The question parents ask us most isn’t about the science or the pricing. It’s this: “okay, but what do I actually do?” This article answers that. No theory — just a walk through a normal session on an ordinary Tuesday.
Before you start: the only things you need
A tablet with a screen of at least 7–8 inches (iPad or Android, either works) and ten quiet minutes. Nothing to print, no materials to prepare, no manual to read. If the tablet is smaller, or it’s a phone, the images end up too small for small fingers — better not to start that way.
One trick that families who’ve been at it for months keep repeating: the same time every day. After the afternoon snack, before the bath, right after tidying up the toys — it doesn’t matter which, as long as it’s always the same. When the session has a fixed place in the day, it stops being a decision and becomes a habit, like brushing teeth.
Minute 0: you open the app
On the Family plan, the app opens on the Today screen. The day’s session is there, already prepared. You don’t pick exercises, you don’t configure anything, you don’t decide whether it’s “animals day” or “colors day” — the learning pathway is already planned, and the app knows exactly where your child left off yesterday.
You tap start and hand over the tablet.
Minutes 1 to 9: your child works, the app adapts
What your child sees is simple: an image on top (say, a dog) and two or more options below. They tap the one that matches. Success sound, a small celebration, next one.
What you don’t see is the interesting part:
- At the beginning, getting it right is easy on purpose. The wrong options appear faded, almost transparent. That’s errorless learning: the first tries with a new concept are designed to go well, because a child who starts out failing learns to associate the activity with frustration.
- Difficulty rises and falls on its own. A few correct answers in a row and the wrong options become more visible, or an extra option appears. One mistake and the app immediately eases off. You never have to judge whether something is “too hard” — ever.
- It’s not all matching. As the pathway advances, part-and-whole puzzles show up, memory exercises (“where was the cat?”), and find-the-different-one. To your child they’re different games; to the pathway, they’re ways of reviewing and consolidating what’s been learned.
Your role during these minutes? Stay close, celebrate naturally, and resist the urge to point at the answer. If your child gets stuck, the app notices and adjusts — give it a few seconds before stepping in.
Minute 10: the recap
When the session ends, the app shows you how it went: how many were correct, which concepts were practiced, and a short note in plain language — no cryptic percentages, no jargon. Thirty seconds of reading and you know whether today was a good day or a review day.
The Progress tab has the big picture: minutes practiced this week, comparison with last week, which concepts are mastered and which are still being practiced.
Bad days count too
There will be days when your child doesn’t want to, taps randomly, or gets up after three minutes. That’s normal, and it doesn’t break anything: the app doesn’t penalize — it simply records less and picks up where it left off. Two tips for those days:
- Five good minutes beat ten forced ones. End on a correct answer, celebrate, put the tablet away.
- Don’t turn the session into a bargaining chip. “First Interlaza, then the park” works for a week and then poisons the habit. Better for it to be a moment together, not a toll.
Offline, in two languages
The session works the same on a plane, at the grandparents’, or in a waiting room — everything runs on the tablet and syncs when the wifi comes back. And if your home is bilingual, you can run the same session in Spanish and English within the same week: one of the most efficient ways to expose a young child to a second language.
Starting today
The Family plan comes with a 14-day free trial, and right now Interlaza is free for everyone until 30 November 2026. Ten minutes tomorrow after the afternoon snack — that’s the entire commitment it takes to see how it works.