# Educational Wordsearch Bots IssyBot Helps Young Kids With Reading, Spelling, and Typing Skills By Joey Haar | Published 2017-06-29 | Life-Stages Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/issybot References: [producthunt](https://www.producthunt.com/posts/issybot-wordsearch) & [messenger](https://www.messenger.com/t/IssyBotWordsearch) For the most part, [chatbots on platforms like Facebook Messenger](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/feelbot) are either completely goofy or staidly functional AI aimed at adult users, but IssyBot is a new Messenger bot designed specifically for [children](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/kidtivity-lab). The bot's service is simple: it plays a word game that helps kids with reading ability, spelling, and typing. IssyBot presents kids with a word search game embedded directly into text format. The bot will ask its user to hunt for a word that fits into the given category (things like a month, a day, a color, a pet, etc.) It then sends a message with a scramble of letters and the answer word snuck in, like a familiar word search but with just a single word as the answer. The game is great for young kids, as they can play on the devices to which their accustomed while still learning. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.1/10 - Popularity: 12% | Activity: 12% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Gen Alpha - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Life-Stages](https://www.trendhunter.com/life-stages) > [Youth](https://www.trendhunter.com/youth) ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Vocabulary Puzzle Games](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/word-search-chase-letters.md) - [AI ABC Games](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/abc-finder.md) - [Child-Focused Education Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/norbys-world.md) - [Child-Friendly AI Tutors](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ai-tutor.md) - [Playful Ai Companions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ai-bunny.md) - [Early Literacy Tutors](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mentava.md) - [Child-Friendly AI Learning Companions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-fluffles.md) - [AI Kids Companion](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/toontalk.md) - [Early Language Learning](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/voiczy.md)