For parents · पालकांसाठी

Learning together, 10 minutes a day

AksharPakharu is built for a child and a grown-up side by side. Here is what to do, and why it works.

Getting started

1

Pick the instructions language

मराठी or English — whichever your child understands best. The app always teaches Marathi.

2

Make a profile

Open the Parent Zone (answer a quick sum), add your child's name and a picture. Children never type.

3

Keep a notebook ready

Any ruled notebook and a pencil. Writing happens on paper, with you.

4

Same time every day

After school or before dinner — the habit matters more than the length.

Your role — four small jobs

  1. Sit beside, don't take over. Let your child tap and listen. If they're stuck, say the sound with them — don't tap for them.
  2. Check the notebook. After the strokes play, your child writes the letter in the notebook. The app then asks you: “नीट लिहिलं का?” Tap छान लिहिलं if it's recognisable — not perfect — or पुन्हा लिहूया to try once more. Only your “yes” counts the letter as written.
  3. Listen to the reading. At each milestone your child reads a new word aloud to you. Make a little fuss — this is the moment they discover they can read.
  4. Glance at the Parent Zone weekly. It tells you which letters aren't settled yet and what the app will bring back next.
Praise the effort, never the speed. “तू नीट ऐकलंस!” works better than “किती पटकन केलंस!”

Why every day matters

A letter learnt today is half-forgotten in two or three days unless it comes back. Coming back at the right moment — just before it slips — makes it stick far longer than learning it again and again in one go.

AksharPakharu does this for you. Every letter your child meets is scheduled to come back after 1 day, then 3, then 7, then 30. Each session opens with a short warm-up of the letters that are due today. If your child misses a few days, the due letters simply wait — nothing is lost, but the warm-up gets longer.

Day 1
learns म
Day 2
म comes back
Day 5
and again
Day 12
once more
Day 42
it's theirs

Keeping the habit

By age

If Marathi isn't spoken at home

Choose English when the app starts. Instructions are spoken in that language and every Marathi word is followed by its meaning — so your child learns what the words mean while learning to read them.