My family enjoyed our month with Time4Learning. I signed Isaiah and Rose up for one month trial. As I mentioned in an earlier post, we had some issues when we first started using Time4Learning. Specifically, Isaiah was not able to work independently on the computer with Time4Learning. We solved that problem by keeping an adult beside him to assist in reading the directions.
The more Isaiah used Time4Learning, the more he enjoyed it. I found it affirming to see him reading, proof that my efforts in teaching 1st Grade has been worth it! He does read! We basically used Time4Learning as a year-end-review.
Rose did awesome with the PreK/Kindergarten lessons. The younger curriculum is easier to maneuver than the 1st Grade lessons Isaiah struggled through. Rose easily chose which lessons she was interested in and gleefully played the learning games. She thoroughly enjoyed Time4Learning.
My favorite thing about Time4Learning was the section where the parent signs in and can see exactly what her child has been busy doing on the learning program. Many lessons were scored with a number grade (example, 86%) and it was good to know where Isaiah's comprehension level was with various lessons. Parents are supposed to be able to assign lessons everyday for the kids, but I couldn't figure out how to do that during our month trial.
Which brings me to my conclusion. While I would definitely recommend Time4Learning, I don't think it's the best fit for our family. The biggest reason is that I have four kids and, while the monthly cost is affordable for small families, for us, it quickly adds up. If Time4Learning could offer a monthly price for large families (more than two kids), we would be interested. As of now, I think the Keys will keep plodding along with library books and free Internet resources.
**This is a personal review by Yours Truly and as usual, my opinion is 100% my own. The content of this review was not written by Time4Learning, but the writer was compensated. **
2 comments:
I was just looking into doing Time4learning for the summer. I have a 7 year old who just completed 1st grade and a 4 1/2 year old we are expecting our 3rd in July. I was going to do a month of time4learning just to keep my oldest motivated, since we probably won't start homeschooling again until early Sept. with our next boy coming at the end of July. My question was did you sign up for the grade your son just completed or the one he is entering?
Lori, I'm glad you're going to try Time4Learning. Isaiah just finished first grade and I signed him up for that level. You can change what level your child is on whenever you want. So if the first grade is too easy, you could change it to the next level.
Hope you have fun!
Jess
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