Shoonya Kids: Learn Languages9.3

Built with a research grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Reading, phonics, and math in five languages - for ages 3 to 8. Shoonya Kids teaches early literacy and numeracy in English, Spanish, Hindi, Marathi, and Telugu.

Children can easily switch languages in a single app, bringing true multilingual learning and accessibility to their fingertips.

WHAT CHILDREN PRACTICE

Phonics & Reading - letter sounds, blending, digraphs, rhyming, syllable segmenting, CVC words, and high-frequency sight words

Writing & Tracing - letter and number formation aligned to Handwriting Without Tears, the standard used in schools

Early Math - counting to 100, skip counting, addition, subtraction, geometry, patterns, and positional words

Vocabulary - themed words drawn from food, clothing, instruments, and daily life across cultures

Progress is self-paced and Montessori-inspired, allowing children to choose their own path. Teachers can customize and differentiate learning for students with a dedicated teacher portal.

WHY IT'S DIFFERENT

Genuinely multilingual. Shoonya Kids is built with input from pedagogy experts and Dual Language Immersion educators to provide a genuine learning experience. Content is designed for each language and not run through a translator, so that children learn the language as it is intended to be taught.

Research-backed. Developed under an SBIR grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences, with WestEd as our independent research partner and classroom testing in California public schools.

Built for how children actually learn. Designed in alignment with UNICEF and LEGO Group's RITEC framework and NAEYC's Developmentally Appropriate Practice principles.

Safe by design. COPPA- and FERPA-compliant, no ads, no third-party tracking.

WHAT EDUCATORS SAY

"They don't even know they're learning because they think they're playing - but they're learning!" - Perla Estrada, TK Teacher, Dual Language Immersion, El Camino Elementary

"It helps a lot to have technology that is authentic in Spanish and play-based - it's appropriate for the development and age of this group." - Stephanie Hernandez Jarvis, Kindergarten Teacher, El Camino Elementary

"Shoonya's multicultural and multilingual platform is the state-of-the-art in early language and multiliteracy development." - Dr. Barbara Flores, Former President, California Association for Bilingual Education

IN CLASSROOMS & AT HOME

PreK-2nd Grade: Foundational literacy and numeracy
Dual Language & English Language Learners: Authentic Spanish, English, Hindi, Telugu and Marathi content
After School & Summer Enrichment: perfect for independent learning rotations
Common Core aligned: phonemic awareness and number sense
Teachers get a dashboard to assign activities, track progress, and see accuracy and completion by student.
Shoonya is available for at home use and used in homes across the world for multilingual learning.

RECOGNITION
U.S. Department of Education Small Business Innovation Research Grant
Most Innovative Consumer App - Octane High Tech Awards
Spirit of Entrepreneurship Award in Science and Technology - Women's Economic Ventures
Antares REACH Grant
Featured by NBC, Parentology, and Educational App Store Used by families and teachers in over 80 countries.

TRY IT FREE

A free version is always available to practice letters in five languages.
Full curriculum access is $5.99/month, $19.99/quarter, or $57.99/year. Cancel anytime. Support: support@shoonyadigital.com
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Version History New Holidays & Festivals! Celebrate and learn with three new modules featuring Día de los Muertos, Halloween, and Diwali. Kids can explore holiday vocabulary through fun coloring, puzzles, and matching games—and dress up their avatars in new clothing inspired by each celebration. 9.3 Sep 26 This build provides bug fixes and improves communication between the Teacher Portal and the live app, along with updates to the Teacher Portal and live app feed.

In addition this build includes New Updates to Student Clever SSO – Signing in is now easier than ever. Students can securely access Shoonya Kids through Clever at school or at home with fewer login steps and through the Clever app.

