Once you have data on exactly where your child is in a certain learning journey AI can help you generate perfect materials for them 📚 In this example I use Mentava Reading 🐮 data to print custom stories for my four year old calibrated to his exact knowledge each... day 🤯show more

I did this for my 4yo too! My set up is a little simpler, just a markdown note of his Mentava progress that my agent scrapes from the admin site each day (@MentavaInc wen API huh) Then Codex generates the images and story and prints it in booklet format, and I staple it into a little book for him

@MentavaInc They seem open to possibly making a webhook accessible, but also you can get data from the parent dashboard and it’s quite workable!

@MentavaInc Yep that's what I do now! I just have a nightly Codex job that logs in via Chrome and gets the report for me.

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@MentavaInc I think it's fantastic. Made me think about one thing. Just thinking on how kids have formative memories of things like the early cat in the hat and stuff like that. If everything is created in the moment maybe there's less memories to look back on. If that makes sense?

@MentavaInc Both! We read a ton of literature as well, no replacement for that!

@MentavaInc I wonder if @MentavaInc uses Letters and Sounds progression, as the first page is beginning Phase 2, and the next pages jump to Phase 3, using the "sh" consonant digraph.

@MentavaInc This matches where my child is at, mentava does use a progression and my child has covered these sounds

@MentavaInc Excellent!

@MentavaInc which img gen model are you using for good character consistency?

@MentavaInc This assumes data capture is always accurate and harmless. What learning is lost when the child expects perfectly calibrated materials instead of struggling through open-ended discovery?

This is an example, it doesn’t assume anything. Kids need a lot of different modalities but calibration is a net positive for concrete journeys like reading and math. The kids also just crack open real books etc too. I think a kid can do more open ended discovery once they are a strong reader.

@MentavaInc this is so insipring

If your kiddos love stories and love to create their own stories Here is another option: there are hundreds of free stories created by community storytellers and creators, kids can learn reading, writing and speaking, when little readers inspired can join the creator journey and create their stories too One thing really magic to my kids is: they feel their ideas being seen, being heard, they are so pround to share the stories they made to friends and the whole world

@MentavaInc This looks useful to adapt to foreign-language learning as well. For many languages it can be really difficult to find reading materials for a given level, and this would be good for generating your own graded readers.

@MentavaInc This is so cool! I want to make stories for my 5 year old son!

@MentavaInc This is how ai is going to take over the world, we’re not even using human wrote books and art now? Like building small books was litterally at thing I did in kindergarten, like holy shit you can do this by litterally just reading to your children proactively every night 😪

I did something like this for my kids as well! Finn is 7 and was running behind on his reading, French immersion in Gr. 1 delays English learning, so this summer, between Gr. 1 and 2, I built the storybook. Then I added prizes and a French section. Math is next, followed by basic physics and then biology, tech, etc. What a time to be alive. The site is free to anyone - feel free to check it out or use for your little guys! A narrative format, 16 chapter storybook with each chapter dedicated to a vowel sound.

@MentavaInc What AI tools do you suggest for 2-3 year old?

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@MentavaInc Yeah honestly there's a lot of fun you can have with AI and teaching if you aren't afraid of it. Custom coloring books, even songs.

@MentavaInc Awesome you are forging the path for public school practices

@MentavaInc Very cool.

@MentavaInc This is incredible.

@MentavaInc The future of AI in education is personalized, adaptive learning. This is my goal with my current main project.

@MentavaInc Disgusting generic slop for kids, visually disturbing, children should have a right to access actual art and beauty.

Why are you so angry? We spend our afternoons reading D’Aulaires Greek myths and I literally made a website about finding classic children’s literature of which we have an incredible home library. Oh and I run a curriculum showing my kids famous paintings and learning art history and my five year old can spot a Vermeer painting lol. But we are learning how to read and I generate stories for them on the fly with AI pictures… gasp! Perhaps be a positive force on the internet instead of whatever this is.

@MentavaInc I’m an artist actually, I spend my life creating. Good for you and your kids 👍🏻

@MentavaInc That’s great! I really don’t think ai imagery is coming to take over, but for on the fly production of something transitory like an early reader story it has value for us.

@MentavaInc This is amazing! Great work! Children’s education should be given by someone that knows and loves them.

@MentavaInc This is excellent progressive ramp-up in reading difficulty. You're kids will be avid readers in no time.

@MentavaInc what's your average compute spend lately? have you shifted to offline models?

This is such a good idea. ⭐️ We homeschool too, and we’re incorporating AI into our son’s curriculum while also carefully teaching him how to use it thoughtfully and responsibly. We want AI to support his learning and curiosity, but not replace his critical thinking and problem-solving skills that he needs to develop himself.

@MentavaInc ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ I love homeschooling! But I also help people start schools (micro, private, public, charter). I’m really interested in how we could train an entire staff to develop materials to personalize all content for young people as a key “instructional” strategy

@MentavaInc Data-driven customization sounds efficient, but does it risk narrowing a child’s exposure to serendipitous learning moments?

@MentavaInc That’s awesome!