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Find the Ways Your Child Learns Best
Touch it, see it, or say it: find what clicks for your child, then get a home plan built around it.
Your answers stay on your device.
How it works
Pick their age
3, 4 or 5.
Answer ten quick scenarios
Pick what your child would really do.
Get a home plan
One idea taught three ways, plus printables.
Learn more
Kids’ corner
Hand the phone to your little one
Three tiny games to show how lessons feel. Turn the sound on.
Sound it out
Real phonics: tap each letter to hear its sound, then blend them into a word.
Tap a letter
Flip a card to hear the letter’s name and sound.
Count the marigolds
Tap each bud to make it bloom, and count out loud.
What they’ll learn
From letter sounds to reading, and ready for the real world
A step-by-step phonics path, plus the everyday maths and life skills children need for school and beyond.
The reading path
- Letter soundss, a, t, i, p, n first, so real words come fast
- BlendingPush sounds together: a + t = at
- Word familiescat, hat, mat, then pin, tin, win
- Sight wordsthe, is, can: read at a glance
- Reading on their ownShort sentences, then a little book
Letters follow the Jolly Phonics order many teachers use.
Ready for the real world
- Telling timeO’clock, half past, time words
- Counting coinsPennies, nickels, dimes, quarters
- Days and calendarDays of the week, months, seasons
- MeasuringLonger, shorter, heavier, lighter
- Shopping and sharingCounting, adding and taking away
- Feelings and friendsNaming emotions, taking turns
Why Marigold Minds
How we’re different
Learning centres like Kumon and Best Brains give every child the same programme. We start with your child.
| Marigold Minds | Kumon | Best Brains | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where it happens | At home, whenever suits your family | At a centre, plus worksheets every day at home | Weekly classes at a centre |
| How it’s taught | Matched to how your child learns: by doing, seeing or hearing | The same worksheet method for every child | A set classroom curriculum for the group |
| What they practise | Whatever they’re learning right now. Type the topic or snap a photo of the page | Kumon’s own sequence of levels | The centre’s own lessons and homework |
| What it looks like | Games, printables and read-aloud on any phone, iPad or laptop | Paper worksheets, done daily | Classroom lessons and paper homework |
| Your part as a parent | Learn alongside them with a simple plan for tonight | Drive to the centre and keep up the daily worksheets | Drop off and pick up each week |
| Cost and sign-up | Free 4-minute assessment, then a monthly plan. No centre to enrol at and no travel | Enrol at a centre, then monthly tuition | Enrol at a centre, then monthly tuition |
Centres can be a great fit for children who enjoy a classroom. Based on how these programmes describe themselves publicly; details vary by centre. Kumon and Best Brains are trademarks of their owners and aren’t affiliated with Marigold Minds.
Ready when you are
Ten scenarios, about four minutes, and you’ll know where to start tonight.