The Beginning Of Homeschooling

I've looked ahead toward my son's education with excitement and a little bit of fear.  Will I be able to give him the education he needs and deserves?  What about the subjects that I'm not so great with, like math?  What do I do to keep his attention and make learning fun?  Am I making the right choice?

Last month 2.0 read Green Eggs and Ham to me at the library and I realized that I needed to stop looking ahead because 2.0 needed his education to start now.  There aren't a lot of resources for educating a two-year-old at home, at least not resources that I liked or wanted to use.  I needed something that would grow with him and adapt to him and was easy for both of us to use.  I'm so thankful that I found ABCmouse.com.

I'm not one to use my blog space to promote a product very often.  I hope that gives you an idea of how awesome ABCmouse.com really is.  We signed up for it on March 9.  Normally it's around $8 a month or $79 a year.  When I saw that I could get it for $59 this year, I jumped on it, even turning down a free month to get the deal.  After just the last few weeks, I'm positive that I made the right choice.

ABCmouse.com is tailored for kids in preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten, but they also have a toddler section for kids 2.0's age.  It is entirely internet based and can be accessed from any computer that has an internet connection.  There's a parents section that is password protected so the child can't change anything and the lessons can be customized to fit your child's educational needs.  There's reading, writing, math, social studies, geography.  If you don't want to build a lesson for your child or are intimidated by the process, there is a 'learning path' that your child can use that is designed by educators and child development experts.

There are printable pages for coloring, jigsaw puzzles, books, songs, and games.  I'm amazed at how well 2.0 pays attention and the difference in his vocabulary since we started the ABCmouse program.  2.0 sings along with some of the songs and loves the coloring pages online that we point and click on.  He's not so great with a mouse yet, and being a southpaw, I'm going to have to change my mouse to fit his needs when he's ready.  We do his lessons together and he can spend an hour or more on ABCmouse.com just doing lesson after lesson.

We've only had this program since March 9 and he's almost done with the toddler section!  We're going to do it over again with 2.0 manning the mouse by himself a little more.  Then we're moving on to the level 1 lessons.

Here is a link to ABCmouse.com.  Take a look and see what you think if you have kids 2.0's age or even younger.  Our kids are sponges, soaking up everything they can about the world around them.  This program is giving 2.0 a chance to explore even more.