We've also added exciting new ways for children to build early math and geometry skills!
New Subtraction Within 20 Activity – Students can practice subtraction using visual models, including objects, fingers, and number lines to develop deeper number sense and problem-solving skills.
New 3D Shapes Learning Activities – Explore cones, pyramids, cubes, spheres, cylinders, and more through interactive puzzles, matching games, and shape identification activities that teach both shape names and attributes.
Performance Improvements & Enhancements – We've made updates behind the scenes to keep learning smooth, engaging, and reliable.

Designed to help multilingual learners build confidence in math through play-based learning. 9.2.1 Sep 5 This build improves communication between the Teacher Portal and the live app, along with updates to the Teacher Portal and live app feed.

In addition this build includes New Updates to Student Clever SSO – Signing in is now easier than ever. Students can securely access Shoonya Kids through Clever at school or at home with fewer login steps and through the Clever app.

We've also added exciting new ways for children to build early math and geometry skills!
New Subtraction Within 20 Activity – Students can practice subtraction using visual models, including objects, fingers, and number lines to develop deeper number sense and problem-solving skills.
New 3D Shapes Learning Activities – Explore cones, pyramids, cubes, spheres, cylinders, and more through interactive puzzles, matching games, and shape identification activities that teach both shape names and attributes.
Performance Improvements & Enhancements – We've made updates behind the scenes to keep learning smooth, engaging, and reliable.

Designed to help multilingual learners build confidence in math through play-based learning. 9.2 Sep 1 This build offers New Updates to Student Clever SSO – Signing in is now easier than ever. Students can securely access Shoonya Kids through Clever at school or at home with fewer login steps and through the Clever app

We've added exciting new ways for children to build early math and geometry skills!
New Subtraction Within 20 Activity – Students can practice subtraction using visual models, including objects, fingers, and number lines to develop deeper number sense and problem-solving skills.
New 3D Shapes Learning Activities – Explore cones, pyramids, cubes, spheres, cylinders, and more through interactive puzzles, matching games, and shape identification activities that teach both shape names and attributes.
Performance Improvements & Enhancements – We've made updates behind the scenes to keep learning smooth, engaging, and reliable.

Designed to help multilingual learners build confidence in math through play-based learning. 9.1 Aug 15 We've added exciting new ways for children to build early math and geometry skills!

*New Subtraction Within 20 Activity* – Students can practice subtraction using visual models, including objects, fingers, and number lines to develop deeper number sense and problem-solving skills.
*New 3D Shapes Learning Activities* – Explore cones, pyramids, cubes, spheres, cylinders, and more through interactive puzzles, matching games, and shape identification activities that teach both shape names and attributes.
*Student Clever SSO* – Signing in is now easier than ever. Students can securely access Shoonya Kids through Clever at school or at home with fewer login steps.
*Performance Improvements & Enhancements* – We've made updates behind the scenes to keep learning smooth, engaging, and reliable.

Designed to help multilingual learners build confidence in math through play-based learning. 9.0 Aug 9 New updates designed for better learning:

• Improved user interface for a smoother experience
• Added instructional voiceovers to support independent practice

These enhancements help strengthen student comprehension and promote deeper learning. 8.11.1 May 13 New updates designed for better learning:

• Improved user interface for a smoother experience

• Added instructional voiceovers to support independent practice

These enhancements help strengthen student comprehension and promote deeper learning. 8.11 May 2 This update introduces new math and vocabulary activities along with enhanced teacher insights. These new experiences were developed through our SBIR-funded research and classroom tested in partnership with WestEd.

New Addition Games
• Two new addition experiences: Skill Check and Exploration
• Students practice counting using fingers, real-world objects, and number lines
• Includes culturally diverse objects like foods from around the world

New Pattern Games
• Two new pattern activities: Skill Check and Exploration
• Learners build and complete patterns (ABAB, ABBABB, AABAAB, ABCABC)
• Patterns feature instruments, foods, shapes, and clothing from around the world

New Positional Words Game
• Builds vocabulary for spatial reasoning
• Supports future learning in measurement and data concepts

Teacher Portal Improvements
• Clearer visibility into student progress and usage
• New metrics including accuracy and attempts/completion
• Granular accuracy insights for deeper instructional decisions 8.10.1 Mar 17 This update introduces new math and vocabulary activities along with enhanced teacher insights. These new experiences were developed through our SBIR-funded research and classroom tested in partnership with WestEd.

