If you’re new to Other Goose, you might be assuming we’re just another homeschooling program for kids under 7. But the truth is, we’ve spent hundreds of hours designing our all-in-one at-home learning platform based on endless parent research, educational pillars, and early childhood development goals. From charter school-approved lessons to CRHE documentation standards, we’ve gathered a quick snapshot of the full benefits every Other Goose member receives outlined below.
Read on for 10 surprising things about Other Goose that just might completely transform your entire homeschooling experience this year…
1. We’re not just a kids’ curriculum. Our platform includes support, mentorship, and guidance for the ENTIRE family (yep, you included!). We believe that a child is only as teachable as his/her teacher, so we place a firm emphasis on educating YOU on tips, tricks, strategies, and tactics that will help you expand, grow, and thrive in your role as chief educator of your children. As a member, you’ll receive instant access to our archive of Parent Chats: quick 2-5 minute videos with a new parenting/homeschooling strategy each week.
2. We don’t follow just one pedagogy, so you don’t have to choose just ONE path! We believe there are a million ways to teach a child well, and that every child is different. Our methodology is powerfully simple and is inclusive of all types of educational backgrounds like Montessori, Charlotte Mason, classical, forest learning, unschooling, and more. Each weekday, we help parents aim for three simple pillars of early childhood development: (1) your Other Goose lesson, (2) reading together, and (3) getting outside.
3. We’re an online resource, yes, but we firmly believe in offline learning. In other words, this isn’t a “sit your kid in front of a computer” type of education. We’re not in the business of throwing busy work at your kid just to keep them busy. Our charter school-approved lessons are interactive and powerful in their simplicity – many take no longer than 20 minutes to complete. Because we’ve stripped learning to the basics while still covering everything a child needs, it’s VERY do-able for working parents, single parents, or busy households.
4. EVERYTHING is included in your monthly plan; we require no additional supplies or resource lists that you’ll need to purchase extra. We believe in using what you already own, and we know that educational “props” simply get in the way of true discovery. Most of our lessons require the basics: you, your child, a few on-hand supplies and a ready mind!
5. We don’t just teach academics! Because ages 2-7 is such a rich time for establishing routines, we’ve included key learning categories that boost a child’s EQ in areas like Relationships, Empathy, Family Connection, Growth Mindset, Habits, Transitions, Domestic Routines, and Rhythms. Of course, we also cover more traditional learning objectives and goals for early childhood development like: Literature, Creativity, Math, Language, Foundations, Outdoors, and Logic.
6. We reward our members with amazing perks in our Marketplace. Our platform offers gamification to celebrate parents that play a direct, intentional role in their child’s education. The more lessons you complete with your kids or the more guidance you offer fellow parents in our forums, the more credits you earn to shop free resources like games, printable packets, posters, prints, and paper goods from our Marketplace.
7. Our Notebook feature allows you to track your child’s progress while complying with the CRHE standards for documentation. This means that following our program closely helps you form a complete portfolio to submit if/when your child transitions into a formal educational institution.
8. Our Interest Log charts and monitors your child’s passion and interest within all completed lessons via our custom-developed algorithm. As a result, you receive an instant snapshot into which areas your child is excelling in, and which categories perhaps need more time and attention.
9. As a member, you pay just one price for the entire household ($12.99/month) and can create custom profiles for any child aged 2-7 in your home. No need to drop hundreds of dollars on separate curriculums for every kid – it’s ALL included!
10. All lessons are family-designed. This means that if you have multiple kids, you’ll have just 1 daily activity to facilitate for every age level and developmental capability. Instead of juggling different stacks of workbooks for each child, you can focus on 1 daily lesson together, perfectly customized for every child in your home with added bonus challenges for upper age levels and substitute variations for the younger set. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by competing curriculum levels for multiple kids, you will love this feature.
Ready to simplify homeschooling for your littlest learners? Check out a tour of the platform, or get started with 3 weeks free!