This 6-year-old boy has helped 100,000 children learn how to read

Daniel Senn & Vilde Randgaard / January 10, 2020

In only two years on the market, Poio by Kahoot! has become Scandinavia’s #1 learn-to-read app for children. Now, we’re finally able to offer children in the US the same playful approach to learning how to read.

How the journey started

Hi, my name is Daniel Senn. I am the dad and educator behind the learn-to-read game Poio.

Six years ago, I embarked on a journey of trying to help my own son learn how to read. He was born with a severe hearing problem and I was told that he would need extra assistance to keep up with other kids. However, experts also told me that motivating young children to practice reading is very hard, and that adults who push the learning early on often make matters worse, resulting in negative learning spirals and a loss of confidence.

So together, my family engaged in a fun project to crack the reading code through play, where my son's ideas were the main inspiration to the method that is now called Poio. A game that is able to help all kinds of children learn how to read, whether they are learning at a regular pace, are struggling with the process, or are gifted.

Now, The Poio Method has gone beyond helping my son, Leon, and our family. I have worked closely with a committed group of game developers, scientists and educationalists to make Poio what it is today. In just a short period of time, Leon’s game has helped more than 100,000 children crack the reading code, and become Scandinavias #1 learn-to-read game. I can hardly believe it. Still, there is always more to do, and we’re only just getting started. But with the game now available in English, a whole new generation of children can benefit from that same playful way of learning how to read, and we’re one big step closer to our goal: That no child should have to struggle with learning how to read!

Poio helps children aged 3-8 years crack the reading code through play. Give your child the best possible start to their reading journey!