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Sr. Wooly is 10 years old!

Published onOct 10, 2019  •  Authored by Jim Wooldridge  •  ViewBehind Woolyblog posts

Would you believe it's been 10 years since I first launched SenorWooly.com?
 
In fact, some you might remember when the site looked like this!
What Sr. Wooly looked like in 2009
So much has changed in the last 10 years.
 
The Wooly music videos are now used in over 20,000 Spanish classrooms around the world.  We have sold over 50,000 copies of our graphic novels. We have student accounts with thousands of online activities. Oh, and we even have a small, but growing collection of French materials!
 
Plus, check out the upcoming redesign of the teacher site (coming out later this month):
What Sr. Wooly looked like in 2009
Yes, the company has changed a lot. However, our mission has not changed.  What is that mission?
 
To tell good stories told in simple and accessible Spanish.
 
We don't tell "educational stories". We don't attempt to cover every single grammatical and thematic topic out there.  We simply try to tell good stories. 
 
That's it. That's the secret sauce. 
 
And while the original classics like Billy la bufanda, Guapo and Puedo ir al baño continue to be be huge hits year after year, we feel blessed that our new content finds wide-reaching audiences too.  For example, the 3rd chapter in the Víctor music video trilogy, Feo, is the most popular music video we have released in 5 years. Last year's animated music video, Una canción original has turned Jennifer Bilby into the most famous Spanish teacher in America while also quickly moving up the charts to become one of our most-watched videos.
 
We're still having a blast, and we hope that you're enjoying it too.
 
To all of you who have stuck with Sr. Wooly through these 10 years, thank you from the bottom of my heart.  It has been the honor of my life to get to create for you and your students.
 
Now I have to get back to work!  We have some jaw-dropping music videos in the works, but they're not going to film themselves!
 
Sincerely,
Jim Wooldridge

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