Storytelling is our superpower. Learning is our passion.
We’re storyteachers.
Today’s kids are exploring a world far more complex than the one we grew up in, and they’re facing challenges we never imagined.
What skills do they need to navigate this fundamentally changed world?
The ability to think creatively and critically, to adapt and solve problems, to understand and feel at home in communities far beyond their own, and to express their thoughts and feelings with clarity.
These are the new fundamentals, and they’re teachable skills. That’s where Encantos comes in.
We know kids learn best through stories. So we partner with a diverse group of storytellers to create culturally rich, curriculum-infused storyteaching experiences.
Storyteaching engages and inspires kids to think on their feet, to connect with others from backgrounds different than their own, and to be curious and creative.
With the Encantos storyteaching platform, kids learn the skills they need to flourish—and they learn to love learning along the way.
The Encantos app brings the storyverse to life and uses technology to help customize the experience so that our worlds grow as your children do.
But just as learning shouldn’t stop in the classroom, storyteaching doesn’t stop with our app.
By fusing physical and digital experiences, we expand our storyworlds to meet kids where they are, with the kinds of tools they love. Animated series, books, songs, apps, games, puzzles, and other products encourage kids to continue learning through play, curiosity, and engagement.
As a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC), each of our brands is tied to a family-focused social benefit cause to give back to a community. People want to work for, buy from, and invest in brands they believe in. We believe being a PBC is the most powerful way to build credibility, trust, and value with and for kids and families.
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In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, we sat down with the first Latina CEO of a children's entertainment company.
She shared her journey -- from following her dreams, to advice for aspiring entrepreneurs.
Susie Jaramillo is an author, artist and CEO of the children's entertainment company Encantos.
"I was born in Venezuela. My father is 100% Venezuelan, and my mother is Ecuadorian-Irish," she said.
Jaramillo sat down with CBS2's Zinnia Maldonado for a chat inside her Brooklyn studio, where he passion for art, technology and the Hispanic culture collide. It's also where she runs her brand.
"As a Latina who went to art school and paints traditionally and illustrates children's books and writes children's books, but also has built a tech company and uses tech to reach families, I'm a bit of a unicorn," she said.
The idea for Encantos came about when she realized there was a gap in the children's education market.
"I'm a Latina and I'm trying to raise bilingual kids here in this country who appreciate where they came from, and there was nothing out there -- no books, no apps, no animated content -- that represented us and our nursey rhymes," she said. "Fun fact: 26% of kids in the United States are Latino. Only 5% of roles in our kids media space are represented with Latino talent."
Encantos helps children learn in both English and Spanish via books, videos and games.
Most recently, Jaramillo launched an app called Canticos. It helps kids, no matter their background, learn Spanish or English, and it was named App of the Day by Apple last month.
"Our app is designed to help Latinos celebrate Hispanic Heritage every day," she said. "As Latinos, I really do think we have the best of both worlds. We have what we love about our culture -- our warmth, our sense of humor, our music, our food, our sense of familia. There's all of that, and then there's this American preparation."
While her company is successful today, Jaramillo said navigating the tech space while being a Latina artist was difficult. But she hopes her story inspires other Latinx entrepreneurs to pursue their dreams, no matter how unique.
"Lean into what you do well and follow that," she said. "Don't let anything hold you back. Don't let the down talk, the negativity hold you back. Just go for it 100%."
We’re a familia of award-winning storytellers, educators, illustrators, thought leaders, musicians, people persons, professional game-changers and amateur salsa dancers helping to change the way kids learn.
We believe the way forward to a more equal, just, and healthy world is to raise little ones who learn to appreciate themselves and each other for who they are. More humanity, more learning,
more love.
Our Kidscreen Award-winning videos are Emmy-nominated, and our app was nominated for Kidscreen’s “Best Learning App”. We’ve become the premier publisher of kids and family books focused on diversity, equality and inclusion. Based in Culver City, CA with its main creative studio in NYC, Encantos is a public-benefit company. Each one of our brands gives profits back to support meaningful causes. Living our purpose is part of our job description. We’re fans of compassion, merengue, and hugs.
We’re a familia of award-winning storytellers, educators, illustrators, thought leaders, musicians, people persons, professional game-changers and amateur salsa dancers helping to change the way kids learn.
We believe the way forward to a more equal, just, and healthy world is to raise little ones who learn to appreciate themselves and each other for who they are. More humanity, more learning, more love.
Our Kidscreen Award-winning videos are Emmy-nominated, and our app was nominated for Kidscreen’s “Best Learning App”.
We’ve become the premier publisher of kids and family
books focused on diversity, equality and inclusion.
Based in Culver City, CA with its main creative studio in NYC, Encantos is a public-benefit company. Each one of our brands gives profits back to support meaningful causes. Living our purpose is part of our job description.
We’re fans of compassion, merengue, and hugs.
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