New Addition Games
• Two new addition experiences: *Skill Check* and *Exploration*
• Students practice counting using fingers, real-world objects, and number lines
• Includes culturally diverse objects like foods from around the world

New Pattern Games
• Two new pattern activities: *Skill Check* and *Exploration*
• Learners build and complete patterns (ABAB, ABBABB, AABAAB, ABCABC)
• Patterns feature instruments, foods, shapes, and clothing from around the world

New Positional Words Game
• Builds vocabulary for spatial reasoning
• Supports future learning in measurement and data concepts

Teacher Portal Improvements
• Clearer visibility into student progress and usage
• New metrics including accuracy and attempts/completion
• Granular accuracy insights for deeper instructional decisions 8.10 Mar 10 Small bug updates. 

Enhanced Tracing Experience: Smoother finger guides and improved animations help children trace letters and numbers with confidence.

Handwriting Without Tears Alignment: Letter and number forms now match the Handwriting Without Tears standard used in schools.

Educational Impact & Research
We’re thrilled to announce that Shoonya Kids has been awarded a Federal SBIR Grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (ED/IES) to expand our multilingual numeracy and literacy programs to include foundational math curriculum!

Shoonya Kids is intentionally designed following the framework for Responsible Innovation in Children’s Technology (RITEC) developed by UNICEF and LEGO Group as well as the Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) principles developed by the National Association of Education for Young Children.

Trusted by teachers and families in over 80 countries, Shoonya Kids supports dual-language learners and multilingual numeracy more effectively than ever. 8.9 12/19/2025 Enhanced Tracing Experience: Smoother finger guides and improved animations help children trace letters and numbers with confidence.
Handwriting Without Tears Alignment: Letter and number forms now match the Handwriting Without Tears standard used in schools.

Educational Impact & Research
We’re thrilled to announce that Shoonya Kids has been awarded a Federal SBIR Grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (ED/IES) to expand our multilingual numeracy and literacy programs to include foundational math curriculum!

Shoonya Kids is intentionally designed following the framework for Responsible Innovation in Children’s Technology (RITEC) developed by UNICEF and LEGO Group as well as the Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) principles developed by the National Association of Education for Young Children.

Trusted by teachers and families in over 80 countries, Shoonya Kids supports dual-language learners and multilingual numeracy more effectively than ever.

Thank you for learning with us — together, we’re making language, culture, and math accessible for every child! 8.8 11/07/2025 Our newest activities help young learners build strong early reading foundations:

- **CVC Word Builder (English):** Children can practice blending consonant-vowel-consonant words, a key step in learning to decode and read with confidence.
- **CVCV Syllable Games (Spanish):** Engaging activities that focus on common two-syllable patterns, supporting early Spanish literacy.

Previously added updates include:

- A fun balloon-popping game for identifying high-frequency words in English and Spanish
- Syllable segmenting activities
- Two skip counting games 8.7 09/28/2025 Our newest activity helps children to practice early reading skills by identifying high frequency words in a fun and interactive balloon popping game. Available in English and Spanish, this engaging game helps build fluency for early readers.

Also included in recent updates: bug fixes, syllable segmenting activities, and two skip counting games. 8.6.1 09/05/2025 Our newest activity helps children to practice early reading skills by identifying high frequency words in a fun and interactive balloon popping game. Available in English and Spanish, this engaging game helps build fluency for early readers.

Also included in recent updates: syllable segmenting activities, and two skip counting games. 8.6 09/01/2025 Our newest activity helps children practice syllable segmentation by choosing from syllable segments to form 2, 3, and 4 syllable words. Now available in English and Spanish! This engaging game builds phonological awareness and supports stronger decoding skills for early readers.

