My little son is 6. He will always be my baby. I am learning more and more about him every day. I knew that we were going to have issues with him this year because his fine motor skills are not where they should be. His brain however is so much more advanced and sometimes he does not know what to do with himself. Last year we purchased book work for kindergarten and 1st grade for him. (They were on sale and I am cheap). He burned through the kindergarten work and started on the first grade work before Christmas. By May and June he was doing second grade work. When I got the IBTS tests for his 3rd grade brother I ordered the Kindergarten one for him. I should have known better but I did not want him to be discouraged, instead it was a joke and a waste of money. Oh well. This year I will order the 2nd grade one to see how he does. We switched curriculum this year and we are using Time4Learning. This program has helped both my boys. Zman just finished his 2nd grade language arts program and is now doing the 3rd grade lessons.
I printed off math resource sheets the other night and together he and I sat and did 8 pages of review. We worked on Fractions, Venn Diagrams, Money, and patterns. I was thrilled that he flew through the review with me. I know that he is honestly getting it this year without the fuss from last year! I was honestly shocked that the money portion he was getting. It was a month ago that he could not tell you the difference between a quarter, dime and nickel. He knew the amounts when you asked him but if you showed him he would get confused. He now has it down pat!
Not only has Time4Learning helped my boys but it has given me a comfort level and a network that I honestly did not know existed. These are real people behind the program and emails. They have calmed my fears and helped me in ways that I can’t imagine any other curriculum could ever do. With the addition to a new home school family in our lives, Time4Learning has helped us grow as a family. Each one of us is taking away unique features from the program and my whole family is better for it. I enjoy watching the two boys when they are talking about a science or social studies lesson that they are doing. My oldest is really good about helping his brother read some of the tougher lessons.
The new family that I mentioned introduced T4L to us and our boys have little inside jokes that they share; sometimes revolve around Time4Learning because they all do the curriculum. I think this is really a turning year for us as far as our comfort level in Home Schooling goes.
