We had a one month free trial of Time4Learning. To get that one month free trial, I promised to post a review of the program when I was done. Anyway, I admit that we barely used it over the past month. We have a few other computer programs we use that are meeting our needs better at this time, and I try to limit the kids computer time. It looks like a good program with a lot to offer but it did not meet our current needs. My children are just turned 4, and 2.5 years. My younger son really was too young for Time4Learning, he didn't use it at all. My 4 year old played around with the site a bit. One thing I found frustrating was that there was not a science or social studies section for preschool aged kids. We use Reading Eggs and Starfall for his reading education, and I use Math U See to teach him math, so I really didn't have a need for him to work on reading or math through Time4Learning. We do not do much with science or social studies at this point. I was excited when I initially saw that Time4Learning covered those topics until I realized that they were geared toward 1st-2nd graders. I allowed him to do the 1st,2nd grade science/ social studies sections a bit. They were nice but both sections assumed the kid could read. It would have been great if it had read it to him.
Anyway, we really only played around with the site 2 or 3 times and I don't feel that I used it enough to give a very valid review.
2 comments:
Sorry to hear it did not work out for your child. I have heard a lot about Reading Eggs. Might have to look into that. My son who started using the t4ling program did so at 2nd grade level and he had trouble reading so we used our text to speech program on the computer to help him past that part. I do know the creators are working on a whole separate science website to be come out soon. I hope you get to check it out when it comes out.
Thank you for your honest opinion.
Lil' Momma
Living with a hard working husband, 1 toddler, 1 preschooler and 1 middle schooler who are Five in Training for HIM
We have really liked Reading Eggs so far and I have definitely seen an improvement in my older sons reading ability. He regularly asks me to work on it in the evening.
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