Learn to Read • Read to Learn • Learn to Learn
Learn to Read • Read to Learn • Learn to Learn
About LearnPoint
LearnPoint produces Edutainment & E-Learning Products for:
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Learn to Read - phonics & reading fluency
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Read to Learn - comprehension & critical thinking
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Pillars of Literacy for Lifelong Learning - reading, writing, conversation, and presentation skills, essential tools for academic and personal success.
About LearnPoint
Learn to Read, Read to Learn, Learn to Learn
LearnPoint produces Edutainment & E-Learning Products for:
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Learning to Read - phonics and reading fluency
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Reading to Learn - comprehension and critical thinking
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Core Pillars of Literacy for Lifelong Learning - reading, writing, conversation, and presentation skills, essential tools for academic and personal success.
All Things Literacy & Learning
Reading Intelligence is the driving force in learning.
We Learn to Read by:
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Learning to sound out words (phonics to decode words)
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Developing reading fluency (read with expression & pace)
We Read to Learn by:
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Developing comprehension by summarizing. Effective reading comprehension involves recalling key facts and retelling the story or information in our own words, focusing on clearly stated details and ideas that the author has made explicit in the text.
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Developing comprehension by “making meaning.” Thinking and interpreting what might be implied while exercising critical thinking skills, i.e., generating questions, making inferences, comparing & contrasting, identifying cause & effect, etc.
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Developing reading intelligence strengthens one's ability to become a lifelong learner, to cultivate a growth mindset, to nurture character virtues, and engage in community service.
All Things Literacy & Learning
Reading Intelligence is the driving force in learning.
We Learn to Read by:
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Learning to sound out words (phonics to decode words)
-
Developing reading fluency (read with expression & pace)
We Read to Learn by:
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Developing comprehension by summarizing. Effective reading comprehension involves recalling key facts and retelling the story or information in our own words, focusing on clearly stated details and ideas that the author has made explicit in the text.
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Developing comprehension by “making meaning.” Thinking and interpreting what might be implied while exercising critical thinking skills, i.e., generating questions, making inferences, comparing & contrasting, identifying cause & effect, etc.
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Developing reading intelligence strengthens one's ability to become a lifelong learner, to cultivate a growth mindset, to nurture character virtues, and engage in community service.
Engaging, Entertaining, Fun
There are many, many kids’ shows on YouTube, Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime, Hulu, and so on. Many are engaging, entertaining, and fun for kids to watch. Yet, none of the shows are truly educational, especially when it comes to learning to read.
Mr. Brian’s shows and products are engaging, entertaining, and fun.
And also, kids learn to read!
Engaging, Entertaining, Fun
There are many, many kids’ shows on YouTube, Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime, Hulu, and so on. Many are engaging, entertaining, and fun for kids to watch. Yet, none of the shows are truly educational, especially when it comes to learning to read.
Mr. Brian’s shows and products are engaging, entertaining, and fun.
And also, kids learn to read!
Brian Kissman
Founder & President | Chief Education Officer
Brian Kissman is a passionate creative. To create something out of nothing is what drives him. A lifelong professional educator, his passion and creativity have brought him expertise for all things best practice literacy and learning.
The LearnPoint project–Kids Shows, Game Apps, a Social Learning Network, and a Metaverse Site & AI Avatar Teacher - is his magnum opus. The result of decades of research and innovative solutions through the design thinking process, it is a collection of disruptive work aiming to revolutionize literacy and learning.
A Grand Strategy for Education
LearnPoint aims is to leverage our success to advocate a Grand Strategy for education:
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Public education for preschool, ages 3 and 4.
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12 to 1 Student/Teacher Ratio Kindergarten - Grade 5
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Raise Teacher Quality & Compensation
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Build State of the Art School Facilities for All
LearnPoint believes that with this Grand Strategy for Education within 1 to 2 generations we will experience a renaissance of community, social & emotional health, and economy.
Brian Kissman
Founder & President | Chief Education Officer
Brian Kissman is a passionate creative. To create something out of nothing is what drives him. A lifelong professional educator, his passion and creativity have brought him expertise for all things best practice literacy and learning.
The LearnPoint project–Kids Shows, Game Apps, a Social Learning Network, and a Metaverse Site & AI Avatar Teacher - is his magnum opus. The result of decades of research and innovative solutions through the design thinking process, it is a collection of disruptive work aiming to revolutionize literacy and learning.
A Grand Strategy for Education
LearnPoint aims is to leverage our success to advocate a Grand Strategy for education:
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Public education for preschool, ages 3 and 4.
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12 to 1 Student/Teacher Ratio Kindergarten - Grade 5
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Raise Teacher Quality & Compensation
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Build State of the Art School Facilities for All
LearnPoint believes that with this Grand Strategy for Education within 1 to 2 generations we will experience a renaissance of community, social & emotional health, and economy.
Mr. Brian’s Learning Shows
Learn to Read • Read to Learn • Learn to Learn
Launch 2025
Mr. Brian & Friends
Mr. Brian & Friends is a
“Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood”
for the 21st Century with a focus on Learning to Read and Reading to Learn!
