SweetMissMagnolia Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 http://minecrafthomeschool.com I know we have discussed the finer points of minecraft and the pros and cons of playing it and even using it to teach our kiddos.....I might have even seen the link to this here,I can't remember....but I signed up for it today....Kiddo will start the Moons & Monuments study in February....have to mark it on my calendar! :lol: I've been looking for ANYTHING to get him back into the learning is fun mindset-we've been unschooling for the past couple of years now and he's been very interested into anything computer tech....he's doing the hour of code and another learn to code classes online....This just seemed kind of obvious to me...he's sooo into minecraft and makes his own servers,mods,mobs,and it's just everything MINECRAFT to him.....I'll update as we go along-if he does well in the first study period,I am definitely signing up for more....each study session/unit is 5 weeks long-we signed up for the advanced so he will have quizzes as part of the study-it has things he has to ready and do apart from the online studies....just thought I'd share.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in OK Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Haven't seen that one yet. We're part of SKrafty and love it. They have started offering classes as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 A bunch if people on another board I'm on are. The reviews have been middling to pretty positive. I'm sure there will be some people here too. I told my boys they could maybe do it for summer. They're not Minecraft mad, but I think they'd think it was fun and the price is so low, that I wouldn't mind if it turned out to be a waste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 That looks cool, we might try that out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammi K Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 I'm a little confused by the quiz thing though. It says it's multiple choice and 2 essays and that should all take 30 minutes. I can't imagine my son writing 2 essays in thirty minutes. Well heck, that would be challenging for me. I just looked at the site. It says the quiz contains 2 essay questions. I take that to mean "write a sentence or two' not write an entire essay. It looks like fun. My son would enjoy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraidycat Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 That looks cool! I will definitely keep it in mind for DS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 My son is currently in a class. He is loving it, and he has learned some things about history and stuff he can do in the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEm Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 hmm this looks pretty cool and the price is low enough to not worry if its a dud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfrumpable. Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 My son is currently taking a history and periodic table class through Skrafty. I have him signed up for a creative writing class through Minecraft Homeschool, but it doesn't start until the end of February. He is really enjoying the classes. We're doing self paced. He also loves just playing on Skrafty as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemiSweet Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Both of mine are doing the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World class, they both enjoy it and it is a great exercise for them in reading and following directions. I know ds would do it again, not sure about dd though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morningcoffee Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Haven't seen that one yet. We're part of SKrafty and love it. They have started offering classes as well. Yes, dd does this one. She also does Minecraft projects for DIY.org. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommymilkies Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 My three oldest are in the classes now. They like it, but they've had HUGE issues with kids stealing claims from under them when they try to alter their buildings or whatever. And other things like that. It happens all the time. So that's disappointing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 My three oldest are in the classes now. They like it, but they've had HUGE issues with kids stealing claims from under them when they try to alter their buildings or whatever. And other things like that. It happens all the time. So that's disappointing. My son hasn't had an issue with that. He's been able to make his claim bigger w/out deleting the claim, mostly, I think? He has had a lot of animals killed/stolen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim in Appalachia Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 I had no idea anything like this existed. My boys just got minecraft acccounts for Christmas, and my ds11 is Minecraft obsessed. This looks like it could be a good idea. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommymilkies Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 My son hasn't had an issue with that. He's been able to make his claim bigger w/out deleting the claim, mostly, I think? He has had a lot of animals killed/stolen. A couple times I was sitting with them helping them and there would be kids sitting there watching and as soon as my kid moved a corner (if they made it the wrong size for the assignment, etc.), a kid would jump in and try to claim it. Crazy! That hasn't been the case in the 7 Wonders class, though. It's happening less now, so IDK if it was kids who didn't know what they were doing or maybe were just messing around and are finally getting more serious, since it's let up a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 My two youngest would love this! Thank you for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 A couple times I was sitting with them helping them and there would be kids sitting there watching and as soon as my kid moved a corner (if they made it the wrong size for the assignment, etc.), a kid would jump in and try to claim it. Crazy! That hasn't been the case in the 7 Wonders class, though. It's happening less now, so IDK if it was kids who didn't know what they were doing or maybe were just messing around and are finally getting more serious, since it's let up a lot. Being in Hawaii, there aren't usually a lot of kids on when DS is on in the late afternoon here. There were clearly a lot of kids in the first week of his class that didn't know what they were doing, so maybe that is part of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetMissMagnolia Posted January 23, 2014 Author Share Posted January 23, 2014 good things to look out for....it says (if I remember correctly) to report bad "sportsmanship" playing...... glad to be able to share it-my kiddo's a minecraft-aholic and minecraft-addict LOL....so I'm hoping he will enjoy it and also learn something too...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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