TOS Review: Times Alive!
As a member of the The Old Schoolhouse Homeschool Crew, I received a download copy of the software Times Alive! by City Creek Press. Times Alive is a fun, interactive way for children to learn their multiplication tables. It is based on the book. TimesTables the Fun Way! (Also available from City Creek Press) Times Alive! uses a variety of methods to teach the multiplication facts from 0-9. City Creek Press refers to these as Lesson Types. These lesson types are: Movie: students watches a narrated, animated story. The words also appear on the screen so the student can read along. Song: A music video where the characters re-enact the story. Paint: There are 4 fun pictures total from the stories. You use your mouse to color the paintings. Test: The program starts with a pretest and ends with the same test to measure progress. There are also 4 progress check tests and about 4 tests for specific math fact sections. Quiz: These scores are not recorded. Quizzes ar