## What is Storyteaching?

Stories are magical tools for teaching. We take enchanting stories and fuse them with curriculum-based learning to meet kids where they are and inspire a life-long love of learning. _That's_ storyteaching.

## What is Storyteaching?

We believe children learn best when they want to, and what kid doesn’t love a great story? Storyteaching takes the best of entertainment and fuses it with the best of education to meet kids where they are, as individuals, and make learning something they love.

## The New Fundamentals

The world our children inherit will be fundamentally changed. They’ll need new skills to be their best—not just reading, writing, and arithmetic, but _new_ fundamentals. Like the ability to think critically, adapt to change, and care for the people and planet around them.  Encantos helps kids learn these new fundamentals to prepare them for a fundamentally changed world.

With Encantos, Kids Learn...

## Learning Skills:

### prepare kids to think—and enjoy learning—in changing situations

# So they can rally the troops and bring others along too

# Communication →

# So they aren’t limited to only what they can do themselves

# Collaboration →

# So they can thrive even when instructions aren’t included

# Creativity →

# So they can think on their feet and solve problems that haven’t been discovered yet  ‍

# Critical-Thinking →

# So they understand everyone has value and something to give

# Compassion →

# So they can put themselves in someone else’s shoes

# Empathy →

# So they can be comfortable even when things change

# Adaptability →

# So they can see how differences enrich our world

# Social Awareness →

# So they know that there is a right thing to do

# Ethics →

With Encantos, Kids Learn...

## Life Skills:

### help kids build character, because character is a teachable skill

With Encantos, Kids Learn...

## Literacy Skills:

### Because in a fundamentally changed world, we need to know fundamentally different things

# So they can learn what numbers mean and how to use them

# Numeracy →

# So they can thrive in a world that’s getting smaller and smaller

# Multilingualism →

# So they can count their pennies and be able to manage their dollars

# Financial Literacy →

# So they can become protectors of the planet we all share

# Environmental Awareness →

# So they understand the role they play in our government and communities

# Civics →

## **Our Educational Approach**

At Encantos, Educators shape everything we do.

# **Storytelling as a Tool**

Before we can read or write, we learn through stories. Encantos taps into the power of stories to enchant and engage, while adding educational value by infusing them with educator-designed curriculums.

# **Meeting Kids Where They Are**

Each child is unique and so is the way they learn best. Encantos meets kids where they are with personalized content across multiple formats so kids can learn in the ways they love most.

# **Enrichment Extends Beyond the Classroom**

With Encantos, you can bring learning everywhere, from the living room to the back seat of the car. Because when learning is this fun, kids learn to love it.

## Meet Some of our Storyteachers

Storyteachers are everywhere. Encantos brings together the best voices in the world to help teach the most important skills. Get to know a few of them…

# **Tyrus Goshay**

Tyrus Goshay is an award-winning digital Illustrator and 3D artist. He serves as a college professor, teaching both game design and illustration in his off time. Tyrus has a bachelor’s in Computer Animation and Multimedia, and a master’s degree in Teaching With Technology (MALT). He has contributed to several award-winning projects in the world of toy design, and has been recognized for his achievements in academia as well.

# **Aransas Savas**

Aransas is a professional Wellbeing and Mindset Coach and the mom of two daughters whose worries sometimes get in the way of them being their best selves. Aransas created Wally the Worried Walrus to help her kids and others get in touch with their worries and learn important life skills for managing them, so they can play and learn more, and worry less.

# **Justin Bullard**

Justin is a director, animator, producer, and dad. Watching his daughters grow, Justin realized kid’s entertainment lacked an emphasis on teaching empathy. Combining his love of aliens, humor, and storytelling to bring Alpha Squad to life, Justin seeks to teach empathy through storytelling and give kids awesome, inclusive, unforgettable characters to learn from.

# **Melissa Victor**

Melissa "Melly" Victor is the creator of Stoopkid Stories podcast. Melly used her background in music and theatre, love for writing, creativity, and experiences growing up in Baltimore, to create this storybook podcast featuring 7 young Black characters. It was featured on the NY Times "A Big List of Podcasts for Bigger Kids", in Podcast Magazine, and by Bello Collective, and was nominated for 2 Black Podcasting Awards.

## Want to be a Storyteacher?

At Encantos we believe if you have a story to tell, you can be a storyteacher too. That’s why we’re developing tools to help connect creators to the Encantos audience.