Remember as a kid being a part of a top secret club, it's fun being in the know, having friends who look out for you and having access to something or somewhere special.  Well I've found the twenty-first century virtual homeschool mom equivelence with the Download Club  by My Teaching Library.

My Teaching Library has something to offer for all ages and grade levels, in a variety of different subjects including core and electives.  The website is very easy to navigate, all of the downloads have great photos and descriptions.  There's also a search bar to help find m ore specific topics.  All three of my children have been able to benefit from the resources available on the My Teaching Library.

Karter (10) - 5 Themes of Geography | Location - We found a great supplemental to help with Geography, he's  been learning about hemispheres, latitude, longitude and needed a good reference, this hit the spot. 

Krissy (7) - Character Traits (Volume 1) -He's been having a hard time lately with his emotions, self control and honesty so I have been using the Character Traits to help encourage better behaviors and morals.  To further this one we also made the bookmarks with the character traits and positive affirmations.

Kandy (3) - Letter Learning BUNDLE | Dot and Color - Kandy loves doing dobber art.  I love that this down load includes capital and lowercase letters. After 6 years of homeschooling my dobbers were very beat up so I decided to replace them when I was buying back to school stuff...fun fact: bingo daubers are much cheaper in bingo halls than most stores or online. 

All of the downloads throughout the library you can buy individually or with the download club you have unlimited access to them all for FREE.  There is an annual option or a lifetime option for the download club.  One of the best parts about the download club is you can surf through and pick lessons that you may not need right away but save it to your downloads list for later or come back to it easily without having to go find it in the library again.

We have enjoyed this subscription by My Teaching Library, but don't just take our word for it other families from the Homeschool Review Crew reviewed it as well, so please be sure to check out their reviews by clicking on the banner.

My oldest son Karter was a bit of a slow bloomer when it came to reading. When he was 5 we were informed he had conductive hearing loss, I just wrote most of the symptoms off as him being a 5 year old boy. He has a condition where his ear drums are to thick to allow the proper vibrations required to pass sound through efficiently, it was a result of many many many ear infections as a baby.  He was fitted for hearing aids and later got a long term set of tubes that opened his ear drum to allow sound to pass through. With these interventions he was finally able to process sounds and he hit the ground running with reading from that point on.  Within a year he went from barely on grade level to multiple grade levels ahead! One of the resources we used during that time was called Reading Eggs by Blake eLearning Inc.

At the time Reading Eggs was for Pre-K through 2nd grade, which meant it fit both Karter and Krissy.  Krissy was a very early reading and I attribute that to this program as well.  So when I was given the opportunity to review this program we were all thrilled about it.  Reading Eggs now caters to ages 2-13 with multiple different sub-programs built-in ranging from reading, spelling, phonics, and even math!

The different sub-programs are:
Reading Eggs Junior - Ages 2-4 - a learing experience right on their level that includes, book read alloweds, interactive activites, and videos.
Mathseeds -Ages 3-9 - a fun interactive math program that includes lessons, games, drills and awards.
Fast Phonics - Ages 5-10
Reading Eggs - 3-7 - The original program that started it all, making reading fun!
Reading Eggspress - Ages 7-13 - The next level that helps readers continue to enjoy reading no matter if it's leisure reading or for content.

All three of my kids are able to play/learn with these program! Kandy has the options of Reading Eggs Junior and Mathseeds. Krissy has the option of all the programs except Reading Eggs Jr. Karter has access to Reading Eggspress. All three of them have thoroughly enjoyed playing them too. It's nice to have educational apps for them, they feel like they're playing but I get the reassurance that they're safe and learning!

Both Karter and Kris loved the Reading Eggs reward system, with each lesson you do you receive eggs that can be used to "buy" things. Krissy used his reward eggs to create his own avatar in Reading Eggs. Karter used his to get trading cards in Reading Eggspress.

Krissy's Avatar Creations

Karter's Trading Cards

When we first got access to the program each kid did diagnostic testing to help place them.  We did redo it a couple times because I think they rode under their levels, but I think they were trying to breeze through the diagnostics to get to the fun part!

Reading Eggs is available on many different platforms, we utilized it successfully on our ipads and using safari.  One of my favorite features is that it locks Kandy in it so she can't accidentally (or intentionally) switch to something else with out a code.  I also really appreciate the reports aspect as well, it allows me to see how the kids are progressing along and which programs they're spending the most time in.  In Reading Eggspress it also has a goals tracker, that is a nice visual aid with realistic goals for even the most avid young readers!! I get e-mail alerts when someone levels up and I can log in anytime to the dashboard and see how they have been doing! 

We have enjoyed this subscription by Blake eLearning Inc., but don't just take our word for it other families from the Homeschool Review Crew reviewed it as well, so please be sure to check out their reviews by clicking on the banner.