The foundational milestones of the HOMER program are the perfect preparation for successfully mastering computational thinking skills with codeSpark Academy," said Grant Hosford, co-founder and CEO of codeSpark. Increasingly, our world is run by code, so it's more important than ever that kids master 21st century skills. "We are thrilled to join the BEGiN family and become part of HOMER's comprehensive learning program. codeSpark Academy has now been downloaded over 20 million times and was used in more than 40% of all US elementary schools in the past year. The program's average annual growth rate the past three years has exceeded 80%.
We know coding is most effectively taught through a digital program, and in codeSpark we have a best in class, award-winning product which we're thrilled to bring into the HOMER family ," Shenoy continued.ĬodeSpark Academy, the #1 learn-to-code program for kids, is designed to inspire the next generation of leaders and problem solvers using proprietary curriculum and creative tools that allow kids as young as four years old to design and code over 30,000 games and interactive stories every day. "We're excited to have the codeSpark team join HOMER on our mission to give every child the best start to their learning journey and prepare them with the skills they need for a 21st century world." said Neal Shenoy, CEO and co-founder of BEGiN "We do this by teaching the right skill, at the right time, in the right medium.
The foundational literacy, math, social-emotional, and critical thinking skills developed in HOMER's 0-6 program are the building blocks of codeSpark's platform that teaches critical thinking, creativity and collaborative learning through a STEM based curriculum. The codeSpark acquisition allows HOMER to expand from serving kids ages 0-6 to a comprehensive program for kids ages 0-10.