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Their First Words

The phrases library

500+ phrases for nine kinds of moment.

Name the world, then talk about it. Ask, share, notice, feel and join in — every phrase illustrated and spoken by a woman and a man in eight languages. 35 are free forever — open a theme to hear them.

526 everyday phrases9 themes342 are the child’s lines35 free

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What does your child need to say?

How the phrases are chosen

Mostly things a child says.

Of the 526 phrases, 342 are the child’s lines, 135 are the grown-up’s, 35 belong to a playmate and 14 to a narrator. A phrase library that only taught parents to give instructions would be a library of instructions; this one hands the child the sentence, illustrated, so the picture carries the meaning before the grammar does.

Phrases are not split by stage: a two-word request and a short sentence sit side by side, and you pick what fits. Each one agrees with the child in its picture — in the languages where that matters, the card is written card by card. Start with the words if your child is still naming; come here once naming is no longer enough.

Simple Words, Special Moments

Start with one word.

75 words and 35 phrases are free, forever, 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.

Download on the App Store — Their First Words Get it on Google Play — Their First Words
No ads, ever Private by design Works offline No account needed Up to 4 children iPhone, iPad, and Android

On Apple, the purchase is set up for Family Sharing. Google Play has no in‑app‑purchase family sharing, so on Android it stays with the account that bought it.