$241,249 raised out of $25,000
Overview
Platform
Indiegogo
Backers
5
Start date
Aug 24, 2020
Close date
Aug 25, 2020
Concept

A smart audio toy feat. clever yarn figurines delighting kids 3+ with stories, music, & audiobooks.

Story

 

 

 

 

Simply place one of our smart figurines called Crafties on top of Storypod and voilà! You’re transported to a fantastic audio world of broadcast-quality, classic and original stories, music, and learning topics.

What’s the tech behind this magic? ✨ Each Craftie has a special chip inside that  beams its content to play on Storypod. And when you put a Craftie on for the first time, its content will download directly onto Storypod so you can play it anywhere offline without Wi-Fi.

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How to pre-order your Storypod: 

Step 1: Select your desired Storypod Set

Step 2: Click “Get This Perk”

Step 3: Complete payment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Screens are amazing for a lot of things, but overexposure to them can have devastating effects for children. As screen time has skyrocketed, so have cognitive and behavioral issues like ADHD.

How do screens affect children’s brains?

JAMA Pediatrics, a highly-regarded American Medical Association publication, found that children who spent more time on screens showed less expressive language and ability to rapidly name objects, decreased literacy skills, and even physical changes to the brain.

So how much screen time is too much? Well, the American Academy of Pediatrics and World Health Organization recommend the following guidelines: 

  • Until 18-months: No screen time. 
  • Until age 5: Limit screen use to 1 hour per day of high-quality programming, co-view with your children, help them understand what they are seeing, and help them apply what they learn to the world around them.
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In addition to our fast growing library of original content, we’ve already started licensing top-tier content your kids already know and love. We can’t quite raise the curtain on all of the content partners we’ll be bringing on board — however, we’re thrilled to reveal our featured launch partner, Highlights, whose renowned educational content will be available on Storypod very soon! Stay tuned for more details 🙂 

 

 

 

If your kids are anything like ours, they are FASCINATED with voice recordings. Storypod has a very special feature that will blow your kids’ minds called myCrafties.

Through the Storypod app, your family & friends can record their own messages to a myCraftie that your little ones will want to play over and over again! Send them greetings, tell them jokes, and read them their favorite stories from far away ❤️

 

 

 

Storypod is the perfect bedtime companion, especially when your kids beg you for “just one more story!”  A sleep timer and night light make Storypod the best bedside buddy so your little ones can fall asleep listening to their favorite bedtime stories, lullabies, or white noise soundscapes. 

 

 

Storypod isn’t just about passive listening. It actively stimulates learning through age-appropriate question & answer sessions between story chapters that will engage your children on what they heard, improving their comprehension skills. Kids can press Storypod’s four color buttons to choose their own adventure, answer questions, and trigger special effects.  

 

 

READ-ALONG CHILDREN’S AUDIOBOOKS

Your little ones can see and hear their favorite books come alive through dynamic audio narrations that will help them develop their listening and reading skills.

 

 

MINI-GAME CRAFTIES

Develop your child’s cognitive and memory skills through fun games they won’t be able to stop playing, like the Monster Craftie memory challenge.

Note: Coming soon! Stay tuned for more details on availability.   

 

 

Our incredibly productive content team, which includes licensed educators and a Grammy Award-winning sound engineer, has so far created an audio library of 300+ incredible tracks with over 30 hours of high-quality audio stories and songs in English and Spanish!

 

 

 

 

 

We know your kids love to express their personality at every opportunity they get — so we’re developing all sorts of stylish and useful accessories for your little ones to customize their unique Storypod experience. 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

Hello from Miami, FL, USA! We’re Loraine, Daniel, Sara, & Sophia — thanks for joining us in our mission to raise smart and healthy kids through the power of audio 🙂

As parents, we are concerned with the increasing dominance of phones, tablets, and screens in our daily lives — especially for our kids. After researching the troubling effects of too much screen time on children and realizing that even tech inventors limit their own children’s screen time, we felt we had to do something about it.

So we decided to build Storypod for a brain-healthy way to “edutain” our daughters and are now thrilled to share it with you! Over the past year, we assembled a world-class team with the vision to create a unique audio-centric concept that would help parents like us “edutain” their kids for hours without having to over-depend on screens. We’re grateful for your support and hope you’ll love Storypod & our Crafties!

 

 

 

 

Your Storypod includes a one year’s warranty on manufacturer’s defects, so should you receive a unit with any issues we’ll replace it. Full details will be included in your shipment.

We are US-based but happy to offer shipping to our international backers! Shipping rates to your country will be indicated in the check-out menu when making a pledge (pre-ordering) for this campaign. Please note that for non-US destinations, the shipping cost does not include any duty and taxes that may apply as per your country’s local laws of importation. We have an amazing shipping partner with deep expertise in this area and will make every effort to make delivery as efficient as possible. We’ll follow up with detailed information after the campaign.

 

 

 

Country
Links