This week, Tara finally succumbed to the persuasive advertising on PBS and subscribed to ABCmouse.com so that Aria could try out online learning to supplement her pre-school. We should've seen this coming, but with Aria, if she likes something, she goes all in. Within a couple days, ABCmouse.com became an obsession. She wants to use the site for hours on end, and would rather use it than watch TV. She's gone from not being able to do anything on the computer to now being able to use a mouse as well as I can. It's been a strange turn of events.
The way the site works is that she basically has to complete a bunch of lessons, and each time she completes one, she earns tickets that she can use to buy things, such as outfits for her avatar, things to put in her virtual bedroom, etc. So, in addition to teaching her the alphabet, math, matching, art, etc, it also teaches her about earning things and saving up for things.
Her favorite thing has been to purchase little hamsters, hamster tubes, and hamster cages. Her 3 little hamsters wander around this little maze she constructed, all the while quirky, happy music is playing. It's fun to see her having fun learning.
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