![]() There are so many elements that we can use and we aren’t using it to the fullest extent, but someone that chooses to will have a world of tools at their fingertips. ![]() More often than not, I had to ask them to stop focusing on Starfall to get their other work done! All of my children love Starfall. ![]() Unlike some review products and school events, I did not have to ask my kids to go and fulfill their Starfall time. Our laptop has a lot of struggles and crashes, but it can handle this website and plug in a few headphones and I’m one happy mama. My middle daughter and perhaps the oldest as well most enjoys accessing the website through a moderated Chrome browser on a dedicated Asus laptop for the children. Many times, I have found my middle daughter listening via earbuds to some of the nursery rhymes and lullabies or stories from the app on her Kindle Fire Freetime profile while working on her math or cursive work. Being able to allow my son to click on an app, that is logged in through his Amazon Kindle Freetime child moderated profile makes it so simple and appreciable for me as the mama as well as for him. Now, we are intrigued and relishing our time exploring the full online membership of the website as well as using our login to enjoy to the fullest extent the apps on our Kindle Fire(s), iPad 2, as well as our moderated browser laptop and computer access for the children. Over the years, we have used some of the free elements of Starfall on their website directly from a computer or laptop. Starfall is a website with elements that are also available through android and iOS apps. Technically, if you include the times they hold her up to witness it all, even my newest addition at nine-months-old is enjoying interacting with Starfall as well. Or rather in our case, from my youngest student using this as a pre-k curriculum at three-years-old through my middle daughter at six-years-old and even the eldest at eight-years-old is able to benefit. This year with our interactions with the Homeschool Review Crew we were blessed to receive a one-year subscription to The Starfall Home Membership giving access for the whole family. Membership supports the production of new books, educational games, and movies.Ever since I started homeschooling with littles, one of the names that have come up over and over as a recommendation for some online learning is the Starfall Education Foundation. Starfall’s low-cost membership program expands the free content to include additional animated songs, mathematics activities, and reading. It is widely used in schools and homeschools. Its emphasis on phonemic awareness, systematic sequential phonics, and common sight words in conjunction with audiovisual interactivity is especially effective for teaching emergent readers, children of all ages with special needs or learning difficulties, as well as ELL (ESL) students. Starfall activities are research-based and align with state learning objectives for English language arts and mathematics. Due to the engaging content that “feels like play,” Starfall serves as an educational alternative to other entertainment choices for children. The program emphasizes exploration, play, and positive reinforcement-encouraging children to become confident and intrinsically motivated. Since then it has expanded to include standards in language arts and mathematics for preschool through fifth grade and above. ![]() Starfall was developed in the classroom by teachers and opened in August 2002 as a free public service to teach children to read. He was motivated to create a learning platform with untimed, multisensory interactive games that allow children to see, hear, and touch as they learn. Stephen Schutz, who had difficulty learning to read as a child due to dyslexia. At Starfall, children have fun while they learn ![]()
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