Development of an Interactive Educational Storytelling App to Enhance Early Math Literacy

Many young children lack positive engagement with math due to parental math anxiety and limited accessible learning resources, leading to difficulties in building foundational math skills. There is a need for a user-friendly, inclusive digital platform that promotes interactive math learning for children and fosters parental involvement, accessible across multiple devices and accommodating diverse user needs.

A nonprofit educational organization aiming to improve early childhood math skills through engaging digital resources.

• Create a web and mobile application that delivers math-based stories designed around early education curricula.
• Implement multiple modes of story engagement, including real-time reading, prerecordings, and professional narration, to facilitate varied learning styles.
• Ensure accessibility compliance (e.g., ADA/AODA standards) and multilingual support (e.g., English and French) for inclusive access.
• Achieve broad user adoption, targeting at least 50,000 downloads within the first year.
• Position the platform as a trusted educational resource, gaining recognition on relevant educational and government platforms.

• Content Management System (CMS) for creating and organizing math stories aligned with early education standards.
• User interface supporting children’s navigation with intuitive controls for young users and inclusive options for caregivers.
• Multiple story engagement modes: real-time reading with a caregiver, prerecorded story playback, and narration by professional voice actors.
• Multilingual support in English and French.
• Accessibility features ensuring compliance with relevant standards, such as text-to-speech, adjustable font size, and screen reader compatibility.
• Device compatibility across iOS, Android, desktop browsers (Safari, Chrome, Edge).
• Analytics dashboard for tracking user engagement and download metrics.

• Government or educational platform APIs for resource listing and promotion.
• Analytics services to monitor user interactions and app performance.
• Multilingual content management systems.

• Scalability to support at least 50,000 downloads within the first year.
• High performance with swift load times across devices and browsers.
• Security measures for user data protection and privacy compliance.
• Availability with 99.9% uptime to ensure accessibility.

The digital storytelling platform is expected to significantly improve early math engagement among children, achieving over 50,000 downloads within the first year. It aims to enhance math literacy by providing accessible, curriculum-aligned stories that foster positive parental involvement and reduce math anxiety, thereby contributing to improved academic performance and increased trust in digital educational resources.