Powered by the HOMER Method, the most effective way for your child to learn— HOMER's expert-designed learning framework is research-backed and kid-tested to give your child the best start to their learning journey. Focused on both academic and personal skills, HOMER develops confident learners prepared for both school and life.
HOMER's Learn & Grow app builds skills across subjects like reading, math, social-emotional learning & more through thousands of activities kids love. Our program helps your kids fall in love with learning by combining their age, interests and learning level to create a personalized learning plan that grows with them.
HOMER Explore Kits takes the impact of our digital learning program and enhances it with the power of hands-on play, giving kids opportunities to deepen the skills they are learning in the app through real-life practice and pretend-play.
HOMER's Learn & Grow app builds skills across subjects like reading, math, social-emotional learning & more through thousands of activities kids love. Our program helps your kids fall in love with learning by combining their age, interests and learning level to create a personalized learning plan that grows with them.
HOMER Explore Kits takes the impact of our digital learning program and enhances it with the power of hands-on play, giving kids opportunities to deepen the skills they are learning in the app through real-life practice and pretend-play.
Location: United States, New York
Employees: 201-500
Founded date: 2008
Investors 7
Mentions in press and media 16
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| 30.11.2020 | Invention Opportunity In Early Learning And Development | AppleTree Early Learning, Washington DC Tom Vander Ark |
| 30.09.2020 | BEGiN Raises $50M From LEGO, Sesame and Gymboree to Scale Early Education Services | Researchers estimate that 85 to 90 percent of a child’s brain is developed by the age of five. But studies suggest that less than 4 percent of public education investments go to programs serving children during this critical period. That di... |
| 30.09.2020 | Homer Raises $50M in Series C Funding | BEGiN, the NYC-based company behind the early learning program Homer, closed a $50m Series C funding round. Backers included Lego Ventures, Sesame Workshop, the principal investor in Gymboree Play & Music, 3One4 Capital, Trustbridge Par... |
| 30.09.2020 | Homer nabs $50M from Lego, Sesame Workshop and Gymboree for its early learning apps | For better or worse, tablets and smartphones have become a cornerstone of how many younger children pass the time. Today, a company that builds literacy and other educational apps to help make that time more worthwhile is announcing a large... |
| 08.07.2019 | The Benefits of Preschool Last Into Adulthood. Let’s Make High-Quality Pre-K Available to All | High-quality Pre-K programs are widely recognized for their positive effect on the social, emotional and academic development of young children. They develop more advanced language, pre-math and social skills, and make an easier adjustment ... |
| 10.01.2015 | Channeling Positive Tablet Usage To Foster Childhood Development | Yuval Kaminka Contributor Editor’s note: Yuval Kaminka is co-founder and CEO of JoyTunes. “Kids spend too much time on tablets and smartphones, not enough time outside!” “They are losing key skills because they are spending too much time on... |
| 05.02.2014 | United Wind raises $800K in equity [Startup Roundup] | Who’s Getting Money? Dumbo’s United Wind raised $700,000 in equity funding, according to an SEC filing. That total was upped by $92,500 in a followup filing eight days later. United Wind formed after a merger of Talco Electronics (a wind tu... |
| 09.01.2014 | Learn with Homer: Downtown Brooklyn’s literacy app for very young kids | Mobile apps will be challenged by the flexibility of device agnostic web development. But learning tools for kids may last because of the safety of a confined app environment. That may be why Tinybop is doing so well. A similar iOS app, Lea... |
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