About LearnPoint
LearnPoint’s Mission
LearnPoint's mission is to raise the percentage of children who become advanced readers from 30% to 90% by providing engaging and interactive learning platforms, resources for educators and parents, and fostering essential character virtues and core values for lifelong success.
Raise advanced readers from 30% to 90% through:
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Early ‘Learn to Read’ and ‘Read to Learn’ foundations
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Fun, interactive programs and gamified platforms for individualized adaptive learning
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Resources and training for educators and parents
Key Objectives
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Provide Edutainment & E-Learning Products for:
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Learning to Read (phonics and fluency)
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Reading to Learn (comprehension and critical thinking)
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Pillars of Literacy: Reading, Writing, Conversation, and Presentation Skills
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21st Century Interactive, Adaptive Personalized Learning, including Metaverse & AI
Focus Area
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Grow "meaning-making, critical thinkers"
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Cultivate character virtues and core values
LearnPoint aims to create personalized, engaging learning experiences that build strong readers and well-rounded individuals equipped for future success.
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LearnPoint’s Mission is to elevate the percentage of kids who become advanced readers from 30% to 90%.
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LearnPoint aims to build strong reading foundations for lifelong success through targeted programs that emphasize early learning and intervention.
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LearnPoint aims to develop fun, interactive, and gamified platforms that promote individualized learning and inspire a lifelong love for reading.
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LearnPoint aims to provide engaging resources and training for educators & parents, ensuring every child has the support and tools to succeed.
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Ultimately, LearnPoint aims to grow students into "meaning-making, critical thinkers," equipped for lifelong learning.
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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.
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LearnPoint develops literacy skills while also developing Essential Life Skills.
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LearnPoint fosters character virtues and core values such as empathy, respect, humility, and healthy habits through storytelling and interactive content to cultivate well-rounded individuals.
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Ultimately, LearnPoint products deliver 21st Century Interactive Learning, including Metaverse & AI Learning, which offers personalized learning experiences through virtual reality that cater to each student’s unique abilities and learning styles.
Who Is Mr. Brian?
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, Social Learning Network, and 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.
Brian is recognized internationally for his expertise, experience, and innovation. He has authored two groundbreaking books for ‘Learning to Read’ and ‘Reading to Learn’ which have been praised by Dr. Tim Rasinski, Kent State University (one of the most noted literacy experts in the world). Phonics Things and Literacy Mats provide content for the LearnPoint project.
Who Is Mr. Brian?
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, Social Learning Network, and 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.
Brian is recognized internationally for his expertise, experience, and innovation. He has authored two groundbreaking books for ‘Learning to Read’ and ‘Reading to Learn’ which have been praised by Dr. Tim Rasinski, Kent State University (one of the most noted literacy experts in the world). Phonics Things and Literacy Mats provide content for the LearnPoint project.
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.
