Kickstarter Project to Change the Way We Share Stories with Our Children
Imagistory aims to bring children's imaginations to life through their creative storytelling app for the iPad. You can help support their Kickstarter campaign here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1232222763/imagistory-a-creative-storytelling-app
Online, November 14, 2013 (Newswire.com) - Imagistory is a wordless picture book app which encourages your child to be the storyteller, by using their imaginations to simply create and tell the story from the pictures. Aimed at children aged three and up, the books are designed to be read aloud by anyone, no matter their age or language.
Imagistory hopes to raise $15,000 NZD on the popular crowd funding website Kickstarter and if successful will be the first app of its kind on the iPad.
Imagistory is being developed by Nick Barrett, a graduate from the Auckland University of Technology, who has been working on the idea for the past two years since winning a business plan competition called the Venture Fund.
"The idea started out simply as a picture book without words, giving children the opportunity to be creative and tell the story their own way. But as we developed the idea into an app it evolved to become a platform, for creating, sharing and listening to stories," Barrett says.
While using the Imagistory app readers will be able to record their voice while they read the book, allowing kids to save and play back their favourite telling of a story. These recordings can even be shared online with loved ones.
"Not only have we found that kids really enjoy creating and telling the story, it's also an excellent educational tool which helps to develop their creativity, language and early literacy skills," says Barrett.
The educational aspects of wordless picture books are well supported in research as seen in a recent study published in the journal First Language*. The aim of the study was to explore the difference between using picture books with and without words. It found that the children who shared a wordless picturebook with their parent learnt more as they were exposed to a wider variety of words and more complex language.
Imagistory has 10 books in development for the app, two of which are already completed. If successful on Kickstarter Barrett plans to have the app finished and launched early next year.
You can help support Imagistory's campaign by visiting their Kickstarter page here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1232222763/imagistory-a-creative-storytelling-app-for-kids
* http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112833771/toddlers-learn-better-from-picture-books-043013/