When to Start?

What age is a good age to start using a supplemental tool like HomeSchool Advantage?

Using an on-line tool like HomeSchool Advantage requires fundamental skills such as basic reading, using a mouse, and using a keyboard. Many children are ready to do all of these by themselves at seven or eight. Others are not. However, our curriculum does include material for students that young.

HomeSchool Advantage incorporates basic testing concepts that may be new to young student such as how to answer Fill in the Blank Questions, True/False Questions, and Multiple Choice Questions. An adult working with a student can quickly explain these types of questions.

If a younger child is not ready to use the computer themselves, but they are capable of handling the curriculum, some parents operate the computer for the students. They read out loud the questions and enter in the student's answers. In these cases, the parent can still leverage HomeSchool Advantage's advanced spaced repetition, tracking, and scheduling capability.

A guided session with a parent is a great way for a student to learn the names of things, people, and places, before they can even spell! By the time most children are in the third to fourth grade, they can typically use the system without assistance.

The short answer: Our recommended age for starting HomeSchool Advantage is seven or eight, depending on the child. These students are typically assigned 100 level courses.

Of course, there is no maximum age, we want you learning too.