K-Fam's journey through My Father's World
• Nov. 12, 2008 - TOS Mini Review
The TOS Crew was asked by the people at Time 4 Learning (T4L) to blog our experience with them as we go along rather than one big entry, so here goes:
I was intrigued by T4L when I took my first look at their website. What caught my eye was the mention of kids being able to use it for remedial work. That's something I'm definitely interested in!
I believe I've mentioned here on my blog that Ninja and Tink are behind in a couple of major areas. I plan on working through the summers and maybe even some holidays to get my girls back on track. T4L looks to have some real potential in helping out a family like us. Now, that's not all they do. They describe themselves as having something to offer just about everyone. Their service is "Enrichment for Afterschool, Remediation, Special Needs, or Summer School".
So far the kiddos are liking it. Ninja said she prefered using T4L over another choice I gave her for help with her math skills, but being extremely loyal to Math-U-See, she claims she wouldn't switch.lol. Teenagers! Whadda ya gonna do?
Tink had to be coaxed off the T4L site. She loves science and astronomy and she discovered some very interesting articles in the science section. She later recounted what she'd learned with a big smile on her face. Don't you love it when children have fun while they're learning?
Dude liked the preschool section as well. I hate to add more to his load since he's already in a preschool program, but he sure didn't think it was work. He had fun playing games and matching up same and different patterns of fish. He also got some practice in using the touch pad on the laptop.
I do have to say things should have gone a bit more smoothly if we'd just followed directions.lol. I couldn't figure out one of Dude's games, then vaguely recalled some instruction to use the subjects with the arrow pointing to them that indicated this was the child's current area of study. Oops! When all else fails...
Like I said, so far, T4L is looking like a fun way to add some enrichment to your homeschool. I believe I read somewhere on the site that there are some homeschoolers who use T4L as their main language or math curriculum but I could be wrong. I'll have to take another look at the homeschooling section of the site some other time. For now, Princess is getting mighty cranky, so it's time to say goodnight.
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About Me
This is my family's journey through homeschooling, using My Father's World curriculum. We spent the majority of last school year reviewing curriculum for TOS Homeschool Crew so that's why many of my blog entries are product reviews. We're now back on track and diving into MFW once again.
My children are
Ninja- 15: teenage black belt extrordinaire. Using MFW's Ancient History and LIterature;
Tink- 11: sweet girl schooling with ADHD symptoms and dysgraphia (?). Using MFW's Exploring Countries and Cultures;
The Dude-5: handsome little man with language delays/probably on the autism spectrum. He's no longer in preschool for speech therapy and special ed. Now using MFW K; and
Baby Princess- 18 months: beautiful busy baby girl, possibly on the autism spectrum as well. Tagging along with The Dude and whatever else I think might interest her.
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