EdCircuit Staff 
AN INNOVATIVE READING COMPREHENSION APP
Award-winning EdTech startup applies its unique and successful methodology, “Learn, Play, Create”, to create an innovative, new digital learning solution.
Reykjavik, 11th of March 2022
Innovative Icelandic EdTech company, Mussila, is proud to present Mussila WordPlay, a new creative digital learning solution for children using Mussila’s unique ‘Learn, Play, Create’ methodology. With the learning-through-play approach, the new app provides a safe space for children, six years old and up, to learn to read and improve their comprehension skills in English. The app is available on the App Store as of 11th March, 2022.
The app is designed to spark children’s natural curiosity, motivating them to easily master the fundamentals of reading and to use their sense of creativity and play to firmly strengthen the knowledge acquired. WordPlay is structured upon evidence-based practice and clinical expertise in speech and language pathology and has shown excellent results in establishing good language skills.
From Music to Words
Research has shown that language and music are connected through listening, rhythm, and singing. This connection is essential for developing phonological awareness. Considering the above, WordPlay is the perfect addition to Mussila’s first game, Mussila Music, which has proven to be effective in teaching music to diverse groups of students. The multiple award-winning app is available in 32 languages and has been certified by the Finnish Education Alliance as a quality learning solution. Currently, children from all over the world are playing the game, and schools in 19 countries are using the app for music education.
Digital educational platform of the future
The demand for the app grew substantially during the beginning of the Covid era, when schools closed down and switched to distance-based learning in countries across the globe. It was then that the company decided to create a new solution for schools and distance learning. Mussila WordPlay will also be part of the school catalogue, increasing the offer’s value for educational institutions. Mussila intends to continue expanding its categories of subjects in the coming year, using its unique methodology to give every child a way to learn.
“Children are natural learners and our task is to give them creative tools based on evidence-based practice that sparks their curiosity, motivating them
to learn.” Says Jon Gunnar Thordarson, CEO of Mussila. “Having been one of those students that struggled to keep up my interest in school, nothing makes me happier than hearing from teachers all over the world how both the most challenged children and those that have been bored out of their minds are now learning through our apps, and enjoying it.” WordPlay is an excellent addition to Mussila’s school catalogue and one step closer to becoming the digital educational platform of the future.
You can download WordPlay on the App Store here and on Google Play here.
Click here for access to the media kit with visuals.
Further information is provided by:
Jón Gunnar Thordarson
About Mussila
Mussila is an EdTech company that offers creative digital learning solutions for children through a unique Learn, Play, Create methodology. It was founded in Iceland in 2015 by experts in computer science, music and pedagogy. Our goal is to create digital solutions to improve the learning process and the overall quality of education available to young people worldwide to equip them better for the future. Mussila apps are used by children worldwide at home and in schools.
