This week, I read an article titled, “Education Through Storytelling Inspires Global Literacy App.” This app is used by 127 countries worldwide. The creators of the company, Kristen Souvlis and Nadine Bates, saw a decline of literacy in children in the Western world with a rise of need in quality English as a second language tools for an increasing immigrant population. Together, they decided to team up and do something about it, which is how they came up with the idea for Kindergo, along with their parent company, Like a Photon Creative. They have built literacy into engaging digital stories for younger children.
Their goal is to allow Kindergo to be for any child, of any language, at any reading ability, and would like to continue developing and advancing it so this can be possible. Their next launch will be a Kindergo app focused specifically for ESL learners. They want to reduce the education gap for ESL kids in the US. I think that it’s wonderful that they are working on developing an app aimed specifically at targeting ESL students. It is an app I look forward to using with my ESL students in the future. The article also mentioned how they have recently received many accolades as well as funding, which will help make all of their feats possible. I hope that they will continue to grow their company and reach more students around not just the US, but the world.
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