This post is sponsored by Osmo, we are members of the Osmo Social Club. All opinions are our own.
With the increasing number of families deciding to take their children out of public school settings for the coming year, I’m seeing a huge increase in the number of new families joining the home school groups in a part of. Most are asking where to start, how to send official documents, what curriculum to use, how do you socialize? The usually newbie questions.
A few that are past this point and have gotten their bearing for this new adventure are starting to ask questions like what are the essentials you need as a home school family? What do you supplement your curriculum with? What games/activities do you play that are still educational? One way I like to answer all of those questions is with . Osmo merges tactile exploration with innovative technology, actively engaging children in the learning process, did I mention it’s also super fun?!
We use our Osmo with the kid’s iPads but it can also work with a Kindle fire tablet. All you do is set your tablet in the . Using the active tools on the attached tablet. will scan the tablet and bring to life on the screen the child’s chosen activity.
Osmo engages kids in spelling, math, puzzles, coding and more. They are adding fun new and exciting additional stuff to their brand regularly. We are currently LOVING their . John has been spending about 20 minutes on every school day working playing the Osmo Coding apps. He loves it and so do I.
To go along with the , Osmo has 3 great apps in the app store that start with simple coding engagement and advance to more difficult levels of coding. It’s awesome and I’ll admit that I may have spend some time trying it out myself.
So far this year this has been a great additional to our home school routine and a worth activity for screen time! We totally give
