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My wife is a Grade 1 teacher in Canada. She loves the concept. Two points: * Please provide a copy of the physical book with the subscription (to rent for 3-is

My wife is a Grade 1 teacher in Canada. She loves the concept. Two points: * Please provide a copy of the physical book with the subscription (to rent for 3-ish weeks). Particularly for young students to recognize the joy of a physical book, to go through it on their own time in the classroom, and as a supplement to the digital formats/lessons. * Make sure the craft activities are creative and not 'cookie-cutter'. Make sure the students have autonomy to go off the path. Be very intentional about how it relates to the story. Several teachers do craft projects for themselves where the art all comes out looking the same and has no outcomes associated with them. With a baby on the way, we would love to have a B2C subscription to this sort of content.

Anisa_Mirza 5y ago
This is all very valuable feedback. Esp the part re craft activity actually contributing to comprehension of the book/lesson rather than adhoc/random. We definitely build our own activities as part of our curriculum team to complement learning objectives based on the book and continue to look for improvements/feedback to make this better! As for the physical book, it's currently really hard as a startup to provide physical books but maybe as we grow and scale we will be able to do so I hope!!
- Anisa_Mirza 5y ago
  And I would LOVE to offer you B2C early access when that launches :) My email is anisa@litnerd.com (or I can get your email and add you to our early access list when we go B2C)
- fudged71 5y ago
  The key point she made about including a physical book: "Imagine a child's reaction when they're reading a physical book, and then the character comes to life on screen. THAT's the hook" I know she had two similar teaching experiences this year, one was reading a book about Ivan the Gorilla, then showing a documentary about the actual Gorilla. And again with Harry Potter. This format really excites kids :)
  - Anisa_Mirza 5y ago
    I feel you on that (or rather, understand exactly what your wife means here). That’s kind of the reaction when kids read the ebooks now and then ‘meet’ the character (our actors who teach the lessons) in live video! They get so excited. Let us close our seed round, grow a little more, and hit Series A milestones and I’m sure we will be adding more physical aspects to the book ;)

Anisa_Mirza 5y ago

This is all very valuable feedback. Esp the part re craft activity actually contributing to comprehension of the book/lesson rather than adhoc/random. We definitely build our own activities as part of our curriculum team to complement learning objectives based on the book and continue to look for improvements/feedback to make this better! As for the physical book, it's currently really hard as a startup to provide physical books but maybe as we grow and scale we will be able to do so I hope!!

Anisa_Mirza 5y ago
And I would LOVE to offer you B2C early access when that launches :) My email is anisa@litnerd.com (or I can get your email and add you to our early access list when we go B2C)
fudged71 5y ago
The key point she made about including a physical book: "Imagine a child's reaction when they're reading a physical book, and then the character comes to life on screen. THAT's the hook" I know she had two similar teaching experiences this year, one was reading a book about Ivan the Gorilla, then showing a documentary about the actual Gorilla. And again with Harry Potter. This format really excites kids :)
- Anisa_Mirza 5y ago
  I feel you on that (or rather, understand exactly what your wife means here). That’s kind of the reaction when kids read the ebooks now and then ‘meet’ the character (our actors who teach the lessons) in live video! They get so excited. Let us close our seed round, grow a little more, and hit Series A milestones and I’m sure we will be adding more physical aspects to the book ;)