Hellobee Boards

We did one class on Outschool. It was okay, and I’ll try another, but there was a kid in the class who was super rude and distracted the other kids. The teacher couldn’t seem to figure out which kid it was, so didn’t mute him or otherwise do anything except say “that’s not nice.” My son was pretty meh about it (he is 7). I have actually looked into teaching in the program (I already teach on-line for a different company), and am still considering it. I think it can be a fun supplement to other learning, but you probably need to do your research to weed through to find good teachers. But there are definitely some cool class offerings!

We’ve had two good experiences for my 8 year old. I originally looked into it after her art camp got cancelled. She has a really good attention span which helps, and I would read reviews for clues like the teacher moves class along well, keeps kids engaged, etc. Teachers normally keep them muted I think except for questions. There are just a lot of options on there so you do have to dig around.
The two subjects she has done are a cursive class (8 25-min sessions - since they didn’t do much of it at school) and several polymer clay miniatures classes (1 hour) with the same teacher. Those are both right up her alley. I think for an older kid it’s a great way to find something that might not exist locally even if not corona times, so I’ll continue to keep it in mind.

I’ve thought about doing one for my 5 year old, but I’m not sure he has the attention span for zoom and think he is probably just as happy playing his own way.

I actually just signed up for one last night (also after seeing several ads on FB!) Haha it's an animal class which my son is really into now and I thought it might be good for keeping him occuppied for an hr. I did read the reviews first.