Cheekyheads - the young reader's digital library

We wanted to develop reading and digital skills among children aged 6-10 years. It is of utmost importance that the use of digital tools is not limited to the currently widely used, self-centred s...

We wanted to develop reading and digital skills among children aged 6-10 years. It is of utmost importance that the use of digital tools is not limited to the currently widely used, self-centred social media (although reading texts with understanding is necessary there too.) We have found that shorter texts help children to experience reading. As a consequence, we hope they will explore longer texts in the future. It may also help them in their learning at school, as longer texts are currently found in all reading books. The long-term goal of Cheekyheads is to provide a way for children to love reading longer, larger books, the short-term goal of the app is to improve independent reading. In addition to the above, we wanted to develop language skills and reading ability, which is a natural progression of vocabulary development. To achieve these goals, we wanted to create a comprehensive reading app that would help children to read and learn together with their parents and/or teachers.