Time4Learning was founded by parents focused on using technology to improve education.

Founded in the fall of 2003, Time4Learning launched its service in the spring of 2004. Time4Learning is a small family firm which remained in the founders living room until the need for more people required taking a formal office in August 2006. Time4Learning aspires to provide a very high quality useful low-cost service to its members, to be a highly responsible employer for its staff, and a conscientious member of our community.

We feel that the Time4Learning service provides a unique and valuable contribution to parenting in an electronic age in several areas. Click the links below to read more:

Comprehensive Educational Program
Online Web Safety
Parental Involvement in Software & Education
Educational Use of Technology
Fun & Learning
Founder, John Edelson
Giving Back (Charitable Giving)

Comprehensive Educational Program - Time4Learning's LessonTime is made up of thousands of learning activities, lessons, and assessments which provide a comprehensive enrichment program for preschool, elementary, and middle school. Children are provided an ongoing sequence of lessons which provides a much more valuable educational experience than the isolated lessons that learning games provide. Click to learn about CompassLearning, the provider of Time4Learning's LessonTime materials.

Online Web Safety - Kids should be able to use the best web sites and have some freedom to explore. But leaving children under ten unsupervised on the net is not a good idea. Time4Learning provides a safe "white list" and interface to the best children's sites. They get ample room to explore but within a safe playground.

Time4Learning is also a fully registered member of ICRA, in compliance with COPPA standards and contributes to Net Family News and Safer Child all in an effort to keep kids safe online.

Parental Involvement in Software & Education - Time4Learning knows that parents want more useful information about the children, their activities, and their interests. Time4Learning also knows that today's parents are busy and need problem-solving easy-to-use products. Sure, Internet Explorer has parental control technology built in, has anyone anywhere ever figured out how to use it? Time4Learning provides parents an easy way to decide how much time should be spent in pure learning activities and how much time in the playground. Time4Learning provides useful and interesting reports for parents on their children's activities. Time4Learning also provides useful summaries of basic educational information such as the Reading Skills Pyramid.

Educational Use of Technology - Technology for educational enrichment is particularly effective in the young years. At first, mastering the mouse skills and the interface are the challenges. From there, children move to following directions, basic recognition of shapes, colors, letters, and numerals. These skills and the others need reinforcement and development from as many learning modalities as possible.

Fun & Learning - Time4Learning's Playground is mix of educational materials, edutainment, and "casual" games. They are designed to be fun but not all-consuming. The goal is entertainment, not addiction.  One of the most popular parts of the entire Time4Learning service is the Two Player games. These games are for two people to play together at the same computer. Time4Learning is also meant to be fun for the parents in that its Ed Mouse who tells the kids that they've been on the computer long enough, not the parent who has to stand watch with a timer.

The founder and president is John Edelson. Previously, he worked with Vcom3D, an educational software company providing literacy products for deaf and hard of hearing children and educational products to help people understand and respond to situations based on facial expressions and body language. Mr. Edelson worked with Time2Read, an educational software company focused on providing standards-based programs to elementary school systems. Mr. Edelson has professional experience at Argonaut Games, ARC, The 3DO Company, SGI and Price Waterhouse. He has a BA from Yale and a Masters Degree from Harvard. He served in the Peace Corps in West Africa for two years. As the proud father of two children, Mr. Edelson has a deep interest in encouraging the positive impact of technology on family life and improving the use of technology for education.

Giving Back. Time4Learning strives to be a great employer and member of our community. Time4Learning is a member of the Better Business Bureau and the Better Business Bureau Online.

Time4Learning proudly contributes (in 2007) to the following worthwhile organizations that have overlapping interests with Time4Learning and its staff:

	The Cooperative Feeding Program of Broward County which provides a LifeNet for Families and Individuals against hunger in our community.
	Net Family News: A high quality newsletter and forum providing indepth up-to-date information for parents and educators about technology and children.
	Safer Child: Working to help keep children safe & healthy.
	Lap Top Giving -"The mission of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) is to empower the children of developing countries to learn by providing one connected laptop to every school-age child."

Time4Learning is a registered member of :

	ICRA (the Internet Content Rating Association)
	Time4Learning strives to be a great employer and member of our community. Time4Learning is a member of the Better Business Bureau and the Better Business Bureau Online.

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