What podcasts say about Mentava
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What experts have said about Mentava
13 statements · 10 positive · 1 negative · 1 mixed · 1 neutral
Mentava lets children learn at their individual capability rather than age-assigned pace.
“Mentava is software that is designed to let kids learn as fast as they're capable of learning instead of just at the pace assigned to their age.”
Open the episode · #882: How to Teach a 3-Year-Old to Read and Rethinking Education — Tim Coaches Niels Hoven of MentavaListen at 1:40
Mentava lets children learn at their capability rather than age-assigned pace.
“Mentava is software that is designed to let kids learn as fast as they're capable of learning instead of just at the pace assigned to their age.”
Open the episode · #882: Why Kids Can Learn 10x Faster Than We Think — Niels Hoven of Mentava (Tim Coaching Session)Listen at 1:40
A three-year-old learned to read using Mentava in approximately three months.
“We had a three-year-old who learned to read in about three months.”
Open the episode · #882: How to Teach a 3-Year-Old to Read and Rethinking Education — Tim Coaches Niels Hoven of MentavaListen at 3:49
A three-year-old learned to read after using Mentava for about three months.
“We had a 3-year-old who learned to read in about 3 months.”
Open the episode · #882: Why Kids Can Learn 10x Faster Than We Think — Niels Hoven of Mentava (Tim Coaching Session)Listen at 3:49
Mentava uses motivation design to encourage phonics and sound blending practice.
“our goal with Mentava is, OK, the hoop we want kids to jump through is learning all of these phonic sounds and learning to blend them together.”
Open the episode · #882: Why Kids Can Learn 10x Faster Than We Think — Niels Hoven of Mentava (Tim Coaching Session)Listen at 11:20
Mentava customers frequently praise the product and recommend it to friends.
“we've built a product that we are really proud of, that when our customers use it, they rave about it and they tell their friends about it.”
Open the episode · #882: Why Kids Can Learn 10x Faster Than We Think — Niels Hoven of Mentava (Tim Coaching Session)Listen at 21:29
Mentava intends to offer schools low-cost or free classroom access.
“if you're a school just using us as a tool to support your teacher, we'd like that to cheap or free.”
Open the episode · #882: Why Kids Can Learn 10x Faster Than We Think — Niels Hoven of Mentava (Tim Coaching Session)Listen at 35:31
Mentava costs $500 per month.
“This is a $500 a month product”
Open the episode · #882: Why Kids Can Learn 10x Faster Than We Think — Niels Hoven of Mentava (Tim Coaching Session)Listen at 36:19
Mentava suits busy parents with multiple children seeking independent learning.
“But for a lot of parents who are busier, who have multiple kids, see that value immediately. They cannot be the teacher for every single one of their kids. They want their kids to learn on their own. And we're the product for that.”
Open the episode · #882: How to Teach a 3-Year-Old to Read and Rethinking Education — Tim Coaches Niels Hoven of MentavaListen at 43:13
Fifteen to thirty minutes of daily use can improve children’s learning motivation and practice.
“15 to 30 minutes is just getting them closer to being stoked about learning and able to actually take that stoke and put it into practice.”
Open the episode · #882: Why Kids Can Learn 10x Faster Than We Think — Niels Hoven of Mentava (Tim Coaching Session)Listen at 44:09
Mentava usually reduces, but does not eliminate, parental prompting.
“But absolutely, sometimes you do have to push a nag way less than anything else.”
Open the episode · #882: How to Teach a 3-Year-Old to Read and Rethinking Education — Tim Coaches Niels Hoven of MentavaListen at 52:16
Mentava sometimes requires parental prompting, but less than competing options.
“sometimes you do have to push and nag, way less than anything else.”
Open the episode · #882: Why Kids Can Learn 10x Faster Than We Think — Niels Hoven of Mentava (Tim Coaching Session)Listen at 52:17
Mentava works for only a small minority of two-year-olds.
“the two-year-olds that this works for, although we've had a couple are very rare.”
Open the episode · #882: How to Teach a 3-Year-Old to Read and Rethinking Education — Tim Coaches Niels Hoven of MentavaListen at 1:25:49
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