What Niels Hoven has said about Early childhood literacy
2 quotes · 1 episode · Sep 10, 2026
Niels Hoven, Founder and CEO of Mentava, an education software company for fast learners; former game designer at Pocket Gems, has been quoted on Early childhood literacy 2 times in 1 episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, most recently on September 10, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Hoven explains that children can learn letter sounds well before they are developmentally able to blend them into words.
“kids are able to learn letters and letter sounds quite a bit earlier than actually being able to blend those sounds together and be able to read”
The Tim Ferriss Show: #882: How to Teach a 3-Year-Old to Read and Rethinking Education — Tim Coaches Niels Hoven of Mentava (Sep 10, 2026) · Listen from 32:57
Hoven says Mentava is generally not suitable for two-year-olds and suggests three and a half to five as the ideal range.
“I'm very comfortable saying it's probably not for two-year-olds”
The Tim Ferriss Show: #882: How to Teach a 3-Year-Old to Read and Rethinking Education — Tim Coaches Niels Hoven of Mentava (Sep 10, 2026) · Listen from 1:25:46
Episodes
#882: How to Teach a 3-Year-Old to Read and Rethinking Education — Tim Coaches Niels Hoven of MentavaThe Tim Ferriss Show · Sep 10, 2026 · 2 h 14 min
Tim Ferriss runs a live coaching session with Mentava founder Niels Hoven on positioning, pricing, referrals, and marketing for his early-literacy app for preschoolers.
Niels Hoven on other topics
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- Phonics · 3 quotes
- Mentava · 3 quotes
- Referral marketing · 2 quotes
- Pricing strategy · 1 quote
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