I read about the online program reading eggs at one point. I bought two years of subscriptions and my second year runs out in Feb., but I'm hoping my son will finish the spelling lessons by then. I like how they teach the spelling lessons (in the skills bank icon). It starts off by asking them to type, copy the spelling word directly under the word. Several lessons later it tells them to copy the word. Then it erases the word they typed and has them type it on another line lower down. (somewhere I read that copy work evolves from copying directly under the word to copying from further away, like on the board, like that's a step). Then in later lessons it shows the word they want them to spell and the computer says the word out loud and then an ocean wave erases the word and they have to type it from memory. It's mostly 3 letter phonetic words pup, cup, but also four letter words and sight words like come. It reminded me of the modern preferred balanced approach between phonics and sight words.
I also remembered the balanced approach because I just started my two year old on it and lessons 1 & 2 teach a letter each, but lesson 3 is about the word am. I'm showing her the lessons and asking her to point to the answer while I work the mouse. Some lessons she doesn't know, and those I answer and I explain them to like I'm giving her a lesson. Then we also use the playroom so she can learn to work a mouse to string the beads and also to use the stamp pad. She's getting pretty good with the mouse (laptop touchpad).
I have always loved the nursery rhymes on the bookshelf in the playroom. My kids know and love almost all of them. It has Humpty Dumpty, Row Row Your Boat, Hickory Dickory Dock, Twinkle Twinkle, and all the good ones.
Just posting here in pre-k because in case somebody else with little kids might want to hear about it and know that I think it's a good program.
