History
In 2008 mom and teacher Margi Japel had a vision that has become Babble Tree. For the past 8 years she has worked toward her goal to create a program for early childhood second language acquisition that is simple and enjoyable using high-quality tools and engaging resources with demonstrable results.
To support this goal, the Babble Tree company earned multiple state and federal grants, including awards sponsoring feasibility studies, research and program development, implementation and rigorous evaluations of the learning impacts resulting from Babble Tree’s innovative style of second language acquisition in the preschool classroom with native English and Spanish-speaking populations.
Philosophy
Based upon the natural approach of second language acquisition and Dr. James Asher's Total Physical Response approach, Babble Tree recognizes play as the key ingredient to build language skills and knowledge in an immersion approach.
Play, in combination with movements, dances, songs with action, games and shared experiences make up Babble Tree's enjoyable and engaging language-learning philosophy. This research-based approach is easy to use and demonstrates favorable outcomes.