Scope: Educational Print Design

Read to Succeed Buffalo

Three other designers and I were tasked to redesign educational resources that promote literacy learning for children in grades PK–3. Each item acts as its own sheet, but can also be compiled into a booklet, or Build-A-Binder.

Revitalizing resources for an early childhood literacy nonprofit

*Cover designed by Emily Castrichini & Amy Ottman

Tracking literacy accomplishments and visualizing progress

The robot, Axle, acts as a guide who learns and grows alongside the reader. Kids place stickers within the gears to track their literacy accomplishments and see visual progress.

*Original Axle created by Emily Castrichini

Keeping resources out of the trash bin and onto the fridge

The document needed a literacy upgrade to make it worth holding onto from the perspective of younger children and their parents.

Proposing an engaging, hands-on activity

I proposed the idea of creating a DIY robot activity. Children can mix and match heads, bodies, and legs to create a robot of their own.

*Made in collaboration with Emily Castrichini

In our designs, we used dark blue to increase reading comprehension, as well as exciting colors and typefaces to attract the attention of our younger audience.

Using psychology to maintain literacy focus

I was responsible for designing the Kindergarten, first-grade, and DIY robot pages individually. I also took the lead in establishing the layout to achieve consistency across all pages.