Son inspired mum’s book
Home and Away favourite joins Kindergo’s reading line-up
ADA Nicodemou (above) was inspired by her son for an idea for a children’s story, which is now a new interactive and education book through reading app Kingero.
HOME and Away favourite Ada Nicodemou says she only had to see the sporting passion of her son to come up with the idea for a children’s book.
“I really wanted my first book to be about the love of my life, my son, and I wanted a nice gift for him to read as he loves reading so much,” Nicodemou said.
“Coming up with an idea for a book was easy, as all Johnas talks about is soccer! I wanted to create a book that was inspirational to him and to other kids out there about dreaming big and finding ways to achieve your goals.”
Johnas, the International Soccer Star, is one of a number of new interactive and educational children’s books available from August 1 through children’s reading app Kindergo.
Former House Rules star Lisa Doville is also sharing Let’s Build a Cubby, telling the story of a little girl’s quest to build a cubby house just like the houses her dad makes at work.
Kindergo’s Mums We Admire series also features a new book by award-winning teacher, author and Playful Little Learners blogger, Amy Cox, titled Magic Heart, which weaves a heart-warming tale of a young girl’s first day at school.
Kindergo’s founders, award-winning children’s producers and mothers-inarms, Nadine Bates and Kristen Souvlis, have each written their own stories, too.
The app empowers children aged 2 to 7 to read by themselves in a safe, discoverable and encouraging environment.
The interactive digital book library incorporates the DYAD reading method, a style of comprehension teaching that involves pairing a stronger, leading reader (the Kindergo app) with a less confident reader (the participating child). By shifting the focus of learning individual sounds of words (phonics) to the story being told, the reading experience becomes playbased and discoverable, and the reader becomes engaged in learning words through repetition.
Kindergo’s creators say the in-situ tap-and-hear technology is a “world first”. Parents can download Kindergo from the App Store for a free 30-day trial.