The Goddard School teams up with Blue's Clues star for live stream reading record

The Goddard School teams up with Blue's Clues star for live stream reading record

The Goddard School (USA) has been supporting children and their families across the USA for over 37 years, creating a warm environment to care for and educate children from six weeks to six years old. 

Every day, they teach and nurture nearly 100,000 children, contributing to their important early social, emotional and academic development.

The Goddard School wanted to kick off the new school year and celebrate the start of National Literacy Month (September) with something truly special involving students and faculty members from their more than 650 schools. Collectively, they attempted to set the Guinness World Records title for the most viewers for a reading live stream on YouTube.

6,535 viewers tuned in to the live stream to watch Steve Burns, the original host of the children’s show Blue’s Clues, read Curious Blueberry the Carousel House. 

The record-breaking figure represents the number of devices that concurrently watched the live stream. In total, tens of thousands of students and teachers from the more than 650 Goddard Schools watched live, as thousands of classrooms tuned in from a single device in each room.

Curious Blueberry the Carousel House was written by award-winning author Steve Metzger and follows the journey of Blueberry and her colourful carousel animal friends who learn to find joy through their curiosity. The book includes cues for the reader to ask open-ended questions throughout the story, enabling an engaging and individualised experience for each child.