Kimbo
Kimbo Learning · AI learning platform
Interactive, AI-powered stories for K–3 learners that turn reading and math practice into personalized adventures, with choices that shape what happens next.
Overview
Young readers choose what happens next, complete reading quests, and follow their progress across every adventure.
- Built with
- Next.js · TypeScript · OpenAI · RAG · Supabase · Accessibility
Problem
Skill practice can feel disconnected from the stories children want to read. The experience also needs to work for different reading levels and accessibility preferences while giving parents a clear view of progress.
Solution
Kimbo builds learning into multi-chapter adventures. Students choose a skill, an interest, and a genre before they begin. Chapters mix story decisions with reading or math prompts, while saved progress lets students return to their adventures and parents follow their learning.
Architecture
- Story setupSkill, interest, genre
- Student profileGrade and progress
- Story serviceOutline and chapter flow
- OpenAIGenerated story content
- Student readerChoices and learning prompts
- SupabaseStories, answers, progress
- Parent dashboardActivity and skill insights
Decisions
- Start with a child's interests
- Story creation asks students to choose a skill, an interest, and a genre. Those choices shape the adventure before the first chapter begins.
- Put practice inside the adventure
- The chapter flow combines story decisions with reading or math prompts, so learning is part of the journey through the story.
- Let readers adjust the experience
- Accessibility controls offer text size, contrast, and motion preferences to support different reading and attention needs.
- Make progress visible
- Student progress and skill data feed a parent dashboard with activity, insights, and areas that need more practice.