Rainbow English · story-led English for children
Rainbow is a set of four story-led, interactive courses for young learners, led by a parent or teacher. It is not a video course: children tap, drag, sing and speak, with natural voices, in any modern web browser.
The demos need no sign-up. Unit 1 of every course is free with a grown-up’s account. Families play in the web browser.
White label for institutes. Windows and macOS installers are available to institutes on request.
Rainbow Red, Unit 1What kind of course is this?
Children do, they do not just watch. A parent or teacher sits alongside, sets the pace and joins in.
Try it here
These are real lessons from Unit 1 of each course, running right on this page. Press Try it, then the red play button inside the lesson. On a phone, turn it sideways or use full screen.
Help Nimbo find the colours in the park. Tap what you hear.
Lessons are made for a wide screen. Turn your phone, or go full screen.
The full unit has six lessons: story, words, song, sounds, talk and a review.
Open the Sound Box and catch the sounds m, a, t and p.
Lessons are made for a wide screen. Turn your phone, or go full screen.
The full unit has six lessons: story, words, song, sounds, talk and a review.
Read the words and pack the school bag.
Lessons are made for a wide screen. Turn your phone, or go full screen.
The full unit has six lessons: story, words, song, sounds, talk and a review.
Read the morning note and help Nimbo get up.
Lessons are made for a wide screen. Turn your phone, or go full screen.
The full unit has six lessons: story, words, song, sounds, talk and a review.
How it works
Accounts are for adults (18 or older). Unit 1 of every course is free once you are signed in.
Each child gets a nickname and an avatar. Up to four children in a family. Nothing else is asked.
Each unit has six short lessons. Lessons open in order, or you can turn that off in settings.
The courses
Pick the skill you want to build: speaking, letter sounds, reading or writing. The free Unit 1 is a good way to check.
Growing every season
Rainbow is growing into a full seven-colour path. Red, Orange and Yellow are complete, Green is being finished one unit at a time, and Blue, Indigo and Violet are being planned now. Courses you can play today keep getting better too.
Blue moves from sentences to short texts and stories. Children read about animal superpowers, last weekend and ocean record-breakers, and write a short paragraph of their own.
Indigo is for finding things out in English. Children follow chapter stories, read fact pages and keep a Field Journal as they explore.
Violet is where children use English to say what they think. They write the news, tell picture stories, explain and persuade, and host their own show to finish the series.
We do not give dates until a course is ready. Want to hear when each one opens? Tell us and we will let you know.
For schools and institutes
Rainbow English carrying your institute’s own name and logo. Windows and macOS installers are available to institutes on request.
Ask about white label How it works
Need lessons built around your syllabus? Custom content, quoted case by case →
Available to institutes as a pilot; delivery agreed with each institution. School use by agreement. Families play in the web browser with a course subscription.
Inside every unit
Every unit follows the same calm pattern, so children know what to expect and can focus on the English.
Made for trust
Teaching a class or a small group? Student seats are US$48 per student per year (US$5 a month) and include every course. Build a price for your class on the pricing page.
One course: US$240 a year or US$30 a month, for one device. Unit 1 of every course is always free.
Try a lesson above, or create a free grown-up account and play Unit 1 of every course.
