Lalilo by Renaissance

Score9.2 out of 10

10 Reviews and Ratings

What is Lalilo by Renaissance?

Lalilo is a visually engaging, standards-aligned literacy software program for grades K–2. It supports literacy learning and instruction through interactive and developmentally appropriate exercises for students and extensive data tracking and planning tools for teachers.
Lalilo supports learning and instruction across all components of literacy, including phonological and phonemic awareness, letter and word recognition, comprehension and fluency, vocabulary, writing, and social literacy. Lalilo strives to provide students with a comprehensive, supportive, engaging, and fun learning environment to promote independence, proficiency, and a love for literacy.

Categories & Use Cases

Course catalog or library
Learning content is organized into a course catalog or browsable library.
Category average: 8.6
Player/Portal
Students or employees can engage with content and take courses using this interface, which may be called a player or portal.
Category average: 8.1
Learning content
The vendor offers high quality pre-made courses or assets. These may be specific to certain industries or technologies.
Category average: 8.7

Historical Metrics
Centralized learning history where users can track their progress and learning goals.
Category average: 8.1
Automation & Integration
The platform integrates with various other systems to allow for automation features such as adding or removing users from courses and auto-enrollment in courses.
Category average: 7.9
Course Searches
The ability to search for courses by name, type of course, course authors, or materials covered.
Category average: 8.2

Lisa Sommer View profile

Title 1 Reading Teacher at Osceola Elementary (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Lalilo to help my students practice and learn the skills they are struggling with. I am the dyslexia specialist and Title 1 Reading teacher for my district, so I work mostly with students who are struggling with phonics and phonemic awareness skills. Lalilo helps reinforce skills that my students seem to have a hard time grasping.

Pros

Lalilo follows a progression allowing my students to show success by beginning with skills they know and progressing at their pace to learn and practice new concepts.
Lalilo allows me to see the skills my students have mastered and which skills they still need help with.

Cons

I like the progression that the students go through in order to practice concepts they are struggling with, but I wish they had videos or some way other way for the students to practice other than just asking questions.

Return on Investment

I don't have the complete version. I love how much I can do with the free version. My students love learning through Lalilo.
I use this product periodically instead of daily or weekly. It is a great resource for my students, especially one who is in second grade and cannot even name all of the letters. He worked with Lalilo while I still was able to work with him and I could see him gaining knowledge as he was completing the activities. At first, he doesn't understand the concept being taught. It only takes a couple of minutes for him to learn the concept and pass the level to progress to the next.

Usability

Other Software Used

Renaissance Star Assessments, Freckle by Renaissance

Kathryn Moleti

Curriculum Teacher at Nassau BOCES (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Lalilo with our students who fall into our Pre-primer rating as well as our more disabled students in our pre-vocational program. They absolutely love it for the interactiveness and great learning goals. Students log on throughout the week to improve upon their ELA skills and we have seen progress throughout our students who have used it.

Pros

Phonics
Syllabification
Pre-primer reading practice

Cons

I've haven't had any issues

Return on Investment

It is a great resource for our most struggling students.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Freckle

Other Software Used

Nearpod, Freckle

Denise Stevenson

Teacher at Schuyler Community Schools (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Lalilo as a supplement and intervention for my 2nd grade students. I have had a great experience using Lalilo. My students are very engaged and it provides another mode to practice phonics and reading. I like that it provides each student with their own path of learning, so they are practicing exactly what they need.

Pros

Easy to use for teachers and students.
Provides an independent path of learning for each student.
Teachers can also assign specific assignments as needed.

Cons

I have not had any difficulties with Lalilo.

Kim Medin

Special Education Teacher at Bridgewater Elementary (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Lalilo as an extra boost of practice for my students who are learning to read. I teach special education, so all of my students have some kind of disability. Lalilo evens out the playing field for my students, who are all able to increase their reading abilities using it. Every student I introduce to Lalilo loves it! I am able to use Lalilo practice as a reward for my students when they finish the regular work in our classroom.

Pros

Lalilo allows each student to be placed at the exactly right level for their skills.
Lalilo makes learning to read fun by using badges that students earn for each skill.
Lalilo gives students the ability to request easier or harder lessons based on their current skills.

Cons

For my lower students, it would be nice to have more practice in alphabetical skills before moving on to reading.
Sometimes the sound glitches out and we have to restart the lesson.

Most Important Features

Ease of use
Leveling for students
Feedback so I can see the exact skills my students are working on

Return on Investment

For a student who only knew 18 alphabet letters when beginning Lalilo, the student has increased overall performance to recognizing 80% of the "ut" family of words.
Students in grades 3 and 5 are increasing their reading levels from K and 1 to the end of year 2.

Other Software Used

Freckle by Renaissance

Usability

Kerri Ziegler View profile

NEMS Special Education Department Chair at Noblesville Schools (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have started to use the free version of Lalilo with our FAP students. These students are working on material between 1st and 4th grade. Lalilo allows teachers to individualize instruction to meet their needs. It allows our teachers and IAs to move between small groups and individual progress to permit more time for student interaction and more pointed direct instruction

Pros

Differentiate Instruction
Pinpoint areas of need for students
Engaging for our struggling learners
Allows students to progress/work on skills that they need

Cons

More engaging sounds/badges for older learners
Questions/Topics related to older students

Most Important Features

Differentiation for students
Less prep for teachers
Allows instructional assistants to better assist individual students

Return on Investment

We have seen tremendous growth with some of our students
Growth in lagging skills for students (close the gap)

Other Software Used

Freckle by Renaissance, Renaissance Accelerated Reader, Renaissance Star Assessments, Nearpod

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