It’s wild card Wednesday and today I’m going to feature
ABCmouse.com. I signed Calvin up last year at around 18 months, yes, 18 months!
We live in a fast paced and highly competitive culture ad world, don’t waste
time in getting them started with education. This included teaching computer and
mouse skills to use the web site, which was an incredibly stressful task for
mama because an 18 month old just wants to go go go. He was also already
accustomed to touch screen from using my iPhone and Nook, mouse and keyboard was foreign to him.
Back to ABCmouse, their curriculum technically started at
pre-school age but when you sign up and create your account you enter the
child’s birth date and ABCmouse will match material age appropriate. The online
school is very affordable at $7.95 a month and offers every kind of activity
that a brick and mortar pre-school would offer. However, since you are at your
house online there is that lack of peer interaction and socialization.
ABCmouse.com is really everything their commercials claim
they are, no false advertising there! I have been criticized by some for
allowing Calvin to have access to technology with the concern being he (along
with the rest of his generation) losing human skills of looking at books and
learning to write. The last time I checked Barnes & Noble haven’t closed
their stores yet, there are plenty of people still buying and reading physical
books, children included. Calvin had a stack of books before he was even born
and the collection has steadily grown in the last two and half years. He’s not missing
out on the “human skills”, along with technology he also has been introduced to
letter tracing and writing his name. ABCmouse.com is an awesome resource and
even they encourage letter tracing, coloring ect with crayon and paper. They
have a whole section of printouts with a variety of materials to get kids
scribbling, coloring and writing.
One last brag, ABCmouse also offers their Early LearningAcademy in App format so you can take the classroom with you anywhere. Now available for all platforms!
Good stuff, sign your kids up today!! First month is free!
Have a happy hump day!
