Malayalam for Kids

Malayalam for Kids helps children speak Malayalam the way families actually talk at home: real words and real conversations they can use with grandparents and family, right away.

Step 1: First Words builds everyday vocabulary: numbers, colours, shapes, animals, fruits, vegetables, family words and simple actions. Every word comes with a picture that shows its meaning, so kids hear it, understand it, and say it out loud.

Step 2: Talk Adventures turns those words into conversation. There are 18 adventures, from Greetings and Food Time to Visiting Kerala and Festivals, each one a real back and forth with Appachan, Ammachi, Appa, Amma, Chechi, Chettan or friends, with different phrases for every person.

Every phrase follows the same gentle pattern: hear it, say it out loud, then play a picture game to show you understood. Kids can also record their own voice and play it back. Recordings stay on the device and are never uploaded.

No ads, ever. Nothing in this app is trying to sell anything to your child: there is no advertising, no tracking and no data collection. Profiles, stars and practice recordings stay on your device, and the settings sit behind a grown-ups gate.

Brothers and sisters each get their own learner profile (up to three), with their own stars, progress and practice recordings saved separately, so every child picks up right where they left off.

It is all speaking and listening, with no reading, no writing, and no script to learn.

Made for Malayali families around the world who want their kids to talk with grandparents and family, in Malayalam.

This app started at home. I live in Toronto with my wife and our two little girls, who were born here in Canada. Like so many Malayali families far from Kerala, we want our daughters to be able to talk with their grandparents in Malayalam, in their own words, not just wave at them on a video call. Malayalam for Kids is what we are building for them, and we are happy to share it with your family too.

This is a small family project, and it is still growing. If there is a word, a phrase or a feature you would love to see, or anything you think should change, please write to us at textrichardpaul@gmail.com. We read every message, and we are happy to keep adding what families ask for.

Launch Edition: Download Malayalam for Kids before January 1, 2027 and every lesson is free for you, forever. It is our thank-you to the early families who join us first. Downloads after that date keep the first four First Words sets and the first four Talk Adventures free, with the remaining lessons available as a one-time unlock. No subscription.