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Three (3) modes of learning and curriculum
Broadcast Mode
The default mode of your AILA Sit & Play. Broadcast mode plays learning
content continuously, supporting a spiraled learning approach, by providing
iterative exposure of key preschool concepts, following the scope and
sequence of the early preschool curriculum.
Learning Session Mode
When your child is ready to learn, start a Learning Session with the AILA For
Parents mobile app. The session will begin once the current video finishes.
This mode is at the heart of your child’s personalized learning experience.
Learning Sessions are stand-alone instructional units running approximately
15 minutes, designed to help build a child’s ability to pay attention. During
learning sessions, AILA assesses your toddler’s level of engagement,
determined by physical, emotional, and auditory reactions, and uses that input
to customize future sessions, delivering the right content at the right time.
Lullaby Mode
In this mode, curated content is provided for quiet time.
Key concepts
Each day (each session) is focused on a key concept such as letters,
numbers, colors, or shapes, and each week is built around a theme. Each
concept is introduced through a song and reinforced with videos highlighting
different characters and showcasing interactive play. Daily stories expand the
learning of key concepts, social emotional learning (SEL), and/or the theme
of the week. Each video is developed with an eye towards cultivating STEAM
and the 4 Cs of the 21st Century skills in a toddler-friendly format.
AILA provides toddlers with repeated exposure to key concepts and skills,
which is not only important in terms of mastering the skills, but AILA also
takes the child’s preferences and learning styles into consideration through its
unique algorithm.
Curriculum
The AILA Sit & Play curriculum focuses on supporting literacy, numeracy, and vocabulary
skills. Integrated with this core curriculum, the interactions with the onscreen characters
also support “soft skills” such as social-emotional skills, problem-solving skills,
communication, collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking.
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Literacy skills
Letter Awareness: All twenty-six letters of
the alphabet with their corresponding
sounds, syllables and rhymes leading to
elementary phonics patterns and sight
words
Narrative Awareness: With immersive
storybooks, toddlers gain an understanding
of narrative as both fun and instructional,
essential for preschool readiness.
Print Awareness: Understanding that print
is read from left to right and top to bottom
and knowing that words consist of letters
and that spaces appear between words
Numeracy skills
Number Awareness: Recognizing and
counting the numbers 1-10, and applying
to size and quantity
Concept Awareness: Understanding of
size, shape, and quantity as a foundation
for problem-solving skills
Vocabulary
Vocabulary Awareness: Key vocabulary
words utilizing initial letter sounds to help
toddlers towards their goal of learning 1000
unique words by age three.
Soft skills
STEAM: Colors, Shapes, Observation, and
Exploration
Social-Emotional Skills: Friendship Skills,
Managing Emotions, Problem-Solving, and
Skills for Learning
4C’s: Collaboration, Critical Thinking,
Communication, and Creativity
Additional features
Songs: Sing-along songs, along with
original songs that reinforce letters,
numbers, shapes, and colors.
Lullabies: For winding down the day or for
quiet times
