Boardstories from Onilo – Animated Stories for Powerful Reading Moments

Boardstories are the digital heart of Onilo: lovingly animated and narrated picture book and non-fiction stories that engage children emotionally and motivate them to explore language, texts, and content. Well-known children’s and picture books, as well as specially developed titles on topics such as democracy, climate education, and everyday non-fiction subjects, are transformed into a child-friendly, interactive format.
 
With more than 260 Boardstories, you can integrate digital media effectively into your lessons. Targeted animations and zooms draw attention to key visual details and thus support text comprehension. Children experience characters, emotions, and actions more intensely and develop a deeper understanding of connections. Functions such as read-aloud, showing and hiding the text, or pausing at suitable points enable differentiated use – from speech-accompanying work to fostering independent reading.
 
Boardstories are suitable for shared use in morning circle time, on digital whiteboards, or in group rooms, as well as for individualized learning situations on tablets and PCs. Heterogeneous classes and groups benefit from an offering that can be adapted to different language levels, reading abilities, and learning prerequisites. Pedagogical accompanying materials, digital and analog, provide ready-to-use ideas for language support, reading strategies, creative writing, science and social studies, and cross-curricular projects.
 
With Onilo codes, selected Boardstories can also be used at home, allowing learning and shared reading experiences to extend into family life. They can be accessed on all common devices via browser or app, and the legal framework is clearly defined for educational settings. This makes Boardstories a practical tool for contemporary reading promotion – from the first shared picture book moment all the way to independent reading.