I like supplementing our schooling with educational shows, movies, and documentaries. While going through unit studies, I plan ahead and usually can find what I need at our local library but not always. But when life gets busy and I need to put something on as a substitute from our normal studies I can’t always plan ahead. This leaves me to search on the net and sift through a few of our subscription services. These services aren’t terrible but there typically is a lot of other content to sift through to find the educational material hoped for. Much of the content is not always family friendly or appropriate to browse through with my children around. We’ve happened across things on-line and through these services that have had ads that contained bad language, inappropriate images, and so on. The ease of being able to move to unsafe destinations is simply unraveling and not something I want my children privy to.
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My seven year old second grader has started becoming more interested in reading. She’s grown out of early readers and has shown a desire to seek out more age appropriate materials. I know that since she can sight read quite well that it is important to ensure that her reading comprehension grows along with it. I wanted an approach to Vocabulary that would appeal to her learning style. My preferred features would be a no pressure, fun independent online program, that teaches a number of concepts at a pace that wouldn’t be rushed and could adjust to the skill level of the student. You can’t imagine my joy when I discovered that such a vocabulary program exist! Continue reading
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