
Delayed Speech
Weaker attention spans
Poor motor skills
Tantrums and overstimulation
Difficulty playing independently
Struggles with social / emotional regulation












Takes less than 15 minutes a day — perfect for busy parents.
Uses household items you already have — no extra purchases needed.
No experience needed — Tembo turns you into the “first teacher” effortlessly.
Delivered to your phone via WhatsApp, SMS or Messenger — no apps, no downloads.
Fun, simple & parent-led. Replaces screen time with meaningful bonding moments.
Research-backed (Harvard, Stanford, Pearson, PBS, LEGO)
Try it free — see how much your child loves it before committing.
“It enables me to spend quality time with my child, instead of handing over a smartphone or tablet."
“My daughter enjoys learning now, more than ever before. With Tembo, my daughter always wants to learn.”
“Tembo keeps me involved in my child’s education every day."
“His teacher describes him as the fastest learner in his class — that’s the best thing you’ve done for me.”
“Life is super busy, so having a daily evidence-based and age-appropriate activity for education and growth is wonderful.”
“Tembo hasn’t only helped my child — it’s helped my entire family. It’s brought us all closer together. Tembo makes the activities fun and helps bring us together.”
Rely on screens, which can delay development
Often built for entertainment, not evidence-based learning
Kids sit passively — minimal parent-child interaction
Convenient: 15 minutes per day with common household items
No Screen Time: 100% screen-free learning for ages 0–6
Expertly Designed: Backed by scientific studies

No. There’s no screen involved for the child. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends no screen time before the age of 2. Children that are exposed to too much screen time are failing developmental tests. Ex: they are finding children grasping for a ball with one finger, as if it's on a screen, rather than with all 5 fingers because they are unable to discern between 2D and 3D objects. If your child is going to be exposed to screen time, ensure the subtitles are on. Children that use subtitles, learn to read two years earlier than children without subtitles. Two years might not sound like a lot, but for a 0 to 6 year-old child that is nearly half of your entire life's brain development!
Tembo delivers fun, play-based activities the child looks forward to. This increases parent engagement between parent and child, reinforcing the parent as the child’s first and most important teacher.
Tembo is designed for children ages 0 to 6. 90% of the brain is formed before age 6, so if we’re going to educate the child, we must focus on where we have the greatest impact. What you do from age 0-6 impacts the child for the rest of their lives. It’s the most critically important time of human life.
Yes. All activities derived from research by Harvard’s Center for the Developing Child, Pearson, PBS, and LEGO.
Tembo covers all 4 core domains of early childhood learning:
Cognitive
Motor
Language
Social/Emotional
All activities take less than 15-mins per day, making them easy to fit into your daily routine.
Tembo sends activities 5 days a week—just one short activity per day.
Yes. You can select the time and day you’d like to receive the activities—morning, afternoon, or evening. You can change this anytime in your account settings.
You can choose to receive activities via:
- Facebook Messenger
- SMS Text Messages
For multiple children, we recommend signing up each child with a different phone number (e.g., another parent, grandparent, or caregiver's phone) rather than using the same phone for multiple children.
There is nothing to download. No apps and no screen-time. This increases parent engagement between parent and child, reinforcing the parent as the child’s first and most important teacher.
Yes. Early research Stanford University performed showed that text messages increased parent engagement at home which resulted in almost an entire standard deviation increase in learning gains of the children in school. This is the equivalent of going from a grade of a 76% on an exam to a 100%.
You can get started anytime for absolutely free by request your first activity below. In case you'd like to keep receiving daily activities, we have a different plans available, starting at only $19.99 per month.
