Lesson 2

I like Mango as a language learning program.  There are numerous repetitions and the lessons break down the sentences into pieces. The lessons teaches words for specific situations. It pronounces the word for you and allows you to repeat the pronunciation until you feel comfortable.  Mango for a Vietnamese student would be helpful because it has lessons to learn English for a Vietnamese speaker.  I imagine it would be similar to the lesson I did for English to Spanish.

On Chilton’s there are instructions for car care.  For instance, the three things that should be done at 30,000 miles are replace the air conditioning and engine air filters, the engine oil and filter. The most recent technical notice was the CA/FED/50 State Certified Emission Control Underhood Labels -  4/23/13. This notice provided guidelines that ensure proper label application.  This is geared toward technical or dealer notification and not something the average owner would worry about. Under the repair tab, the brake section illustrates a diagram about how to properly adjust the parking brake shoe clearance. These would be excellent instructions if I knew where to install hub nuts, or where the shoe adjusting hole plug was. I think I’ll just take my car to a mechanic.

Tumblebook library was a very kid-friendly website. The storybooks contained cute animated pictures in the books. The reader of the books was animated and enthusiastic. The words being read are highlighted in a different color. There is an option to read it on your own, with this option, you can click on a word and have it sounded out for you. This feature is great for kids learning to read. At the end of the book, there was a word list with a pronunciation guide. I would have enjoyed this website as a child and it’s a good site for parents and teachers looking for spelling list for kids.

The games had fun sound effects and positive reinforcements at the end of each game with clapping, excitement and a big “you win!” I thought the puzzles and games were age appropriate with materials for kids with many different interests to explore.

I would recommend this to people with children just learning to read or within the first few years of reading. The videos might be good for older kids too. I feel this website would help children struggling with reading because the program makes reading fun. It would also be good for children being home-schooled because it is something they could do on their own. It also provides lesson plans for teachers and parents.