Comments on: Gaming Curriculum

By: Lisa- Unschooling Mom

Lisa- Unschooling Mom — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 01:17:52 +0000

Sorry also wanted to add- I have never seen a whole curriculum- but I did come across an interesting concept- was game called ‘Speare http://www.apollogames.ca/ . which is a space invaders meets Romeo and Juliet.. the game is based on Shakespeare’s plays. The site also has some other innovative gaming/learning stuff…

By: Lisa- Unschooling Mom

Lisa- Unschooling Mom — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 01:11:57 +0000

Hi- I’, sorry this is bit off -topic- i was trying to figure out best place to put it.( I am normally not this pushy or brazen) I am promoting Design Contest that i am having for homeschooling kids… it is Homeschooling Awards Logo Design contest.. You can read details here: http://www.lifelearning.org/2007/10/16/homeschooling-awards-logo-design-contest-announcement/ , I was hoping you could post about it to help promote it ?

Again- sorry if coming across as pushy!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:11:01 +0000

We’ve been looking for stuff like this for a while now but everything we come across is not very user friendly. It would be great if was someone developed something like this for PS2, Xbox or the computer.

By: andrea

andrea — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:32:16 +0000

yes, yes, yes, games, especially learning company games made for an excellent transition from school to homeschool… I did wish these games were more like the Nintendo etc that the kids are really into.

By: Summer

Summer — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:34:01 +0000

I have a feeling that there are quite a lot of kids who would love a video game curriculum. LOL

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By: Chris Bartow

Chris Bartow — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 18:05:40 +0000

I could see Second Life being a great place for something like this. You can enter the world, be social with other home school kids, maybe even sit down in virtual classrooms.

You can then break off and do basic learning games within the game.

By: Suburban Oblivion

Suburban Oblivion — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:50:08 +0000

I am so glad I stopped by, that Pokemon site is EXACTLY what I have been looking for- truly educational, yet she will pay attention to! We will be buying a subscription!

By: Angela, Mother Crone

Angela, Mother Crone — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:11:53 +0000

Homeschool Buyer’s Co-Op recently had a group buy for something like this called Pokemon Learning league. My kids would have loved this when they were younger! http://www.pokemonlearningleague.com/

I am all about using the computer as a learning tool, and I think that company’s are starting to provide items with better graphics and more interest. Just check out Cyberplato’s online offerings for upper level science! We got a year membership for Scout for a group buy price of $20! He loves it!

By: Lydia

Lydia — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:56:16 +0000

Ahhhh yes! My seven year old has moved from his addiction to Zoo Tycoon to a healthy infatuation with Roller Coaster Tycoon, which I heartily encourage. He learns so much from those games — here I broke it down for Zoo Tycoon — http://www.littleblueschool.com/2006/05/zoo-tycoon-university.html — haven’t don’t the same thing for Roller Coaster Tycoon yet, but there’s definitely more math/physics in this game. I highly recommend!

Many of our games that do not say “Educational!” on the box are actually very educational, or can be used to illustrate other ideas, or can be used to spark writing assignments — “Write a dialogue between Sonic and Knuckles and Tails using appropriate punctuation.” Hehehe. Why not?

By: Charity

Charity — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:27:29 +0000

In the past, I bought software from The Learning Company for some subjects. For history, we have Oregon Trail and a couple of Carmen Sandiego titles. We also have some math games and reading games that they sell.

They also have an overstock center they offers great prices. I am not sure if you can get to it from the main site, but you can Google it, being the net-savvy mama that you are.