Homeschool Curriculum Blog Online Learning for PreK-8th

If you have been homeschooling long, you have probably had an experience where a subject you thought your children would be excited about was the very subject they were bored stiff by.  This is often the case with American History.

If presented as simply a series of chronological events, or as an unconnected grouping of historical literature, American History can be underwhelming, to say the least.  But if you are a homeschooler with Time4Learning, you have an opportunity to learn American History in a whole new way.

Time4Learning offers multimedia American History lessons for grades seven or eight that combine animation, text, and audio to enhance the learning process.  If your child enjoys learning on the computer, and would benefit from an interactive approach to studying history, then American History with Time4Learning may be the program for him or her.  (To try out one of the American History lessons, choose one of the demo lessons from the 6th to 8th grade category on the demo lessons page.)

The course is quite comprehensive, covering twenty-three units, from the Age of Exploration through the modern era.  Each unit includes multimedia lessons, resource pages, lesson quizzes, and unit tests.   The American History Lessons include such titles as: British Taxes, Issues Facing the Nation, Quest for the West, The Effects of Reconstruction, Post War Challenges, and Civil Rights Era.  And students enjoy the variety of both online and offline activities designed to help them master the material.

In addition, each unit includes a teaching guide that parents can use to help extend the lessons through intercurricular activities, discussion questions, and literature suggestions.  All in all, you probably won’t find a more in-depth - - and fun - - American History program for homeschool available anywhere.  Why wait?  Sign up for Time4Learning’s multimedia American History course today!

Posted under Homeschool, history, homeschool curriculum, middle school curriculum, social studies

The Time4Learning homeschool curriculum is a comprehensive program covering the core subjects of language arts, math, science, and social studies.  I thought it might be fun to look a little closer at two of the T4L subjects today, and get a behind-the-scenes glimpse at what makes learning science and social studies with Time4Learning so much fun.

Social Studies

Students who are signed up with Time4Learning will enjoy studying history, geography, and civics in second through seventh grades.  Here are some of the subjects covered by grade level:

• Second Grade – Wants vs Needs, Location, National Symbols, Jobs and Careers
• Third Grade – Early Americans, US Geography, Economics, Citizenship, Timelines
• Fourth Grade – Ancient Civilization, US Revolution, World Geography, Civics, Economics, Current Events
• Fifth Grade – Ancient History, Early American History, US and World Geography, Political Science, Great Inventors
• Sixth Grade – Early Civilizations, 19th and 20th century US History, State History, Maps and Globes, US Politics
• Seventh Grade – US History from the Age of Exploration through current times

The social studies curriculum is broken down into learning units, or chapters, each with its own learning activities, quizzes, and tests.  As with all the other subjects in Time4Learning, the material is presented in an online, interactive format, and much of it is aligned to state and national standards.

Science

Time4Learning presents a logical and sequential approach to teaching science in  first through sixth grades.  Grade levels are very flexible, however, so that students in any grade, K-8 can easily access the science lessons.  Here are just some of the subjects covered by grade level:

• First Grade – Living and Nonliving Things, Earth Science, Scientific Contributions
• Second Grade – Patterns in Nature, Force and Motion, Earth and Space
• Third Grade – Scientific Investigation, Nature of Matter, Ecology, Light and Sound, Astronomy
• Fourth Grade – Scientific Investigation, Matter and Energy, Sound, the Solar System, Living Things
• Fifth Grade – Changes in Matter, Electricity, Light, Life Cycle and Reproduction
• Sixth Grade – Scientific Process, Properties of Matter, Plants, Energy, Force, and Motion

Just as with social studies, the Time4Learning science curriculum is broken down into learning units composed of activities, quizzes, and tests.  The online learning materials take advantage of today’s technology. It’s a convenient, interactive homeschool resource for studying elementary and middle school earth science, life science and physical science.

If you would like to see demos of the social studies or science lessons, or any of the other subjects in Time4Learning click here. Children like using the computer to learn. Time4Learning’s homeschool curricula engages and challenges your children, letting them work at their own pace.

Posted under Online Learning, homeschool curriculum, science, social studies