Let’s Uncomplicate Learning. Together.

Our Mission: We’re Begin, the early learning leader for kids 2-10. Our mission is to give every child the best start to achieving their fullest potential. We believe early learning is the key to unlocking growth at every stage of life. Because how we begin can impact how far we can go.

Our Award-Winning Products: Play is the universal language of learning. Made to engage growing minds and build the skills that matter most, our hands-on and digital products include activity kits from Little Passports, learning apps from HOMER, codeSpark, and Learn with Sesame Street, and one-on-one instruction from KidPass Tutors.

Our Research-Backed Approach: The noise around learning is relentless. Our experts have simplified the research to guide you to what matters most. The Begin Approach redefines learning through the essential skill areas for school and life success. We call these the 5 C’s—Core Skills, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Curiosity, and Character—all equally vital to kids’ growth.

The Future of Learning Is Now: We help kids thrive in an ever-changing world, so they can be well-prepared for tomorrow, beginning today. From AI to jobs that don’t yet exist, change is both inevitable and constant. We help power up potential during childhood to set kids up for future success. To shape a generation of empathetic humans who can find creative solutions to complex problems. To inspire confident thinkers who ask the right questions and challenge the status quo.

Why we chose Learning with Sesame Street: They believe every child deserves the best path forward, so they’ve made the Begin Approach easy, doable, and accessible for all. With free expert advice and resources, Begin empowers families, educators, caregivers—everyone, everywhere—to build the 5 C’s in everyday life. They also partner with some of the most recognized names in early childhood development, including LEGO Ventures, Sesame Workshop, and Gymboree Play & Music.

KINDERGARTEN THROUGH CAREER

Online Learning, Lifetime Impact. Whether you’re a parent looking for a safer, flexible education for your kindergartner or are an adult seeking a better future, K12 programs offer online learning, connection, and collaboration for a lifetime of success.

K12 partners with families to support student learning every step of the way. Our Parent Portal gives you daily insights into what students are learning and how they’re performing. With K12, students, parents, and teachers alike have a collaborative, engaging, and rewarding educational experience.

Key Facts About K12:

• 2M+ students have chosen K12-powered schools
• Tuition-free K12-powered schools offered in many states
• Career and college preparation for middle and high school students
• Public and private school options to fit students’ needs
• Transforming education for decades

Why we chose K12: Learn Better, Together. The best online education brings out the best in people — curiosity, exuberance, uniqueness — while cultivating academic aptitudes, talents, social skills, and self-esteem. Together, students excel, employees thrive, and businesses grow with self-paced courses, personalized learning, and access to expert educators and award-winning curriculum.

Our digital-only curriculum offers individual 25 minute lessons with a qualified teacher. This gamified learning platform includes virtual 360-degree tours, in-lesson games, creative homework assignments, animated comic stories, and a rewards dashboard that ensure that our young students remain engaged in the learning experience.

Our passionate, professional teachers will open the exciting world of the English language to your child. They are native speakers with at least two years of teaching experience.

• All of our teachers are certified ESL specialists with experience in online teaching to children.
• We practice the Total Physical Response (TPR) approach with gestures, facial expressions, and movements.

Machine Learning

To get an accurate assessment of the child’s knowledge, we analyze 1,500 ‘micro-skills’ through the use of machine learning and AI technology. For example, we monitor how well the child has mastered a particular grammatical structure, whether he/she often forgets words or pauses in their speech. The technology-driven approach neutralizes external factors and eliminates possible inaccuracies in the assessment. This being said, our teachers are involved in the grading process after a student has completed a set number of lessons.

Why we chose Novakid: They use the immersive approach to language learning. This means that students learn English in much the same way that natives do - through communication with native teachers in a fun virtual classroom. Lessons are engaging, fast-paced and last just 25 minutes, making it easier for children to maintain focus and retain the material. Students look forward to their lessons - each one of which is an exciting quest!

Why CodeMonkey?

CodeMonkey is user-friendly and intuitive. CodeMonkey takes a straight-forward approach, teaching real text-based code in a manner that even 8-year-olds can understand.

CodeMonkey is a web-based learning platform that offers a variety of computer programming courses and tools that bridge the gap between wanting to code and becoming an expert in the field. The uniqueness of CodeMonkey stems from the fact that the platform teaches children real text-based programming from day one in an easy and game-like manner. The courses are user-friendly and intuitive so children can jump right into them without needing an introductory course or previous coding background.

What will your child learn?

CODING CONCEPTS: Through the CodeMonkey program, children will learn coding concepts such as:

• Statements & Arguments
• Objects
• Loops
• Variables
• Arrays
• Functions and Conditions

PYTHON: Python is a widely used programming language in the real world. A few of CodeMonkey’s courses teach it, specifically Banana Tales. Find out why it is an industry favorite below:

• Allows developers to write fewer lines of code for tasks so it takes less time to build a program
• Simple programming syntax with English-like commands
• Functional - Can be used to create a wide-range of programs
• Libraries of ready-made code available

COFFEESCRIPT: CoffeeScript, a useful coding language, is taught in Coding Adventure. Here’s are some reasons why:

• Easy syntax - similar to JavaScript but the code is cleaner and more concise
• Easy to read and learn compared to other languages
• Small, clear language with lots of code examples
• Effective after learning the basics

Why we chose CodeMonkey: CodeMonkey is a leading coding for kids program. Through its award-winning courses, millions of students learn how to code in real programming languages. CodeMonkey offers an engaging and enjoyable curriculum for schools, after-school clubs and camps as well as self-paced online courses to learn coding at home.

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Mrs Wordsmith is a team of artists, game designers, writers, data scientists, teachers, and researchers. The company was founded in 2015 by Sofia Fenichell, a mother and writer with a simple vision: to create educational content that worked, and that her kids wanted to use. Schools weren’t keeping pace with entertainment and technology, and she was determined that language would not be left in the dust. Using Hollywood-quality animation and state-of-the-art game design, Mrs Wordsmith creates books, games, and apps to improve the reading and writing outcomes of kids aged 4 - 11, and to make word learning hilariously fun both at school and at home.

Why we chose Mrs Wordsmith: World-class pedagogy. They work with the world’s most influential childhood literacy experts to ensure that all of their products are backed by the latest and best research into reading development. Their advisors include the very people who designed the phonics curriculum in both the US and the UK, as well as leading teachers who bring a wealth of knowledge and insight into how this research can be applied in the real world. Mrs Wordsmith pedagogy focuses on gamification, visual learning, and spaced repetition to ensure that learning sticks, with word curation informed by cutting-edge data science.