Online Summer Skill Builder

Summer School?

Are your kids excited by the idea of summer school, summer courses, or summer study?

Your child works hard during the school year and needs a summer vacation in order to come back refreshed. The sensible part of you knows that it would be foolish to waste the summer months, since a long vacation without study can result in backsliding. The sensitive part of you feels guilty about asking your kids to do work while their friends are spending their vacation doing other things.

Are your kids excited by the idea of summer school, summer courses or summer study? Ours certainly aren't. They want to enjoy their summer and not worry about the pressures of school, standardized testing and subjects they might have had trouble with. They don't want summer school. They want a summer break.

So, is it possible for kids to enjoy their summer when they know they have to study? With Time4Learning, the answer is "yes".

A Fun Summer School Alternative

Have you noticed how much your child enjoys using the computer? If you haven’t, you should. Kids are constantly surfing the web. Whether they’re checking out a video game or chatting with their friends, they are (without a doubt) online. So, it makes sense to turn to the web for a fun alternative to summer school. Time4Learning’s website offers just that. A web based summer learning program that they won’t mind using. In fact, they might even like it!

Time4Learning's Web Based Summer Learning Program might be your answer. Our learning materials take advantage of today's technology by providing a convenient and web based interactive learning resource, helping children from preschool through elementary and middle school excel in their studies. Our web based summer program takes school-year curriculum and continues it on through the summer so that your kids can retain what they've learned, catch up on what they haven’t, and get ahead for next year.

Children like using the computer to learn. Time4Learning's web based enrichment program engages and challenges your children, letting them work at their own pace. Frankly, having a program that the children like to use is already half of the battle! Plus, combining what they love with what they need makes the idea of summer study a bit easier for them to swallow. Try the demos now.

Parents like that it tracks progress and helps children advance by tutoring with learning paths that assure coverage of the skills and concepts that make children succeed.

Time4Learning is proven effective for learning at home and improving grades. It requires no contracts, has a low monthly price and provides a money-back guarantee so you can make sure that it works for your children. Sign up.

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Summer School Language Arts - PreReading, Phonics, Reading Comprehension, Spelling, Vocabulary

Time4Learning's summer reading enrichment teaches and improves phonemic awareness (reading readiness), phonics, reading fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. From preschool to eighth grade, our Learn to Read Programs introduce your children to age-appropriate reading skills through lessons and educational teaching games.

• Pre-schoolers begin with our very own award winning curriculum. It combines technology, animated characters, original stories and fun music to inspire a love of learning in the littlest e-learners. Ed Mouse and his friends use simple verbal instructions to guide children through more than forty topics making it simple for even pre-readers to follow. View our preschool lesson plans for more information.
• The elementary summer curriculum covers phonics, verbal comprehension, reading fluency, vocabulary development, reading comprehension, grammar and other language arts skills by integrating age-appropriate concepts within thematic units of study.
• The middle school summer program teaches advanced reading comprehension, literary analysis, critical thinking, vocabulary, grammar and punctuation, and writing skills.

The language arts curriculum correlates to all 50 state's standards, so it is the perfect tool for catching up or getting ahead, this summer. The program is used in public schools nationwide as a classroom teaching tool, so you can be assured that - whatever your summer language arts needs - this tool will meet (or exceed) your expectations.

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My daughter almost had to repeat the 2nd grade, but after a year with Time4Learning she tested above grade level in math and is at a 5th grade reading level!

Second graders learn to recognize the
different letter combinations that create the
"a" sound from the Phonics Puppets

Math Summer Learning Program

Time4Learning's summer math lessons are a great summer learning tool for PreK - 8th Grade. Conceptual explanations, interactive activities and reinforcing worksheets present the curriculum in a suggested sequence designed to increase retention and build a solid math foundation.

• Pre-schoolers begin with our very own award winning curriculum, an age appropriate program designed to introduce math basics using fun educational games. Students are introduced to basic shapes, numbers, counting exercises, and other math fundamentals using a story or song.
• In elementary summer math, kids will learn number theory, order of operations, value and meaning, math relationships, word problems, measurement (currency), geometry basics (shapes) and values.
• The middle school summer math lessons are organized by skill level. After the animated intro, students are eased into activities teaching number sense, geometry, measurement, spatial reasoning and more.
• Pre-Algebra summer activities - there is a complete pre-algebra program which also covers data analysis, geometry, probability, real and unreal numbers, and spatial reasoning.

The math curriculum correlates to all 50 state's standards. The program is used in public schools nationwide as a classroom teaching tool because of its flexibility. It allows students to move through the activities at their own pace and on their own terms, so they can work at a pace they're comfortable with, relieving common math anxieties.

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With Time4Learning, math lessons are taught by engaging characters in colorful, fun activities.

Here at Frank's Fraction Pizzeria, 3rd graders learn about "parts of a whole" from Frank and his employees.

The Summer Bridge Program - "Not What My Child Wanted"

"My son's school recommends that the students use the Summer Bridge Books. The problem is that Alex, my son, used them last summer and hated them."

"They wrecked my summer, it was just like school" Alex complains. And it was true. Alex and his mom had fought about those workbooks all summer. Alex's mom said that it really should not have been a big deal.

"I was only looking for 40 minutes per day on weekdays but Alex got so worked up about those Summer Bridge Books that it left a bad taste in all our mouths."

But Alex has now finished another difficult year in school and the teacher had stressed in the report card and meetings that Alex should review his third grade math and work on his reading comprehension to be ready for fourth grade. So Alex's mom was looking for an alternative for the Bridge Workbooks. One of her friends recommended Time4Learning. We gave it a try and it was an instant success. Also, Alex's math and reading comprehension skills were greatly improved with Time4Learning, so he was much better prepared for the new school year than ever before.

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I LOVE Time4Learning! It holds the attention of my kids, plus I can keep track of their learning without hovering over their shoulders.

I am really pleased with Time4Learning. It has made a world of difference in my son's academic performance in school!

Key Features of Time4Learning's Home Education Program

Time4Learning.com combines 1000+ multimedia lessons, printable worksheets and graded activities in a student-paced environment that brings concepts to life. Math and language arts lessons are correlated to state standards. Science, social studies and art are also provided as a bonus to most grades.

Parents get access to printable lesson plans, teaching tools (located in the parent administration section), detailed reporting and parental support through our online Parent Forum.

Other key features of the program:

• Students get individual logins and work on their own schedule and pace
• Parents can set the grade level independently for each subject
• The grade above and below are available for review and additional study
• Detailed lesson plans available for parents who wish to review lesson contents
• Access to an online playground that rewards and motivates
• An automated system grades lessons and keeps reports for homeschool portfolio usage (shown below)
• Sign up and get started on the same day!

Time4Learning is entirely web based, so there is no software to download, no CDs and nothing additional to purchase. Students will be able to access the program 24/7 from any computer with an internet connection.

Time4Learning requires no contracts and offers a 14-day money back guarantee. Browse lesson plans, try the interactive lesson demos or view the curriculum overview to see what's available.