Film + Flashcards
For Pre-Primary and early Primary years
Founder : Feb 2020 - Present. / All rights reserved. www.childrenoftype.com
Here’s a powerful and exciting tool born out of a simple observation.
Learning a language is an emotional journey.
Children often wonder,
“Why are there big and small letters?”
The Roman alphabet is the only writing system with separate capital and small letters. Educators say it poses an initial learning challenge for children.
Children of Type humanises the alphabet to create a loving parent-child relationship between big and small letters. This helps reduce the stress a child associates with learning English. It makes learning fun, exciting and memorable for kids.
“Why are there big and small letters?”
The Roman alphabet is the only writing system with separate capital and small letters. Educators say it poses an initial learning challenge for children.
Children of Type humanises the alphabet to create a loving parent-child relationship between big and small letters. This helps reduce the stress a child associates with learning English. It makes learning fun, exciting and memorable for kids.
Children often have unexpressed emotions,
and a rich imagination waiting to be tapped.
Watching the bond between the letters can stimulate these emotions and creative ideas. All they need, then, is a nudge from a parent or educator (like you!) to help them express the thoughts brimming in their minds.
The set of Flashcards is a tool for you to facilitate and guide conversations about the alphabet, relationships, feelings and possibilities.
View the complete film: 6min, with sound.
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At the intersection of learning, language, emotion and human relationships, this helps stimulate the cognitive, creative, social and emotional development in a child.
Based on SEL (socio-emotional learning), this is a refreshing innovation for Pre-Primary and early Primary children.
It consists of a Film + Flashcards.
The 6min short animated film has been created in collaboration with one of Pixar's best animators. Aimed to transform the relationship of children with the alphabet, this has instantly impacted children, parents, educators and schools across multiple cities.
Besides curiosity-induced self-learning, the kit simultaneously works across themes like suppressed emotions, untapped imagination, self-awareness, decision making, conflict resolution, consent, relationships, inclusivity, trust, safety, communication, independent inquiry and more. The Flashcards hold stimulating questions designed with these themes as a foundation to create meaningful and exciting conversations between educators and children & parents and children.
Children and parents on Children of Type
Pre-Primary educators share their thoughts!
Children from around the world
on Children of Type
Mathilda, a 6 year old German girl, wrote a 10 page
story a few days after watching the animation.
story a few days after watching the animation.
As a child, I always imagined, that the capital letters in the English language were the ‘elders’ and that the small ones were ‘children’ who would one day grow up to become good capitals. This led to me to conceptualising ‘Children of Type’, an animated typeface designed to make children love the Roman alphabet despite their oddities. Just how families love each other.
A 90sec peek into Children of Type : With sound
Concept, Stories, Design : Shirin Johari
2D Cell-animation partner : Venkatram Viswanathan
Sound Design - Shirin Johari and Venkatraman Vishwanathan
Curriculum Development : Shirin Johari, Aarefa Johari, Thomas Johari,
Validated and furthered by:
Pallavi Bhat - Early Childhood Specialist, based in Mumbai, India
Alafia Zaveri - Special Educator based in Seattle, USA
Shalini Mukherjee Soni - Educator, Based in Toronto, Canada
The creators are experts and award winners in the fields of innovation, design, curriculum development, education, early childhood, storytelling, child psychology, communication, research, and anthropology.
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out for 'Children of Type' messaging, interactive typing, Learning Cards, animated stickers and more.
Talks
TEDx, Mumbai 2016 : Classrooms, Bagpackers and a Revolution
• ISDI Parsons School of Design and Innovation 2020 : There’s a Hack for Cultivating Intuitive Intelligence
• Reliance Foundation Hospitals and Research Centre at SORC, Festival
of Orthopedics, 2019 :
The Anatomy of Intuition
• TEDx Unplugged, Mumbai 2019 :
The Trick to Cultivating Eureka Moments in your Career.
• Symbiosis University, as Chief Guest, Pune 2017 • Startup Chile, Santiago 2015
• Creative Beta Mornings, Mumbai 2013
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