Mr. Brian & Friends also focuses on one virtue of character in each episode:
• Being Kind
• Being Brave
• Being Humble
• Being Understanding
• Being Sincere
• Being Polite
• Showing Forgiveness
• Growing Integrity
• and more!
Mr. Brian’s Reading Fun
Mr. Brian’s Reading fun presents Mr. Brian and Reader engaged in the joy of reading and making meaning with this original story time hour.
Mr. Brian’s passion for reading and his ability to “show, not tell” kids how to read a story to think and make meaning inspires kids to want to read and apply what Mr. Brian models.
Mr. Brian's Word Play
Mr. Brian’s Word Play presents
Mr. Brian, Reader, and the 26 ABC Letter Kids playing word games showing how to sound out words by substituting letters, adding letters, and deleting letters.
All of this is done playing word games with 3D digital letters. The kids love it!
Mr. Brian’s ABCs
Mr. Brian’s ABCs is a
learn-the-alphabet show!
It is not only exceptionally entertaining, but more effective than any show on the market to help kids learn the letters of the alphabet and sound out words!
Through creative presentations and indelible stories filled with alliteration, each letter name and sound is represented by one of Mr. Brian’s 26 ABC Letter Kids.
Mr. Brian’s Learning Shows
Learn to Read • Read to Learn • Learn to Learn
Learn to Read
Read to Learn
Learn to Learn
Launch 2025
Mr. Brian & Friends
Mr. Brian & Friends is a “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood” for the 21st Century with a focus on Learning to Read and Reading to Learn!
Mr. Brian & Friends also focuses on one virtue of character in each episode:
• Being Kind
• Being Brave
• Being Humble
• Being Understanding
• Being Sincere
• Being Polite
• Showing Forgiveness
• Growing Integrity
• and more!
Mr. Brian’s Reading Fun
Mr. Brian’s Reading fun presents Mr. Brian and Reader engaged in the joy of reading and making meaning with this original story time hour.
Mr. Brian’s passion for reading and his ability to “show, not tell” kids how to read a story to think and make meaning inspires kids to want to read and apply what Mr. Brian models.
Mr. Brian's Word Play
Mr. Brian’s Word Play presents Mr. Brian, Reader, and the 26 ABC Letter Kids playing word games showing how to sound out words by substituting letters, adding letters, and deleting letters.
All of this is done playing word games with 3D digital letters. The kids love it!
Mr. Brian’s ABCs
Mr. Brian’s ABCs is a learn-the-alphabet show!
It is not only exceptionally entertaining, but more effective than any show on the market to help kids learn the letters of the alphabet and sound out words!
Through creative presentations and indelible stories filled with alliteration, each letter name and sound is represented by one of Mr. Brian’s 26 ABC Letter Kids.
Global Literary Crisis
Only one-third of children worldwide possess highly proficient literacy skills by Grade 4, leaving the majority at risk of enduring lifelong educational and socio-economic disadvantages.
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Early Childhood Literacy Challenges
Less than one-third of kindergarteners begin school adequately prepared to learn reading. Two-thirds lack exposure to crucial pre-literacy activities, such as being read to at home or learning the alphabet letter names and sounds.*
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Elementary and Middle School Reading Proficiency
Only about one-third of fourth and eighth-grade students attain advanced reading proficiency. This limitation for the other two-thirds hinders their ability to comprehend and engage with the more complex texts essential for academic success in higher grades.**
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High School Graduates' Reading Readiness
Fewer than one-third of high school graduates achieve college-level reading readiness. This deficiency for the remaining two-thirds restricts their access to higher education opportunities and limits their prospects for skilled employment.***
Without effective early learning and intervention, two-thirds of children never catch up, leading to long-term educational and socio-economic disadvantages, significantly impacting future learning, career/workforce readiness, and life opportunities.
* UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report (2022): unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000380263
** International Literacy Monitoring Report (2022)
*** National Center for Education Statistics (2022)
Building An Education Empire
Kid’s Shows
Engaging educational programs that captivate young audiences while teaching essential literacy & reading skills and life lessons.
Game Apps
Interactive gamified learning that explore literacy and reading concepts and skills through engaging fun play, ensuring skill mastery.
Social Learning Network
Community-driven network that connects learners, families, and educators to share lifelong learning experiences, and growth.
Metaverse Site &
Ai-Powered Teacher
Virtual reality meta-verse sites with AI avatar teachers that deliver personalized adaptive learning paths for each child.
Building An Education Empire
Kid’s Shows
Engaging educational programs that captivate young audiences while teaching essential literacy & reading skills and life lessons.
Game Apps
Interactive gamified learning that explore literacy and reading concepts and skills through engaging fun play, ensuring skill mastery.
Social Learning Network
Community-driven network that connects learners, families, and educators to share lifelong learning experiences, and growth.
Metaverse Site & Ai-Powered Teacher
Virtual reality meta-verse sites with AI avatar teachers that deliver personalized adaptive learning paths for each child.
