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Oops, I forgot a post this Monday. Here in Malaysia, some of us started going back to office and kids back to school. I have yet to send my little girl yet as I am still not comfortable with the numbers of Covid cases.
Reading Eggs
While looking for a good website for academic resources last year, when we were all in locked down and I was feeling exhausted from the so-called online classes done by the kindergarten, I stumbled upon this program called, "Reading Eggs".
This is not a sponsored post and I am not paid by them.
Reading Eggs is an Australian program that focus on reading and Maths. It is an interactive program that in a website and also an app.
What I really love about this program is how my little girl enjoy it so much and has improved immensely from just learning alphabets to reading story books now.
This is not a free program. They have a 30 days free trial and I was so thrilled with the results that I immediately paid for a year's subscription after the trial ended.
The teaching style is in the form of a game, passing each levels as she progresses. There are 3 programs in there. English, Maths and Phonics.
In the website, you also get free worksheets which are revision of what they have learned in the app.
The program is so colourful and attractive that any child would enjoy to use it. It's easy, user-friendly and convenient.
It also emails me a report when my little girl completed a level. It gives me an update of what my girl has been doing, learning and what she needs to work on.
It has quizzes and fun games that kept on enticing my little girl. Like she needs to earn her eggs in order to play some games or to decorate her house she needs eggs to buy the things for it.. And in order to earn the eggs, she needs to complete each level.
I also found out that some kindergarten uses this program as part of their Online teaching.
The down side of this program is it doesn't focus so much in writing (because they can't write in a website right). That you have to do with the worksheets provided. Also, sometimes the website or the app would hanged but that doesn't happen all the time. I feel the depth of the material is enough to counter all the cons. And another down side is you have to control the screen time of your child, which I will write in a separate post.
Khan Academy Kids
While searching for a free educational app, I came upon this app called "Khan Academy Kids". It is entirely FREE with no ads. This is a US program created by this guy who wanted all kids to have free education.
It's also interactive but not in the game style. My little girl sometimes like to play with this app too. It covers more subjects than Reading Eggs. Includes science and teaching about emotions.
The con of this app is it doesn't follow a structured syllable. And it doesn't gives me a report of what my girl has been learning. I feel it also switches too suddenly, from English to Science and suddenly to Maths. You can't choose what to learn. You just have to go with the flow.
Play to Learn Virtual Preschool
Found this on YouTube, this channel has 30 mins each video to share from Nursery Rhymes to stories. My little girl is hooked as the lady who presented the video is very good with children. This is probably more suitable for younger kids.
Unfortunately, they don't have a wide variety of videos. But it's good enough if you are just starting homeschooling.
There are many good YouTube channels and videos to do homeschooling. If you know more, please do share with me. These are my top 3 go-to for homeschooling our girl.
There are also many not good websites or YouTube channels that are only there for money with lots of advertising and no free trial. I wanted so much to look for an app or a program that teaches Mandarin and Malay, somewhat like Reading Eggs, but I couldn't find any.
Enjoy!
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