cosmeo.com?

[amydidit]

Has anyone used cosmeo.com? They have a free trial, but I won't be around for a week so I don't want to waste the time, ya know?

Is it a worthwhile site?

Oh yeah, DD is in 4-5th grade.

[Boobiemama]

I saw a commercial on tv, i plan to check it out when i get a sec..

[UlrikeDG]

From the commercials, I doubt it's that relevant to most homeschoolers.

[amydidit]

Originally Posted by UlrikeDG

From the commercials, I doubt it's that relevant to most homeschoolers.

What about it do you think isn't relevant? We do most of our work on the computer... do you think it's just lacking in educational value?

I don't *think* this post sounds snarky, but I'm really tired right now, so please take my comments as serious curiousity and not snark ~smiles~

[UlrikeDG]

Well, they play several different commercials, and some of them sound pretty cool. My son has been asking to use that site, because of the commercials.

The thing that really stood out to me was a blurb in on of the 'mercials that said (paraphrased), "Cosmeo is personalized to follow YOUR state's educational scope and standards." Um, that's nice, but totally irrelevant to us as homeschoolers. One of the reasons I homeschool is that I don't think the state is a good judge of the appropriate scope & sequence for *my* children.

[amydidit]

Ahh, okay... I can totally see your point of view on that. For me that's a positive since homeschooling is most likely only a temporary thing for us (just this year), and I want to be sure DD is learning the same stuff so when she goes back to school next year she won't be behind.

Thanks for the insight! ~smiles~

[Dar]

This is sort of a different topic, but I've decided that I really like www.aleks.com. It's a math curriculum site, and it's totally personalized to each student. The students have to fill in "pies" to complete each section, but they have choices about which pie slice to work on next. If they do well they move on, and if not they receive more instruction and practice. You can get a free trial, and then I think it costs $20 a month or so.

In the interest of full disclosure, my daughter has had no interest in trying it at all, but the school district where I work got it for a bunch of the kids who had trouble in math and some of them are really going to town with it.

dar

[reeseccup]

DH sent me the link a few days ago and I looked around. Inspite of them "state school" thing, it's rather cool imo and the kids prob. would enjoy learning from it with out "grade limitations". In our eclectic way of learning where most anything is on the table as a resource, I may go ahead and try the free trial and see if the kids enjoy it and want to continue to use it regularly. If not, then I won't spend the money.

[frogguruami]

This looks like a better version of BrainPop. It is also about the same price. The info looks to be better. I also like the grade separation. That way I can choose things that are developmentally appropriate. The one thing I didn't like is that is looks harder to navigate than BrainPop.

We are switching to cosmeo.

[Kaitnbugsmom]

we are going to sign up in a couple weeks when we have more 'loose cash' available... it caters to our exact standards, and has a section for special needs, so we're highly impressed...