Jules Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Can you tell me how this works what you like/dislike about it? I am considering this, but would like more comments on it before I sign up. Thanks.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennefer@SSA Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 My older 2 boys have enjoyed this tremendously this year! I started them both at the Mini Marshmallow lessons even though my oldest started at 8. I wanted him to gain a foundation for basic drawing since we had never done anything like this before. In the Mini Marshmallow lessons I allowed them to jump around and go all out of order. Now that they have both moved to the lessons for older kids he recommends they proceed in order so we are following that. I have my boys do lessons 2 to 3x a week and each session they draw 2 things - and that can be doing the same lesson twice for practice. Okay I just went to the site to double check the name of the lessons for older kids and it says "license expired". Anyone else having this trouble. I know my subscription isn't up until 2011 so that can't be the problem. Yikes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy Inman Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Yes, I can't seem to log in either... We just started the mini-marshmallow lessons in late January and we're still doing those. My son is almost 8 and we both really enjoy them. Looking forward to moving on to the next level :) I highly recommend it, though we haven't looked much at the upper levels yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snickerdoodle Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 My boys were doing lessons yesterday and you're right, I can't log on today. Hmm... Maybe they are doing site maintenance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookfiend Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Yes, we use this - I think it is a wonderful value. My boys ask to do an art lesson. We really like that at each step of the video instruction, I can pause with a mouse click. It allows them to draw that portion without feeling hurried. I appreciate that the lessons are short and direct. The only downside is that I haven't been able to figure out the order of the main lessons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlessedMom Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Thanks for sharing this resource opportunity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennefer@SSA Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Yes, I can't seem to log in either... We just started the mini-marshmallow lessons in late January and we're still doing those. My son is almost 8 and we both really enjoy them. Looking forward to moving on to the next level :) I highly recommend it, though we haven't looked much at the upper levels yet... My boys were doing lessons yesterday and you're right, I can't log on today. Hmm... Maybe they are doing site maintenance? I'm glad it's not just us having problems. I emailed the Mark Kistler people as well as the Homeschool Buyers' Co-op, so hopefully someone will get back with me. I'll pass the info along if it's anything other than simple site maintenance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennefer@SSA Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Yes, we use this - I think it is a wonderful value. My boys ask to do an art lesson. We really like that at each step of the video instruction, I can pause with a mouse click. It allows them to draw that portion without feeling hurried. I appreciate that the lessons are short and direct. The only downside is that I haven't been able to figure out the order of the main lessons. If you are talking about the Online Video Art Academy he recommends you go in order the lessons are presented on the page. So that would be starting with the simple cube followed by the simple sphere and continuing on. He said you don't have to go in that order but he highly recommends it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moniksca Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 we're going to be purchasing this soon as well. I had my ds do all the free lessons and he really enjoyed them so we will continue on with the rest of the program. He likes to pause the video and rewind if need be while he's drawing which is a big plus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snickerdoodle Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Be prepared to go through a lot of paper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snickerdoodle Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 OP: Did you decide or not? How are the kids liking it if you did purchase the online deal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 Thanks for reminding me about this. Ben really enjoys it, but we both forgot about our subscription. It's a good thing it last through 2012 for us. I'm going to start requiring him to do some every week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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