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Maggie
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Posted: April 23 2012 at 9:28am \| IP Logged

Due to tightening the budget...my dh really wants to know if Enchanted Learning is worth it.

I had always thought that I could go and find things on my own...but that is time consuming...and there is something nice about having everything ready for you. I think the selection is rather good...but I don't know if it is something I would "forget" to use...and just be smitten with it in the short term?

Experiences, please?

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Posted: April 23 2012 at 9:59am \| IP Logged

I think the site is really worthwhile, and we love using it here, Maggie. I've used the free version of the site, and I've subscribed before (subscriptions last for a year).

The content is basically the same, whether you subscribe or not. There might be a few resources on the subscriber site that aren't available on the free side, but I think the lion's share is available on both sides. The only thing the subscriber feature gets you is ad-free pages, which are very nice, but not necessary either. If my budget was super tight, NOT subscribing would probably be an area in which I'd try to save money.

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Posted: April 23 2012 at 11:31am \| IP Logged

I agree with Jen. There is plenty on the free site to keep littles happily busy for quite some time.

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Posted: April 23 2012 at 6:22pm \| IP Logged

I used this our first year of homeschooling. We enjoyed it and used it a lot, but it wasn't in the budget the next year. To be honest I didn't miss it once and forgot all about it until you said something. I think it is a resource that is useful when the budget allows, but I wouldn't give up something else or get a job to afford it.

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Posted: April 23 2012 at 10:21pm \| IP Logged

I've subscribed 2 yrs but not currently subscribed. I used it mainly for DS 11 that needed LOTS and LOTS and LOTS of repetition in work so I usu. just went to it and typed in what he needed help with...nouns, verbs, fractions, place value...things like that. Also, I liked the various webs to help him organize his thoughts. Although he still needs lots of repetition, I haven't found the need to use it as much probably b/c of his grade level now and haven't renewed. I did think it was worthwhile as a go to source when I knew exactly what I was looking for.

I guess I found quite a lot of pages I wanted that I could NOT get with subscription.

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