The GIANT Room Partners with Mrs Wordsmith for two new series of Co-Design workshops!

The GIANT Room partners with leading early childhood media company, Mrs Wordsmith, to co-design two literacy apps with kids ages 3 to 10.

The GIANT Room, an innovation hub for children and their families, is honored to announce a new series of co-design sessions in partnership with leading early childhood media company, Mrs Wordsmith, to co-design next versions of Word Tag and Readiculous apps. Families with children ages 3 to 10 years old are invited to apply to join two separate co-design series during the week of June 23rd to June 28th.

Participants will be asked to join three free in-person two-hour workshops at The GIANT Room offices in the financial district, New York City. Parents do not need to participate but are more than welcome to stay at our offices during the sessions. Kids who participate will learn and practice giving and receiving feedback and will build prototypes of their ideas in collaboration with Mrs Wordsmith designers who will be joining us from the UK and Denmark.

Apply to join either or both of these co-design opportunities.

The GIANT Room believes the most engaging and effective learning experiences are the ones that are designed with families’ point of view in mind, and even better, those that are designed with children involved in the design process. These co-design partnerships not only provide opportunities for children to meet and build prototypes with real designers from leading media companies, but also make it possible to create learning applications that millions of families around the world can use as an effective learning resource.

Readiculous is a game-based learning app designed to teach phonics skills to kids using Mrs Wordsmith’s Science of Reading. This app is “readiculously” fun to play and help kids to master important phonics skills while sparking a lifelong passion for language and learning. The app also includes a progress report so parents and caregivers can review what their child is learning.

Word Tag is an app designed to improve vocabulary and users can learn up to 1000 new words in a year. It is also designed to build emotional intelligence and self expression.

For all sessions, designers from Mrs Wordsmith are joining us from the UK and Denmark to be in person with kids at The GIANT Room offices in New York City, around a “design table” to design new features for the app.

These programs are completely free for children to participate. We are accepting a limited number of families to participate. Families with children ages 3 to 10 years old are invited to apply.

The GIANT Room’s office is located at 25 Broadway, 12th floor, New York, NY.

For more information about GIANT STEAM programs and a full list of their workshops, class series, and events, please visit The GIANT Room’s website.