Several languages at home. Which one needs your time?
One parent speaks Spanish, the other French, and nursery is in English. Most evenings have room for one small thing, and you are not sure which language should get it.
What this does not have to mean
You do not have to drop a language to keep another. Growing up with several languages is ordinary in much of the world.
It also does not mean every language needs the same amount of your time. The language of nursery and the street usually gets plenty of practice without your help.
What tends to matter at home
- How much your child hears each language in a normal week, and from whom.
- Whether it is spoken to your child or only around them.
- Which language has a single speaker. That language depends on one person's time.
- What you want each language for. Talking to grandparents, school later, or simply because it is yours.
- How much time you really have. A plan that needs an hour a day will not last a normal week.
How Voci approaches it
Voci asks which languages your child hears and who speaks each one: you, a grandparent, the nursery. Then it decides where your time goes each week. A language that is doing well is left alone, so the one that needs help gets it. Today never has more than three things on it.
Each suggestion comes with a short note on why Voci chose it. When something changes, like nursery starting or a grandparent leaving, you tell Voci and the plan changes with it.
Which languages matter to your family is your decision. Voci works from what you tell it, and it is not an assessment of your child.
One price covers every child and every language.
Try it first
Play one free story. It takes about four minutes and needs no account. If it suits your family, Voci is free for 7 days with no card, then €9.99 a month or €79.99 a year for the whole family.
