Hello, everyone! I cannot help smiling today. The Good and The Beautiful has some huge news! Are you
ready for this? We have been keeping this quiet and we are so excited that we finally get to share
these announcements. Language Arts is the heart of our company. Our homeschool Language Arts courses
are our most popular products. We have an absolute passion for helping children love Language Arts
and wholesome good books and for making Language Arts a powerful, joyful, and effective homeschool
experience. We love connecting art and geography and nature and character to Language Arts.
Our announcement today has to do with Language Arts and two new Good and Beautiful apps!
And I'm also going to tell you when to tune in for an even bigger announcement this summer. Summer of
2022, we will be releasing brand-new, completely changed language arts courses for these levels:
Level K Primer which will be renamed Kindergarten Prep,
Level K Language Arts, Level 1 Language Arts, and Level 2 Language Arts. No homeschool company
in the world comes even close to having as many searches for homeschool language arts
as The Good and The Beautiful. We get feedback that our language arts courses
fundamentally change the homeschool experience and even change lives. So you might be asking, why are
we releasing completely new versions of language arts if our current ones are already so popular?
Let me give you an example. It's kind of like technological devices. Imagine if we still had
the same technological devices that we were using 10 years ago. One of the wonderful things about
life is that God has given us the ability to progress, change, grow, and improve. And at The
Good and the Beautiful, we want so much to offer you the best possible resources for your families
that we listen to your feedback, seek divine guidance, and work hard to deliver to you your
dream curriculum--curriculum that helps shape the minds and hearts of your precious children. With
The Good and The Beautiful Language Arts being used by so many families, we've received a lot
of feedback in a short amount of time. We have been able to see so clearly where the strengths
of our courses are and our new versions make these strengths even stronger. We know what you love
about The Good and the Beautiful Language Arts and we kept all those qualities in the courses.
We have also been able to see where the courses can be stronger and that is one of
the most exciting things about these new courses. Jenny Phillips and our team compiled the feedback
we've gotten over the years and set to work to improve all possible things in the courses.
It ended up being a complete overhaul with every lesson changing. In fact, the entire scope and
sequence of kindergarten prep through level two has changed. The lessons have shortened and the
pacing has become more gentle, but the number of principles taught and the rate at which children
learn to read write and spell has improved and increased. The sequence is much more streamlined,
focusing on principles in a very sequential way and building upon prior knowledge. Here are
some things you need to know. These new courses have been aligned to be on average grade levels.
We have a huge piloting group and that was an immense help in making sure that the pacing,
the interest level, and the academic level was just right for each age group. If a lesson or
part of a lesson was too long, too short, too hard, too easy, or just not engaging enough, we
redid the lesson and piloted again. I can't even begin to tell you how much this process impacted
the effectiveness of the curriculum. It was an incredibly expensive and time-consuming process,
but seeing how effective it was, personally I could never recommend a language arts program
that wasn't massively piloted like this program has been. We will be giving a lot of information
about these new courses over the next few months, helping you know how to transition. There's a
lot of support information coming your way, so hang tight, but here is a little information.
Phonics cards and our current mini books and readers will not be part of the new program.
In place of those things, we are introducing a more robust and engaging phonics approach
with reading booster cards and reading booster books, which we are excited to show you in the
near future. These brand-new resources, which are used in correlation with the coursebook,
perfectly align with the child's progress and greatly increase reading confidence and fluency
in a sequential, ordered way. In addition, we will be introducing a free letter tiles app that can be
used in correlation with the lessons and which has been a favorite with pilot families. We will
also be releasing a homeschool app which will be a tremendous resource and make it easy and quick for
you to access what you need. Okay, with so much time and investment going into these new additions
including over three hundred thousand dollars for illustrations on the booster books alone,
you may be wondering if the courses will still be available for free.
On Valentine's Day, February 14th, here on YouTube,
Jenny Phillips will be making a huge announcement about changes to our company that will affect
hundreds of thousands of people. These changes will affect more than just language arts.
We will be changing what is free but maybe not in the way you would guess. As always,
our mission is truly about bringing light and strength to the world and our world has never
needed light or strength more. So be prepared for a pretty exciting announcement on Valentine's Day!
Okay, I know a lot of you probably have a lot of questions right now. This is a good time to
subscribe to our YouTube channel. We've had our heads down working like crazy to get these new
language arts courses completed so we have not released very many videos on YouTube,
but that is about to change. We have many helpful and important videos coming on this channel
that you're not going to want to miss. My name is Maggie Felsh and I'm the chief development officer
here at The Good and the Beautiful. Every single day, I get to see the incredible development
process that goes on, and every single day I feel the purity and goodness of this company.
Jenny Phillips, the founder, is one of the most unique and genuine and inspired people I have
ever met, and working with her daily is something I'll have to tell you about in a future video!
We are continuing to explode and we have so many things coming up and you are part of it all.
This coming year we want you to come to know us like you never have before
and we want to hear from you and learn from and support each other. We feel like we do a good
work here at The Good and The Beautiful, but the most powerful, sacred, and beautiful work is what
is happening in your homes as you strive to raise your children in light and truth. That is where
the greatest work is being done. We are so hopeful that these new versions of language arts will
bless your efforts and your homeschool in powerful ways. Stay tuned for a lot of exciting news!