As of the last parent teacher conferences, I have been at a loss. I have been talking to teachers, counselors, friends, and even strangers trying to find a way to help a couple of my kiddos with their math. Sylvan and all the other tutoring programs I had heard about were all way out of our price range. Plus, there are no summer school programs available through the school district.
Then one day we were driving up to Madison, Wisconsin and I heard about the Khan Academy online. The advertisement emphasized that this program was free for everyone. As soon as we got back home that night, I logged on to KhanAcademy.com to find out if free really meant free. And for once, free really does mean free.
This website has over 3100 tutoring videos available covering Math from K-12, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Finance, History, and SAT Prep. Each of the videos is short and segmented to one particular part of the subject. Math has videos that cover basic addition and subtraction all the way through videos explaining Calculus.
Your children can each have an account and keep track of their progress through the website. It is completely self paced and your child earns points and badges along the way to measure their progress. Along with the tutorial videos, there are an abundance of interactive challenges and assessments available.
The second best part of this website is that even as a parent, I can create and account and keep learning. I personally love to learn something new everyday. When you are a homemaker who really is home all the time, learning something meaningful each day can be a challenge sometimes.
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