I'm currently participating in
an ABC's for homeschooling challenge.
Since it falls on Tuesdays,
I am adding a technological slant to the challenge.
I hope you stay tuned and enjoy my entries.
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| Stream educational videos through a computer. |
Out of so many things I enjoy in life, watching movies is at the top. When I am stressed, I like to wind down with a good movie. Sometimes, I like to watch documentaries. Sometimes, a romantic comedy does it for me. No matter what the mood, I can often find a movie that will make me feel better.
Netflix offers movies of all sorts. I love this service. There is no one- or two-year contract. You pay per month. You can stream the movies online or rent physical DVDs that come to your house through snail mail.
There is a wide variety of movies available. I like that you can save movies in a queue. I have about 300 movies saved in my queue. There are several ways you can watch the movies. You can view the movies through the internet via the computer, a Blue Ray DVD player, Roku or even the Wii.
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| My youngest enjoys watching Blue's Clues on Netflix. |
My six year-old likes watching shows like Blue's Clues, Leap Frog: Letter Factory, and Cyberchase (a show from PBS). I love these series. They are educational. They are available through Netflix. They are easy to access through the internet.
Thanks for reading this entry. I hope I've provided a different way to teach your children with the use of Netflix. This websites provide a visual way to learn ABCs and 123s. Documentaries of all sorts are also available, such as for the Middle Ages and World War II. There is one caveat: Rates for Netflix are changing so be on the look out; it's still cheaper than cable.
Next week, I will be covering the letter O. Stay tuned!
How about you, my readers? Do you have a subscription to Netflix? Would you use Netflix videos to teach your children? I believe in using educational videos to teach children the topics they need to learn, especially the beginning concepts like those in Blue's Clues. I encourage you to expose your children to education through technology.
This has been an entry for the Technology Tuesdays series.
