We are Lingokids
We’re the Playlearning™ app for kids ages 2-8 years old.
By learning through play, your child will develop skills like creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, and communication. Join the adventure!
Houston, we have a mission…
To help 50+ million families raise amazing kids through play, play, and more play!
Our history
There weren't many early learning app options for kids back in the 2010s... until CEO Cristobal Viedma took it upon himself to make one. In 2015, Lingokids was born!
Where it all began
End of 2015
We started forming our team and designing the first playlearning™ games for Lingokids
Lingokids Rebranding
December, 2019
Our numbers
Our kids grow fast, and so do our numbers.
1,000+
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Games, Songs, & Videos
3,000
ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY WORDS
All games in English
60
FOUNDATIONAL TOPICS
Reinforce in-school learning and introduce 21st-century skills
50+ MILLION
HAPPY FAMILIES
Already using Lingokids!
Our social responsibility
We collaborate with:
Our educational board
The Lingokids Curriculum and Methodology are guided by our prestigious Board of Educators. Our board members come from diverse backgrounds in the field of education with expertise in literacy instruction, vocabulary development, child psychology, ESL instruction, and educational technology.
Suzanne Barchers, EdD
Education Advisory Board Chair Lingokids
Former Editor in Chief and VP of Leapfrog Enterprises; former Managing Editor at Weekly Reader.
Award-winning author of more than 250 books for teachers and children, plus two college textbooks.
Served on PBS and Association of Educational Publishers Advisory Boards.
Ellen A. Wartella, PhD
Professor and Director of the Center on Media and Human Development Northwestern University
Researcher in the role of media in children’s development. She is the Al-thani Professor of Communication Studies, Director of the Center on Media and Human Development and Chair of the Department of Communication Studies at Northwestern University.
Dr. Barbara Gablehouse
Paediatrician
Dr. Gablehouse was an award-winning paediatrician, who raised three children.
Before attending medical school, she worked as a social worker. She served as the Chair of Pediatrics at Lutheran Medical Centre, was on the Medical board of Children’s Hospital Denver and has worked as assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado Medical Sciences.
She won ‘Top Doc’ award in 2009 by 5280 magazine in Denver. Now she is Lingokids’ go-to parenting expert!
Fernando Valenzuela Migoya
Ed-tech Leader
Fernando is our educational representative from Mexico and is recognised as one of Latin America’s most influential leaders in the Ed-tech industry.
He has supported and advised hundreds of ed-tech companies in over 25 countries, many of which are globally recognised.
Most recently, in 2022, he was awarded a place in the ‘Top 100 ed-tech Leaders in the World’ by Ed-Tech Digest Magazine.
Our advisory board
Our Advisory Board is made up of consultants who are top of their field in a wide range of subjects and disciplines. They assist the Lingokids teams to make important decisions and advise on certain subject-specific content and projects.
Dr. Lynne Baldwin
Educational Psychologist
Lynne is a learning specialist and consultant. With a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Stanford University.
She has a long history of working with children with learning differences and with their parents.
At the Abbey Neuropsychology Clinic, based in the San Francisco Bay Area, she developed and managed a program for executive functioning coaching for children and young adults.
Dr. Diana Barrett
Child Psychologist
After completing a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Dr. Barrett began working at the Abbey Neuropsychology Clinic in California and is now the Director of Neuropsychological Assessment at the clinic.
She specializes in Developmental Delays, Learning disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders, and Mood Disorders.
Investors
Our investors (complete list here) include:
Gwynne Shotwell
SPACEX
President & COO
