Be Your Child's BEDTIME STORY HERO

And virtually guarantee their success in school & life. Check out the read-aloud story vault today!

Inside The Vault...

Never-ending stories

Hundreds of fun, creative, silly, imaginative, and heart-warming read-aloud stories, perfect for bedtime, story time or ANY time. Age 2-12

built for kids 0-12

No matter what your child's age or reading level, we have something to help them in their journey to becoming a successful student and adult.

Child genius 101™

Hundreds of daily lesson plans & resources to help parents implement the research findings more easily and more affordably, starting at birth. Age 0-3

Fun-Facts!

Hundreds of read-aloud non-fiction articles exploring nature, animals, science, mechanics, engineering, math and the amazing world around us! Age 2-12

ontraq™ research-backed methodology

The OnTRAQ™ methodology underpins all our content and is built on groundbreaking, evidence-based early childhood research.

Dad, I love you because you read knowonder! stories to me every day.

What are knowonder! Read-Aloud Stories?

Read-aloud refers to content that is read out loud to a child by a parent, a tutor, a care-giver, a teacher or anyone interested in helping children grow, learn & develop.

Why are read-aloud stories (and other Read-Aloud Content) so important?

Read-aloud stories & content enhance & strengthen many literacy skills and abilities even better than picture books or other kinds of stories. Consider the following:

Benefits of Read-Aloud Stories & Content

What are Fun Facts!?

Fun Facts! are non-fiction articles that explore the amazing world of nature, animals, science, space, physics, math, engineering and more!

Like knowonder! stories, Fun Facts! are perfect read-aloud content.

Some samples of Fun Facts! include:

Written by Professionals

  • All knowonder! content is written by professional authors from around the world
  • Our content then undergoes a rigorous editing process by professional editors from around the world
  • Next…we are translating all our English content into Spanish

Historias en Español

Sample the knowonder! Story Vault

Enjoy excerpts from some stories in the knowonder! Story Vault. If you like what you see, join today!

What is OnTRAQ?

Parenting magazines spout hundreds of pieces of advice – but the first, the most important, & the most affordable thing you can do to help your baby’s brain develop, is to STAY OnTRAQ™ (TALK, READ & ASK QUESTIONS).

Talking proactively with your child is the first step in helping your child prepare for success in reading, in school, and in life, beginning at birth!

The OnTRAQ program/content not only teaches WHY talking is so important, we also make it easy and affordable to IMPLEMENT the findings in your own home.

OnTRAQ for Success, in School & Life:

Did You Know…

In the most-important study ever published in the field of early childhood development, researchers discovered one action to be the single-greatest factor in whether your child will succeed in school (and life). What is it?

The number of words your child hears.

Unfortunately, most children do not hear enough words, even in well-off and highly educated homes.

Groundbreaking New Research

The landmark study, called Meaningful Differences in the Lives of Everyday Children, was published by child development experts Dr. Todd R. Risley and Dr. Betty Hart.

This study found that certain children heard 30 million MORE words than their peers, and this single difference accounted for their success in school (and later, in life). In contrast, the other children struggled in school, and educators were never able to close that gap.

Since that time, their research has been reconfirmed thousands of times over by a non-profit group called LENA.org.

In continuing the work of Hart and Risley, LENA has discovered that the quality and type of words matters deeply.

Our stories, articles, games, OnTRAQ™ methodology, and other materials, are built on the evidence-based practices stemming from this body of research.

TRAQ stands for

Talk, Read & Ask Questions

The OnTRAQ™ Methodology

LENA.org has shown that the QUALITY of words matters as much as the quantity. Not all talk is equal. The most valuable talk is called “conversation turns” – when a parent talks, then waits for the child to reply – even if/when the baby can’t speak yet!

That’s why all our content implements our OnTRAQ methodology, short for Talk, Read, & Ask Questions.

Every story, every article, every book and every product we create is designed to help you engage your children in higher quality words through conversation turns.

onTRAQ™ in action

The Power of
Little Things

“Success is the product of daily habits—not once-in-a-lifetime transformations.”

It’s one thing to have access to amazing, powerful tools. It’s another thing to remember to use them every day. We understand life is busy and even important things are sometimes forgotten.

To help you never miss a story time or Child Genius 101 lesson, you can opt-in to daily emails or texts with a link to the daily story or Child Genius 101 daily lesson! 

Benefits of a Daily Text

“All big things come from small beginnings. The seed of every habit is a single, tiny decision. But as that decision is repeated, a habit sprouts and grows stronger."

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