We were given a free trial from this learning website in exchange for a review of our experience afterward. Let me tell you it was a great month! I registered my three daughters (K, 3rd & 5th) and we planned to use this as a supplement. By week two the girls enjoyed the lessons so much they were asking if they could do them instead of their other work. My 5th grader enjoyed the planner feature; I would tell her what lessons to do & she could do them at her own pace with breaks scheduled in at intervals so she could practice a bit of independence. The only issue she had with the program was that she could not pause the directions when she needed but she was always able to click a repeat button so she eventually understood the lessons. My 3rd grader is advanced in math & one of the nice features of this site is the ability to select one lever higher or lower for your student as you the parent see fit. This worked great in keeping her challenged. She is a very focused gal so she really appreciated the timer in the right hand corner of the screen allowing her to see how long she had been at a lesson...and how long until a break. That spared me hearing the old "how much longer till I get a break?". She also enjoyed the Playground. My Kindergarten daughter absolutely LOVED this curriculum and begged to do it daily. She had a lighter load of lessons as the curriculum did not cover social studies-nor did it have much science, but there was a heavy emphasis on reading & Language arts which I felt was where her attention belonged at this stage. She enjoyed the videos and the reading almost as much as the playground. I really liked the easy planning (it's all laid out for the parent) and the easy tracking. You can see what your child covered and how they scored on lessons/tests with the click of an icon on their homepage. I did not like how you can not go back & have the child retest to raise a low grade, though. I wish that were different. That small issue aside, I would say that this was an all around win for our family. When the trial was up there were sighs of disappointment from all three girls. So then I looked into the monthly fee.
Time4Learning membership is $19.95/month for the first child and $14.95/month for each additional child. That came out to about $50.00/month for all three girls x 10 months = $500.00 for our school year. That is much less than other all inclusive curriculum out there which can several hundred PER STUDENT & not even include the automatic grading or built in planning. We have decided that we are going to use this program to heavily supplement our lessons. I did decide to stick with our current history program as it has a Christian focus which was not part of Time 4 Learning, but that is fine...I did not see other religious preferences either so I feel the site is neutral in that area. I would recommend this to any of you who are looking for a different approach this upcoming year. It would be a great supplement too if you are not wanting to give up on your other curriculum all together. Go check out their site at : https://www.time4learning.com/index.htm
