So it's been about a week since my kids have started using
Time4Learning. First I will say the site has helped me as a new homeschooling parent. Some things on the site still kind of confuse me, but it might be I just haven't learned the ropes of it yet. I like that it has pretty much whatever you need subject wise. I was having a hard time finding a World Geography course for my 9th grader and Time4Learning has one. On that note she doesn't care for it. She feels it is babyish her words. She also says it's very easy which she isn't complaining about, but has me wondering if this is the right curriculum for her. She is very smart and I want her to be engaged in learning at the same time I want her to be learning. She hasn't felt like she has learned anything. She said most of the stuff that she has done she already knew from elementary school. I mean I don't want to have to sit for hours on something that is extremely difficult, she needs a challenge. She says she is fine sticking with this program if I can't find anything else. I am not sure if it is worth it just for her need of the one subject. While most subjects are available on Time4Learning we are using a free site for her other subjects and happy with them.
Now my 1st grader likes the site. It is mostly easy for him to navigate around and he enjoys the cartoons and games. He is also very bright and gets through the quizzes with easy so far. I thought about placing him in the 2nd grade on the site just to see how well he would do. The site makes it easy to change grade levels so that is a plus.
My view for now is still undecided. There are pros like the ease of checking the child's work progress. I also enjoy that both children can use the site on their own without much help from me since I have a 2 year old to keep busy. While I have heard others say the price is reasonable ($19.95 per month for K-8 and $30 per month for 4 course of High School) my family finds that hard to budget right now. Well we have a whole month to try it out so I will update as we go along.
Have a great day,
We have received a free month of service for each child from
Time4Learning in exchange for an honest review.
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We have used Time4Learning for many years now, we began our journey after my boys were out of Kindergarten and fifth grades. (now we are 6th and 11th) My boys both love the cartoon based lessons:) but it could be a boy thing! I would suggest if your daughter thinks her subjects are too easy to supplement the lessons with other resources. Sites like these are ones I have used http://world-geography-games.com/, and http://www.discoveryeducation.com/search/page/-/-/lesson-plan/geography/index.cfm.
I know from trying other programs that they are more expensive for their high school programs starting out at $50 for 3-4 courses and go up from there if you pick an elective they deem to "special". I have found Time4learning to have everything our family needed and I just supplement with other free resources if I feel I want them to know more about a subject.
Best of luck to you and your kiddos!!
Thank you for the comment. We will check out the links you posted. We have been using lots of different free sites I will add these to my list. I am thankfully to Time4Learning for the opportunity to get to review their program. I think she just isn't use to that style. My son enjoys it. We are just in the beginning of the homeschooling journey only a few weeks in. So far we are enjoying it mostly. My son get bored sometimes but I let him run around and do other things to occupy his time. Guess that's another perk of homeschooling. :)
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