrases for toddlers
1,000+ illustrated first words and 500+ everyday phrases in English, each one spoken by a woman and a man, both native voices — for families where English is the first language, and for the ones where it is the language of daycare. Ages 0–5.
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$9.99 once unlocks it all — no subscription.
I love you.
Hear it in English
Both clips are the app’s own audio. Tap one, then say it yourself — that second part is the one that counts.
The phrases library
Say these today.
Eight real cards from the free set, grouped by the moment they belong to. Tap a voice, then say it out loud to your child — that is the whole method.
Mealtime
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More, please.
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All done.
Bedtime
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Good night, sleep tight.
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I'm afraid of the dark.
Playtime
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Where did it go?
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There you are!
Big Feelings
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I'm sad.
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I'm mad!
All 500+ phrases, grouped by moment: the phrases library.
The words library
First words, in three stages.
The word library is 1,000+ illustrated cards across three stages you pick for your child. Here are twenty-four of them — the ones with pictures are free; tap a voice.
First Words 0–24 months
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milk
Food & Drink
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dog
Animals
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mama
People
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ball
Toys
Also in this stage, in the full library
water
Food & Drink
apple
Food & Drink
moon
Nature & Weather
bird
Animals
Growing Words 2–3 years
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rainbow
Nature & Weather
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penguin
Animals
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castle
Places
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jump
Actions
Also in this stage, in the full library
school
Places
share
Actions
doctor
People
wash hands
Actions
Word Builder 3–5 years
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astronaut
People
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volcano
Nature & Weather
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flashlight
Home
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peacock
Animals
Also in this stage, in the full library
hummingbird
Animals
mermaid
People
brave
Feelings
celebrate
Actions
Prefer paper? Printable English flashcards — 110 free cards to print at home.
All 1,000+ words, grouped by category: the words library.
The whole library, not a smaller edition
What’s inside for English.
- 1,000+ words in 16 categories — Animals, Food & Drink, Body, Home, Vehicles, Feelings, and ten more.
- Three age stages — First Words (0–24 months), Growing Words (2–3 years), Word Builder (3–5 years). You choose; the app never quietly moves your child on.
- 500+ phrases in 9 themes — I Want & I Need, Look at This!, How I Feel, Talk With Me, and five more.
- Two native English voices on every card — a woman’s and a man’s voice on every word and every phrase, all in the app, so nothing needs a signal.
- English comes with every other supported language — Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Italian, Korean and Russian are in the same app, at the same one price. Switch language on the card itself, without losing your place.
- 75 words and 35 phrases free, forever — 25 words for each stage, all in English, with both voices and their pictures.
Why families open the English cards
For the daycare drop-off.
In a lot of homes English is the second language — the one the daycare speaks, the one the child will meet at the door on Monday. A parent who is fluent in another language and rusty in this one wants to hand their child the twenty things the room will say: All done. My turn. Help me. Where did it go? Those are free cards, with a native voice on each, and the pictures are the same ones the child already knows from the home-language cards.
For the English-speaking family the use is plainer: one clear picture and one clear word, said by a voice that is not yours, so that your child hears the word in more than one mouth. Then you say it. You are the third voice, and the one that counts most.
Either way the method is the same and small. Pick five words the day actually contains. Say them at the moment they belong to — milk when you hand over the cup, shoe at the door. Tap the speaker if you want a model, then say it yourself. When they try it, tap Mark Learned, or Said It for a phrase, and put the phone down.
What’s on the cards
How the English sounds and reads.
- American spelling, American words. color, gray, diaper, stroller, pacifier, cookie — the English of a US daycare. The two voices are native American English, one woman and one man.
- Mostly things a child says. Most of the phrases are lines your child says — All done. My turn. Help me. — not instructions for you to give. The card hands your child the sentence.
- Short on purpose. The average phrase is under four words, 96 of them are two words or fewer (All done. Help me. Stop!), and the longest is eight. They are the sentences that actually get said at the table and the sink, not the sentences a worksheet would choose.
- One word per card, even when the word is two. 67 cards are two-word names — guinea pig, ice cream, sweet potato, fire truck — because that is what the thing is called. The picture carries the meaning; the card carries the name a child will hear.
- The same 75 words and 35 phrases are free in every language. English is one of the eight, with nothing reserved for it. The app’s own buttons, menus and progress screens stay in English whichever card language you pick, so a parent who reads no Korean or Russian can still run it confidently.
- Everyday Words is a real category. Alongside animals and food there is a category for the small words that make sentences work — done, gentle, between — illustrated like everything else, because a toddler learns between from a picture of something being between, not from a definition.
Questions parents ask
English questions.
Is this American or British English?
American, in spelling and vocabulary: color, gray, diaper, stroller, pacifier. Both voices are native American English. A British family will understand every card, and where your word is different — nappy, pushchair, dummy — your word is the right one to say out loud after the clip.
We don’t speak English at home. Is this for us?
Yes, and it is the most common reason a family opens the English cards. Set the child’s profile to your home language for everyday use, and switch the card to English from the language switch right on the card when you want the daycare word — the same picture, the English text and an English voice. Nothing about the app assumes the parent speaks English well; the buttons are simple and the cards do the saying.
Is English included in the free version?
Yes. The free set is 75 words and 35 phrases, and it is the same in every supported language, with both voices. No account, no trial clock, no ads. The one $9.99 purchase opens the rest of both libraries in every supported language at once.
Everything else — teaching a language you don’t speak, screen time for a baby, what the $9.99 unlocks — is answered on the FAQ.
Simple Words, Special Moments
Start with one word.
75 words and 35 phrases are free, forever — in English, with both voices. One $9.99 purchase opens the rest of the 1,000+ words and 500+ phrases, in all eight languages at once. No subscription, nothing renews.
Same app, same card
More languages.
English sits alongside every other supported language in the same app, on the same card. If your family runs on two of them, both are already here.