The app that has helped
100,000 Scandinavian children learn how to read is now available in the US!
After it’s first year of being on the market, Poio by Kahoot! became 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.
Vilde Randgaard / APRIL 2, 2019
“Poio has really sparked my son’s love for reading! Now, whenever I’m alone with the children, Tobias offers to read a book for his siblings in the evening,” says Tonje.
She is the mother of Norwegian seven-year-old Tobias who is one of the 100,000 3-8 year-olds who have had help learning how to read with Poio.
Tobias (7) cracked the reading code with the learn-to-read app Poio.
Working wonders for English speaking children
Last summer, the first English version of the game was launched in the UK and proved to work the same wonders for British children as well. Five-year-old Deacon is one of them, and his dad Ian says:
“With Deacon’s school reports it had been commented on that his reading was not of the best ability, and he’d shut down and get quite upset. Very quickly after we started using Poio, he started coming home with certificates saying that he’d been the best in class or scored top marks in his phonics tests. It’s a phenomenal change in a very short amount of time!”
Deacon (5) showing off his phonics progress in Poio to his older sister.
Why it works
With Poio, children are in charge of their own learning journey. The game is designed to engage your child by letting them explore a world of letters and words - whether he or she has started practicing yet or not.
Inside the app they unravel the fairy-tale themselves by constantly finding and learning new things.
As the game adapts to each child’s level of skill, they will face the perfect number of challenges to keep things exciting while building their self-esteem. And with numerous different elements to play around with and discover, they stay motivated.
How it all started
The story behind Poio all started with a six-year-old boy who found a method for learning how to read that has now helped all kinds of children - struggling, gifted, and those learning at a normal pace. Watch the short documentary about Leon and Poio here.
All children are different and learn in different ways, but all children love to play!