There are a lot of online options that support home schooling plans. I'd rather we spend our screen time watching YouTube clips of Lenny and the Squigtones, or the awesome video of the Jackson 5 with Carol Burnett. That is how The World Wide Web can enhance lives and expand awareness.
There is a program that I've decided to use to help subsidize with our Math lessons. It's called IXL. We have to pay for it, but what I appreciate is that, yes, it has lessons per grade, but it also has a section called "Standards Alignment." These are lessons that are aligned with each of the 50 states and the Common Core (cue melancholy, with a touch of sinister, music).
The format is basically just drill, drill, drill until they get enough answers correct to "master the skill." Being a Master gives them the right to click on a star and a little picture of an animal or something materializes (!!!). I'm not saying that it's fun or creative. I just think that it's a practical, if small, part of the puzzle.
