sweetpea3829 Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Anybody use these programs? Is it worth the membership fee? Homeschool Buyer's Co-Op has a group buy up right now and I'm considering it....just not sure if it would be worth it. We already have Prodigy, and the kids love that....I don't want them spending much more time with a screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fralala Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Did you do the free trial? (I guess they have a limited one at their website...but that may be enough for you to tell if you like it. I think I got a free trial through HSBC over the summer, but my kids did it once or twice and we decided we preferred to use our screen time on other things...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetpea3829 Posted November 10, 2016 Author Share Posted November 10, 2016 I haven't...the HSBC sell ends in 4 days...I suppose I could use that time to try it out, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 (edited) I get the summer freebie for my little ones every year, but I can't see myself ever spending money on it. It only lasted a few weeks with my 8yo this year and she went back to Prodigy for her free screen time. She is half raised by teens and all about RPG, so maybe not the best anecdote. The actual courses from Code.org lasted longer than Always Ice Cream though. My 6yo stuck with Clever Dragons longer, but I suspect because it required less reading than the other options. Edited November 10, 2016 by SilverMoon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 No. It's cool over the summer, when it's free, but my screen loving kids end up just wanting to do tynker and prodigy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinyhappypeople Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 Yes, my younger DD has used it off and on for a few years. We got the lifetime membership when it was super cheap. Try it and see. They run really great sales throughout the year, so don't feel like you have to jump on this HSBC deal to get a discount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess4879 Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 Not for us. We got the free summer trial and the kids might have used it twice. They preferred Prodigy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetpea3829 Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 Thanks for the input folks! I will try the free trial thing, and go from there...but it sounds like kids prefer Prodigy more...and knowing how much mine love Prodigy, I imagine they will follow suit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cintinative Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 We got it before we knew about Prodigy and ever since they started with Prodigy it hasn't been used. I wish we hadn't spent the money. I would wait for the free summer trial, and even after that, consider carefully if you want to spend the money. I bought it after the trial but again, Prodigy trumped it big time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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