Resources for Parents to Use Next Term: Educational Comics
Dekko Comics combine the reading-accessibility of graphic novels with the important value of school subjects to help school children aged 9-12 with their studies.
Finding resources that teach young learners about maths, literacy, science and so on can be a tricky enough task in itself, since there is so much to choose from. But a task that can prove even harder is finding something that engages them and gets them interested in the topics that they’re studying.
But what if there was a way to help a child with their times tables, spelling, and french vocabulary while also being so fun and easy to access that they would even use the resource in their leisure time as if it were a Saturday activity?
If you’ve been looking for such a resource then look no further! Dekko Comics are a series of short wacky comic stories that turn school subjects in KS2 (ages 9-12) into pure visual entertainment. They have proven so accessible and popular among their readership, that they have sold thousands of copies worldwide since beginning in 2016 and have proven especially helpful for reluctant readers and children with ASN needs.
A clip from a Dekko Comic story teaching about Anglo-Saxons, (History).
Why do Dekko Comics stand out amongst fun reading and learning support resources alike?
They are the only comic series that focus directly on teaching across the curriculum. They utilise the visuals and narrative of the comic medium to give the reader more than just words to access the information through, which is especially helpful for young learners who struggle with word-only / conventional reading formats.
The panels and speech bubbles naturally chop up the dialogue, making each fact taught through the comics easier to digest and distinct to remember. Great for children who get overwhelmed by large chunks of text.
Just as coloured notes are popular for test or exam revision, Dekko uses colour coding to distinguish between facts and story dialogue.
The school subjects covered in the comics (from Maths and Literacy to Geography and PSHE) are taught through entertainment-based stories with unique cartoon characters. The stories stand up as fun-to-read narratives in themselves. When a reader is reading a Dekko Comic about algebra, for example, it doesn’t feel like it because it is just part of the story. This breaks down resistance barriers and naturally increases confidence and motivation; including for children with dyslexia, autism and ADHD.
A clip from a Dekko Comic story teaching Parts of Speech, (Literacy).
“The feedback from the children has been completely positive and they seem to have appealed to all kinds of people ... readers looking for humour are giggling but also coming to tell me what they’ve learned; and non-fiction fans absolutely love them wholesale.”
To purchase your own set of Dekko Comics, please see below.
If you would like to review the comics before purchasing, you can view some online examples here: