ABCmouse®: How Do I Use It With Time4Learning?

Maybe you’ve explored the different features and pros and cons of both Time4Learning and ABCmouse.com® Early Learning Academy, but there are aspects of each that you think would benefit your student. The truth is that you don’t have to pick one or the other; you can use both curricula to create the best homeschool program for your individual student. Let’s look at how that might work.

A Mix-and-Match Approach to Homeschool

There’s actually an official name for a homeschool style that takes parts from multiple homeschool programs and resources to create a customized education for your child. It’s called “eclectic homeschooling” and a large segment of homeschool families use the approach. Why? Because it’s unusual for one single program or resource to meet all the needs of an individual student.

Every learner is unique. When evaluating your child’s learning needs, you’ll need to consider:

Your student’s learning style
Whether your student has a learning disability
Whether your student is gifted in one or more areas
Which subjects your student needs additional help with
How independently your student is able to work
What extracurricular activities your student is interested in
What your overall educational goals are for your student

The answers to these questions usually mean picking and choosing more than one homeschool tool to fulfill all your student’s needs.

Using Time4Learning and ABCmouse® Together for Homeschool

There might be several reasons you want to use both Time4Learning and ABCmouse® concurrently in your homeschool. Those might include:

You already use ABCmouse® for your PreK-2nd grader, but need an additional homeschool program for your older student
To help students tackle specific subjects or concepts by approaching them from multiple angles
Using Time4Learning as your core curriculum and ABCmouse® as an entertaining supplement
A desire to combine the standards-based lessons of Time4Learning with the incentivized learning system of ABCmouse®

Because they are both online programs, it is easy to integrate each into your homeschool schedule. For example, you might have your student do their Time4Learning lessons in the morning hours, then follow up with time on ABCmouse® in the afternoon. Or, if you have students at multiple levels and each has access to an internet-connected device, one could engage with the activities on ABCmouse®, while the other was completing their math, language arts, science, or social studies exercises on Time4Learning.

Want to know more about how Time4learning compares with ABCmouse® for homeschooling? You might be interested in:

Online Curriculum for Homeschool, Afterschool and Summer Use

If you are just learning about Time4Learning, we’d suggest first looking at our interactive lesson demos.

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