Time4Learning Review

I can't believe it's been almost an entire month since I have last posted.  I guess time flies when you are busy--and we sure have been that way.  This past month, I have used the site: time4learning.com to "try" to educate Kimball.  I had a free trial--well nothing is really "free"--but for the price of my review of how they are doing and what they are doing -it was free.  Now, I have to say upfront that Kimball didn't like it.  And it wasn't anything that time4learning.com did or didn't do--he just learns better doing the work himself on a piece of paper, wherever he wants, instead of sitting in front of the computer.  Since that is out of the way--I was impressed at the amount of information at the site.  They teach and have available math, grammar, language arts, games, etc.  I only used the preschool one and the 4th grade curriculum. 

The preschool curriculum had two levels in it.  Sam clicked on level 1 and was entertained by the catchy songs, the animation, and the amount of subjects to learn about.  After hearing "the wheels on the bus" 30+ times, I helped Sam out by clicking on Level 2.  There were even MORE subjects with fun music and animation.  I was impressed with the quality of the preschool curriculum.

The 4th grade curriculum wasn't used as much as I had hoped it would be.  We used a few of the language arts lessons on comprehension, and also a few of the math lessons--such as long division.  The animated characters taught the concepts quite well, and repetitively.  From what I saw, all the subjects were covered in fine detail and made interesting to watch with short clips of animation and real live people in videos.  I really liked this site and would have used it more extensively if my student would have cooperated with what --I--- wanted.  I can definitely see how time4learning.com can be used as an effective teaching tool. 

Now I just have to say something about the customer service.  Outstandingly excellently awesome.  If that is a sentence-which it's not-but that is how I could sum up their service.  I had some initial trouble logging on-which made for a frustrated mom--but I emailed them and they actually CALLED me about 15 minutes later and said the problem was fixed and I could just go ahead and get on.  I was surprised that an Internet company would get back to me that fast.  We weren't able to access the Playground portion of the site--which is a page of games that links to other educational sites--so I was disappointed in that.  I think you get what you pay for, and in time4learning.com, though it can be pricier than well--free--it is worth it if your child enjoys learning from the computer.  This would be the site to choose.