Also included in recent updates: two skip counting games, Spanish digraphs, and performance improvements to make learning even smoother. 8.5 08/07/2025 We’ve added two brand-new skip counting activities to support early numeracy!

- Count & Build – Stack dice to complete colorful towers while counting by 1s, 2s, and 5s.
- Skip Count Maze – Find the hidden path through a colorful number grid while skip counting by 2s, 5s, or 10s.

Both activities support number fluency, pattern recognition, and counting strategies.

We’ve also added Spanish digraphs and made lots of small performance improvements, animations, and bug fixes to make the experience smoother. 8.4 06/25/2025 We’ve added exciting new literacy games in English and Spanish to boost phonological awareness and reading skills!

- Syllable Segmenting – Sort words by 1–4 syllables in a fun, interactive activity.
- Digraph Recognition – Find digraphs like ll, rr, sh, ch, and th in a puzzle game designed for English and Spanish.
- Rhyme Recognition – Match rhyming words to build vocabulary and listening skills.

Plus, schools using the Teacher Portal now have the option to limit avatar customization—making classroom use more focused while keeping learning fun. This version also includes minor bug fixes as well as additional voiceovers and prompts to help learning! 8.3.1 05/30/2025 We’ve added exciting new literacy games in English and Spanish to boost phonological awareness and reading skills!

- Syllable Segmenting – Sort words by 1–4 syllables in a fun, interactive activity.
- Digraph Recognition – Find digraphs like ll, rr, sh, ch, and th in a puzzle game designed for English and Spanish.
- Rhyme Recognition – Match rhyming words to build vocabulary and listening skills.

Plus, schools using the Teacher Portal now have the option to limit avatar customization—making classroom use more focused while keeping learning fun. 8.3 05/25/2025 Minor bug fixes to new activities. New activities include:

- Blending Letter Sounds – Develop early literacy skills with phonics-based reading activities in English and Spanish.
- Rhyming Bingo – Strengthen vocabulary building and phonemic awareness with a fun, interactive game.
- Phoneme Manipulation – Boost reading comprehension and sound recognition through hands-on activities. 8.2 03/20/2025 Minor bug fixes to new activities. New activities include:

- Blending Letter Sounds – Develop early literacy skills with phonics-based reading activities in English and Spanish.
- Rhyming Bingo – Strengthen vocabulary building and phonemic awareness with a fun, interactive game.
- Phoneme Manipulation – Boost reading comprehension and sound recognition through hands-on activities. 8.1 03/12/2025 Our latest activities include:

- Blending Letter Sounds – Develop early literacy skills with phonics-based reading activities in English and Spanish.
- Rhyming Bingo – Strengthen vocabulary building and phonemic awareness with a fun, interactive game.
- Phoneme Manipulation – Boost reading comprehension and sound recognition through hands-on activities. 8.0 03/06/2025 This latest release features updates to the teacher portal to help teachers manage the content students interact with and track individual student progress and minor bug fixes. 7.1.2 09/18/2024 This latest release features updates to the teacher portal to help teachers manage the content students interact with and track individual student progress. It also introduces a new math activity allowing children to count to 100 and minor bug fixes. 7.1.1 08/20/2024 This latest release features updates to the teacher portal to help teachers manage the content students interact with and track individual student progress. It also introduces a new math activity allowing children to count to 100 and minor bug fixes. 7.1 08/17/2024 A perfectly timed SUMMER RELEASE - make the most of summer with exciting new updates from Shoonya Kids!

This latest release features a new school onboarding and teacher portal to help teachers manage the content students interact with and track individual student progress. Specifically, this release adds:
- Fun, new activities added.
- Easy free trial for home subscribers
- New onboarding flow for both home and school environments
- Coordinated style guide for fonts & colors
- Language setting moved to main screen
- Multiple users now possible in home environment
- App requires iOS 15
- School onboarding can be done on device or via portal 7.0 07/06/2024