Steven Dixon

Primer Library - The best digital learning resources for homeschooling.

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Primer Library is a collection of the best digital education resources for parents navigating school closures due to COVID.
We believe that kids are remarkable — and our education system underestimates them. We're on a mission to build the one they deserve.

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Ryan Delk
Glad to be on ProductHunt today! We'll have more to share on what we're building at Primer soon, but in the mean time we wanted to try to help the millions of families who are navigating homeschooling for the first time due to COVID-19 school closures. We created the Primer Library to give parents easy access to a collection of the best educational resources (videos / games / apps / podcasts / etc.) from around the web. If you have any ideas of things we should include, you can submit them here: www.withprimer.com/submit We also created a simple tool for parents navigating homeschool regulations in their city called Primer Navigator. You can plug in your address + kids' grades, and we'll give you information on all the local regulations + any government homeschooling assistance in your area (tax rebates, etc.): www.withprimer.com/Navigator Happy to answer any questions!
Erik Torenberg
Love this!! Can you give us just a hint of what to expect next for primer? We can't wait!!
Ryan Delk
@eriktorenberg Thanks! We're building a new type of education experience, starting with homeschoolers. I was homeschooled K-8th grade, and the most important thing for my parents was that my siblings and I learned to love learning, learned how to solve problems, and learned to think for ourselves. I look back on this now and am so thankful that they approached our education in that way, and I want to make that type of education accessible for millions of kids. We'll be inviting a few Founding Families to join us in August, and expect to be live publicly early next year. If anyone is interested in being a Founding Family, you can request more info here: https://airtable.com/shrTcK16cj1...
Tyler Hayes
Holy crap. Just sent this to a few parent groups who desperately would want this stuff. The Navigator especially. 10/10 this is great
Adam Reis
I love that half of these are resources _I_ want to use over the coming months. Thank you, and congratulations on the launch!
Susan Lewandowski
Thanks to such discoveries, my school performance is better than when I went to school before quarantine. I am putting together my personal digital collection of helpful resources like https://artscolumbia.org/free-es... or very helpful https://ed.ted.com/lessons?direc... there are free tutorials ... Another discovery for me was https://student.classdojo.com/#/..., there is a wonderful library. But what Primer is doing is amazing. I am very grateful to have found this library!
Jonathon Barkl
Love this -- shared it with my sister and she was over the moon.
Ryan Delk
@jonathonbarkl Nice, thanks! Let me know if she has any feedback.
Kyle Tibbitts
Super excited about what the Primer team is building here. Arming parents who are navigating homeschool for the first time with these tools is super relevant and top-of-mind right now but is just the beginning. Very bullish on the mission of building an education experience for kids personalized for their unique abilities and would love for my 2-year-old daughter take advantage of something like this when she's a bit older.
Vikram Rajagopalan
Fantastic resource at a time when parents will need it most— facing unprecedented uncertainty on how to ensure their kids continue to learn and be creative without the traditional structure many are used to. This current crisis really forces parents to actively think about how their kids learn and the best resources by which to enable that. Kudos Primer team.
Dan Pierson
My sister has homeschooled her kids for 5+ years and I’ve seen how it’s made them more creative learners. Excited to see the innovation that the Primer team brings to this market.
Matthew Marshall
@delk love that Primer is available now for parents around the country, especially in a time like this. Can't wait to share with parents I know.
Austin Diamond
Really excited about this! Going to save a lot of parents a lot of time and effort as everyone makes a foray into homeschooling at the moment. As someone that never experienced traditional schooling that really fit for me, I'm bullish that the student outcomes here will be phenomenal. Looking forward to seeing this take off.
I'm a huge fan of what Primer is doing. @delk even reached out via video chat to triage a couple of issues I encountered. I'm excited for this team and what they are contributing to this space.
Ryan Delk
@jdsimcoe Ha! Thanks for being gracious. I suppose the second best thing to having no-issues is a quickly resolved issue :)
Gonzalo Nuñez
Really love what the team at Primer have put together! 1. The Library is packed with content and I’m excited to watch it grow as people continue to add material. I highly recommend two of their callouts for older students: 3Blue1Brown and Marginal Revolution University. 2. The Navigator is very clearly comprehensive and serves as a great foundation even just for people curious about the homeschooling space. I’m looking forward to Primer continuing to guide parents here, many things to come I’m sure. Inspiring to see them come together and execute quickly as tons of parents are now having to navigate the world of homeschooling for the first time 🚀
Ben Stanfield
Couldn't think of better timing for Primer to release their Homeschool Navigator tool. This is relevant and useful. Excited to see how this colors the future of education! ?makers what's up next? would love to see a public roadmap on withprimer.com
zain allarakhia
I think its awesome that it segments learning experiences by medium (e.g. video, app, game, etc.).
Barrett Brooks
The Primer library is the first in what I expect will be many products and ideas that will change how we think about homeschooling. Ryan is not only a brilliant operator, but he has personal experience with what homeschooling is, as well as inspiring ideas about what it could be.
Cory Mikell
Perfect timing for these resources! So many people are rethinking what education looks like for their kids right now and I’m excited for what’s to come from the Primer team.
Andy Nystrom
As a Montessori pre-K thru 6th grade grad, love this @delk!
Will Bryan
We're homeschooling for the first time and this is a great resource!
Clark Nowlin
Excited for there to be a raised bar on the homeschooling front! Learning independently while learning together and allowing the cream to rise to the crop material wise is a no brainer way to help the next generation have access to better tools than we did. Go Primer crew!
Yashvi Tibrewal
This is super relevant right now - excited to see how this shapes the future of education!