Zachary pushes Ahead! Time4Learning is Working!

We are using Time4Learning this year for the first time. We tried the Lesson Demos and both boys did well with them so I contacted the company and we are on a month trial to see how it goes. We do supplement a bit here and there but I am please thus far with what they have been doing!

Each year there is the struggle to get through some days. Some days it took the boys a hour to do a handful of math problems or a simple English assignment! These days are calm around our house, With the Time4Learning program, both boys actually sit at their computers and I hardly hear a word from them about drinks, food, or breaks!

Zachary is doing Second Grade work this year. Thursday morning he sat down at the computer and started his work. He seemed frustrated so I looked over to him and asked him if everything was okay. He told me that it was a little hard but he was fine. It was then that I realized that he had switched to the Third Grade English by himself!!! He said that he wanted to try some harder work and that he would work in the third grade stuff for a while! For those of you that don't know, he is a self taught reader so I knew that he would whip through the Second Grade English work.

I could not have been prouder of him for taking that step on his own. The first day with the demo he sat down and wrote a story! (WROTE) He was able to "make" a picture on the computer and then print it off and write about it.

If I was using my old curriculum it would be very difficult for him because his fine motor skills have not caught up to his brain yet and he gets very frustrated writing. I was not looking forward to seeing him so frustrated sitting for hours trying to write down every problem, every assignment. By doing the curriculum on line he is able to be in his comfort zone and work on the computer, flying through lessons. (sometimes a bit to fast and I tell him to slow down to take in what he is actually learning, but he will get there.)

We do have other parts of curriculum that we are using to "fill in" but the T4L has given us a HUGE advantage and jumping off point for the year! I have got to tell you that this year is starting so much better than last year did!!!