About 6 weeks ago, we started our free trial of K5 Learning.
My daughter loved to work on all the programs and especially enjoyed the creative activities. She (recently turned-12-years old) said this,
“I enjoyed the options the program provided and the fun activities. The lessons were very helpful and gave me a boost in Maths.”
Let me start from the beginning ~
Their initial assessment was excellent. The results were detailed and clear, and for the first time in our homeschooling career, I had an accurate breakdown in my child’s Maths and Reading skill levels and abilities.
My daughter loved the Maths Facts section – mental maths “designed to help kids develop instant recall of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts”. She worked positively to maintain high scores and loved to see her mastery results on the K5 Math Fact Matrix display. What impressed me was that the program constantly adapted to reinforce specific maths facts which she missed or took too long to recall.
The Maths program has excellent explanations of new maths concepts with good, clear examples of the work, followed by the exercises. Without too much fuss, K5 gave a quick sound effect to indicate success or mistake. After the exercise series, my child was given time to play on an “arcade game” which gave her a few minutes of fun as a refreshing break.
The Reading and comprehension was thorough and very comprehensive. I was impressed with the comprehension questions and the vocabulary extension.
We struggled with the Spelling program because there was no “teaching” or pre-learning component on the spelling lessons presented. The program presented the vocabulary test and practice almost blind. Despite trying to change the grade levels, we didn’t seem to find our level and so we did not enjoy the spelling program.
My only regret was that we didn’t have reliable, speedy Internet service during our free trial period and so we missed several days each week of online learning. But I highly recommend this program to any homeschooler! It is excellent and very effective! From an educational perspective, it is outstanding and their methodology is excellent. From a parent’s perspective it is very easy to use, log in to assess and keep in touch with the child’s progress. For the child, it is simple to log in and work on his or her own.
K5 Learning has a referral program, which pays participants $25 for each new subscriber that clicks over to K5, so my daughter and I will be very grateful if you click here to go start your free trial!
Blessings,
Practical Pages 
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