Native American Kids playing NDN Language Toy. Language revitalization is more important now than ever in Indian Country. Introducing your child to their tribal languages at a young age is a gift that will last your child's entire lifetime. Young children have a natural ability to learn new languages, and they are more likely to be fluent and speak with a native accent if exposed to the new language before the age of six.

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If your browser doesn't automatically load, click HERE. Native American Kids playing NDN Language Toy. Language revitalization is more important now than ever in Indian Country. Introducing your child to their tribal languages at a young age is a gift that will last your child's entire lifetime. Young children have a natural ability to learn new languages, and they are more likely to be fluent and speak with a native accent if exposed to the new language before the age of six.

NDN Little Linguist

NDN Linguist is a custom children's toy that utilizes 15 colorful characters and 'smart chip' technology in a self-guided play experience in YOUR language. We can even custom-made characters specific to YOUR culture. You can never start too early to teach language. NDN Linguist cartridges are compatible with Neurosmith's LITTLE LINGUIST. They are adapted to Native American languages by Thornton Media Inc. Join over 20 other tribes who are using TMI's NDN Linguist toy to expose their tribal youth to their native language at an early age.

Learn the Seminole language (Click to Try it now) :

	Bird
	This is the bird.
	Give me the bird.
	This is a blue bird.
	Give me the blue bird.

IT SPEAKS!

Each character identifies itself and makes an amusing sound when placed in the base. By simply playing with the toy, your child is immersed in a multi-sensory learning environment that combines seeing, hearing and touch!

IT ASKS!

NDN Linguist asks your child to find characters, identify colors and match sounds. The 15 adorable characters encourage your child to play with new words and phrases for hours.

IT KNOWS!

NDN Linguist features an advanced computer chip that tracks your child's progress and automatically responds with increasingly challenging play. Your child will progress through three levels of learning from simple words to full sentences.

IT GROWS!

The Cherokee Version comes of course with a Cherokee cartridge, as well as an English cartridge. Other Native languages will be added as tribes show interest. Lobby your tribal council to add your tribal language! Other cartridges (sold separately) include French, German, Spanish and Japanese. Each NDN Linguist comes with an informational guide: Language, Learning and your Child

TMI's CEO Don Thornton's interest in neuroscience and brain development led to a relationship with Neurosmith to adapt NDN Linguist to Native languages as a tool for revitalization.

AWARDS for Neurosmith's Little Linguist

Oppenheim Toy Portfolio: SNAP (Special Needs Adaptable Product) Award
Children's Software Revue: 4.3 rating (out of 5 stars)
National Parenting Center Award - 1999

Phraselator - Record over 30,000 Phrases in Your Tribal Language

Did You Know?

Newborn babies prefer their mothers' voices over those of their fathers or other women.
No matter what language is spoken, adults around the world croon to infants in a universal baby-talk or "parentese".
When children 'babble', they make sounds from every language on earth. But if they do not hear those sounds spoken, they will lose the ability to make them.
A child taught a second language after the age of 10 or so is unlikely ever to speak it like a native.
English and French cows sound the same, but not in English and French! ...In English, a cow says "moo," whereas in French it says "meuh."
The capacity to speak a second language is stored in different places in ...the brain depending on when in life a person becomes bilingual.
A child at the age of three has twice the amount of neuropathways in their ...brain as an adult and will never again be so adept at learning a new language.
Learning a second language will not hurt your child's English skills, but will instead compliment them.

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