Well, our month of using it is over. Time for a review. :)
My favorite part was that once you were in a subject, the child could take a quiz or test and find out what parts they needed to work on. This was very handy for my kids since they have lots of knowledge all over the place. When they felt they already knew something I would just let them take the test. Sometimes they had already "mastered" they whole thing and could move on. Other times, they had all but one or two areas "mastered" and so only had a couple lessons to do.
The lessons seemed engaging and easy to understand. My oldest, Fiona, has struggled to find a method for learning math that doesn't either bore her or confuse her. This seemed to work well. We are thinking of buying a subscription just for her. It's worth it to find a way to make math fun for her. :)
Eric and Colleen didn't enjoy their time on time4learning as much as Fiona did. I'm not sure why. The games and lessons all looked fun. It may just be that they like the other games and sites that they are used to more. They also really liked taking the tests though. It was fun for them to see what parts they had "mastered". :)
Back to Fiona, I noticed in the math area for her, that there were tools they could use. Virtual manipulatives. She didn't take time to play around with them, but I could see them being very useful.
I feel like I should put more in this review. There really is a lot to time4learning. Math, Language Arts, Science and Social Studies/History are all covered. Going into each subject, they are each broken down. You can do the lessons in order, or pick where you want to go. There is a lot to cover, but my month was up during a very busy time for us, so I'm squeezing this in.
If we decide to find $20 a month to subscribe for Fiona, I'll come back to go further into it.
For now, thanks to time4learning for a chance to check out their service and give a review!
