KOKO Babies · level 1 of 2 · year 1 of the pathway

Babies 1: English for 1-year-olds

The first “hello” is learned in mum and dad’s arms.

Babies 1 is the level for 1-year-olds, who come to class with a parent. The first step of the KOKOland pathway: everything happens through songs, movement, objects to touch and Koko’s stories.

1 and 2-year-old children with their parents during a KOKO Babies session
1 year

The goal of the year

Making English a familiar sound of home.

By the end of the year in Babies 1, every child:

Recognises Koko’s songs and dances along to them

Follows the session routine and knows what comes next

Responds with gestures and smiles to the first English words

Enjoys 45 minutes of play every week with mum or dad, all to themselves

Every week

45 minutes a week with a parent + 2 sensory labs a month

The group

up to 5 children, each with mum or dad

At home and in the app

the KOKOland Live app to stay in touch with the school

Where

Martina Franca and Monopoli

What the week looks like

45 minutes a week with a parent + 2 sensory labs a month

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The session with a parent

45 minutes in which mum or dad are right there, inside the play: singing, dancing, touching the materials, listening to Koko’s stories. The parent is the safe harbour the child sets out from to explore, and 45 minutes without a phone become quality time together.

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The sensory labs

Twice a month, a special experience: colours, sounds, textures, little experiments. English arrives through the hands, the eyes and the ears.

The KOKOland pathway from 1 to 18

Every year has its milestone

From 1 to 18, a goal for every stage. They grow one step at a time, always alongside children their own age.

The year afterBabies 2 · 2 years

FAQs

Babies 1: answers for families

Yes, if it’s done the right way. At age 1, children absorb the sounds of a language through play, not study. In Babies 1, the parent is in the classroom and no one has to speak: children listen, watch, touch and move.

No. The parent joins in the play alongside the child: singing, dancing, moving. The teacher guides everything in English and shows what to do.
The week in Babies 1: one 45-minute session a week together with a parent, plus two sensory labs a month. 45 minutes in which mum or dad are right there, inside the play: singing, dancing, touching the materials, listening to Koko’s stories. The parent is the safe harbour the child sets out from to explore, and 45 minutes without a phone become quality time together.
Yes. The KOKOland pathway runs from age 1 to 18 and is divided into stages designed for each age: Babies 1 (age 1) and Babies 2 (age 2); Stars 1 (age 3), Stars 2 (ages 4 and 5) and Stars 3 (age 6); Primary 1 (age 7), Primary 2 (age 8) and Primary 3 (ages 9 and 10); Junior 1 (age 11) and Junior 2 (ages 12 and 13); Teens 1 (age 14), Teens 2 (age 15) and Teens 3 (ages 16 to 18). Each level has its own goal for the year, and children move up one level at a time, together with their peers.

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