Talks & Books
Brian Kissman’s Public Speaking, Workshops, and Published Work
Books
Phonics Things
Phonics Things is an ABC book for the 21st Century. Kids learn to read and read to learn mastering “phonics 101.”
Phonics Things presents the sounds of 80 letter and letter combinations – each letter of the alphabet, the consonant blends, the consonant digraphs, the vowel digraphs, and the r-controlled vowels.
Each letter or letter combination is presented with an illustration, a silly zany poem, and a word list. It’s an indelible experience of sights and sounds.
Literacy Mats
It is important that we learn to engage in conversation, make meaning when reading, express ourselves through writing, and make a presentation to inform, educate, or entertain.
These are the pillars of literacy, which are essential for lifelong learning.
Literacy Mats delivers these pillars of literacy and core language arts academic standards in a way that takes the curriculum off the shelf and puts it in the hands of students, parents, and teachers as a shared learning tool.
With Literacy Mats, we learn to learn.
Multiplication Facts Memorized
Multiplication Mats Memorized helps kids learn the concept of multiples and memorize the multiplication facts! It is a study program kids complete over the course of a year to gain a deep understanding of multiplication and to memorize the multiplication facts.
Many school systems throughout the world expect their students to memorize the multiplication facts by the end of grade 3 or grade 4. Most approaches aim to help students understand multiples and to memorize the multiplication facts.
In the United States we often challenge students to master memorization of the facts; however, we do not necessarily require it. Unfortunately, too many of our students — nearly 50% — enter grades 5 and 6 without their multiplication facts memorized. This limits a student’s ability at a time when they should be learning higher and more complex math.
Talks
The Worldwide Literacy Crisis
Many of our social ills would lessen across one to two generations if we truly addressed our literacy crisis. Rather than 30% of kids becoming highly advanced readers, we can
develop 90% to become passionate lifelong long readers.
Brian Kissman is available for talks. He is a gifted public speaker, entertaining, and insightful for all things literacy and learning.
Parents Are Miracle Workers
Parents make a huge difference. During the formative years of birth to 7 years, Moms and Dads who read to their children daily and engage their kids to learn the ABCs (letter sounds and names) before they arrive to kindergarten lay the foundation for their children’s educational success.
Brian Kissman is available for workshops. He is engaging, fun, and effective helping parents grow their kids’ educational success.
Story Telling
Kids love Mr. Brian. His story telling engages and entertains kids, bringing smiles and laughter.
Brian Kissman is available as a storyteller. He delights children and models a passion and love for reading.
Talks & Books
Brian Kissman’s Public Speaking, Workshops, and Published Work
Books
Phonics Things
Phonics Things is an ABC book for the 21st Century. Kids learn to read and read to learn mastering “phonics 101.”
Phonics Things presents the sounds of 80 letter and letter combinations – each letter of the alphabet, the consonant blends, the consonant digraphs, the vowel digraphs, and the r-controlled vowels.
Each letter or letter combination is presented with an illustration, a silly zany poem, and a word list. It’s an indelible experience of sights and sounds.
Literacy Mats
It is important that we learn to engage in conversation, make meaning when reading, express ourselves through writing, and make a presentation to inform, educate, or entertain.
These are the pillars of literacy, which are essential for lifelong learning.
Literacy Mats delivers these pillars of literacy and core language arts academic standards in a way that takes the curriculum off the shelf and puts it in the hands of students, parents, and teachers as a shared learning tool.
With Literacy Mats, we learn to learn.
Multiplication Facts Memorized
Multiplication Mats Memorized helps kids learn the concept of multiples and memorize the multiplication facts! It is a study program kids complete over the course of a year to gain a deep understanding of multiplication and to memorize the multiplication facts.
Many school systems throughout the world expect their students to memorize the multiplication facts by the end of grade 3 or grade 4. Most approaches aim to help students understand multiples and to memorize the multiplication facts.
In the United States we often challenge students to master memorization of the facts; however, we do not necessarily require it. Unfortunately, too many of our students — nearly 50% — enter grades 5 and 6 without their multiplication facts memorized. This limits a student’s ability at a time when they should be learning higher and more complex math.
Talks
The Worldwide Literacy Crisis
Many of our social ills would lessen across one to two generations if we truly addressed our literacy crisis. Rather than 30% of kids becoming highly advanced readers, we can
develop 90% to become passionate lifelong long readers.
Brian Kissman is available for talks. He is a gifted public speaker, entertaining, and insightful for all things literacy and learning.
Parents Are Miracle Workers
Parents make a huge difference. During the formative years of birth to 7 years, Moms and Dads who read to their children daily and engage their kids to learn the ABCs (letter sounds and names) before they arrive to kindergarten lay the foundation for their children’s educational success.
Brian Kissman is available for workshops. He is engaging, fun, and effective helping parents grow their kids’ educational success.
Story Telling
Kids love Mr. Brian. His story telling engages and entertains kids, bringing smiles and laughter.
Brian Kissman is available as a storyteller. He delights children and models a passion and love for reading.
