Many aspects unsuitable for 4 year olds
My little boy is of above average ability and I am an ex-teacher with experience with primary aged children. I have recently subscribed to Skoolbo for my 4 year old (on a home ed rate). I'm finding lots of the programme too complicated or fast for him. The literacy daily challenges are fine for his level but the maths challenges were much too difficult. I have reset them to an easier level using the parent dashboard and I'm hoping this will be better. I don't really like competing against others in the games either as I think this, coupled with the timing aspect, stresses him out and he makes mistakes. For his age group I think it would be fine just to strive for a personal best without the competitive dimension. He is very motivated to collect Snazzimals however, which is a great aspect of the game, but the swiping on the fruitybo game (which you play after winning a Snazzimal) needs to be very precise and is too fast for him. The book reading parts of the programme are, in my opinion totally unsuitable for his age group. There are so many words on each page and, even though they can be read to you, it is very off putting so see so much text. The themes are also too complex. The idea that the game 'learns' from your responses is great, the idea of winning Snazzimals is also very motivating but I think the content supplied children under 6 needs to be reviewed.