AI reading and math tutor
A storybook that learns to read with your child
Every week, a trip across Latin America: a story written for your child with the words they can already read, a mission at home and a stamp in their passport.
- Ages 4 to 10
- In Spanish
- One hour a day at most
Our take on Y Combinator’s request for “The Primer”, built for Spanish-speaking families in Latin America.
Leer · Los volcanes
Las palabras amarillas las lees tú
Ema sube la loma con su mapa. Arriba, el volcán echa humo. ¿Sale humo? ¡Sí, sale!
8One week in each country
Monday to Saturday, with a stamp at the end.
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Guatemalavolcanoes and quetzals
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Mexicopyramids and butterflies
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Perustones, knots and llamas
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Chilemoai and stars
How it works
A book, an adult beside them and a passport
It lives on a screen, but it is used like a paper book: someone sitting alongside, pencils at hand and a conversation afterwards.
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For your child
A book written for the one reading it
Each day opens a few pages of the trip. The story uses the words your child can already read: they read the yellow ones alone, you read the rest. When they learn a new letter, the book starts using it.
- Math challenges hidden in the story: counting volcanic stones, continuing a Mayan weaving pattern.
- When it’s time to imagine or create, they draw by hand on paper and you take a photo of the paper.
A page from the Guatemala trip, with the “Para ti” (for you) strip at the bottom. -
For you, the adult
You sit beside them, with a guide on every page
Nothing to prepare. Before opening the book you see what they will learn today and what your part is, in two minutes. On every page a “Para ti” strip tells you how to help without giving the answer away.
- You mark what they read and what they can’t yet, and the book adjusts what comes next.
- The book closes after one hour in a day. You can lower that limit.
The adult area. “Pino” is a sample family. -
For the whole home
A mission at home and a stamp in the passport
At the end of the week there is a mission with things you have at home (in Guatemala, making a huipil out of an old T-shirt), and your child presents the trip to the family. Then the country’s stamp goes into their passport, which you can print.
The passport, with the first stamp in.
- Streaks
- Prizes or points
- Comparisons with other kids
- More than an hour a day
AI, with limits
What the AI does, and what it doesn’t
The AI writes; it never talks with your child. Everything it writes goes through rules before it reaches the book.
What it does
- Writes the story before the sessionWith the week’s country, your child’s interests and level. When they open the book, the page is already written.
- Uses the letters they already knowEvery story is checked against those letters: only words they can read are highlighted in yellow.
- Goes through you firstIn the pilot, the adult reads each story before the child does.
What it doesn’t
- No chatting with your childThere is no chat with the AI. Your child reads, counts, draws and talks with you.
- No face, no voiceNothing is recorded. Photos are of the paper drawing, and only reach the AI if you allow it.
- No open-ended spendingThere is a spending cap per family. If it’s reached, the AI pauses.
Privacy
Privacy, in plain words
Only what’s needed
You sign in with your email. No phone number, no one’s real name: your child gets a nickname.
The nickname never reaches the AI
The AI gets age, letters, interests and what happens in the book. Never the nickname, name, school or where you live.
Photos of paper, not people
Drawings are made by hand and you photograph them. Only if you allow it, a small copy goes to the AI to suggest a question.
Delete everything
What happens in the book is kept for your family and only visible with your account. You can delete it all at any time.
Full privacy policy: coming soon. Questions in the meantime: hola@kbros.ai.
Who we are
There are four of us
Leonardo, Gabriela, Andy and Teresa. Gabriela, Leonardo and Teresa have known each other since university, more than 20 years ago. Before Kbros, we built digital products and helped grow companies.
Want to talk? Write to hola@kbros.ai.
- Leonardo
- Gabriela
- Andy
- Teresa
Pilot
Request an invite
We are opening Kbros · Viajes slowly, to a few families. Leave your email and your child’s age, and we’ll write when there’s a spot.
We don’t ask for your child’s name. We only use your email to write to you about Kbros. The book itself is in Spanish.