Excellent Resource As a retired teacher and current homeschool grandparent, Kidsdiscover is a great find. It is an excellent resource for articles (written in three Lexile ranges) related to science and social studies curricular standards. With the pictures and graphics, it's an engaging read for learners (and their instructors).

Two Stars and a Wish I like the social studies for the 6th grade level. We read the middle reading level. The photos are well done and page layouts are arranged nicely with the right vocabulary for my 11-year-old. Well done. I did observe that the upper grade levels for the history/social studies becomes too much of name and date information. I wish you could show the date items in a historical time line that would capture the kids interest more. I realize you are trying to cover certain curriculum rules. Anyway I am sure you will take this in and do something clever.

We have really enjoyed Kids Discover… We have really enjoyed Kids Discover Online. For my oldest son who struggles with reading, the text to speech feature has been amazing. Not only does it follow the text by highlighting was has been read, but he has been curiously learning on his own due to this feature. My daughter has also been enjoying using the lessons, doing word searches etc. Great and very informative.

Not teacher friendly Not teacher friendly. No way to tell if students have completed reading unless they complete the quiz and then recording the quiz is cumbersome. Also, lexile levels don't go very high - so it limits the reading level for students who are at or above their reading.

Great source for science and social studies We have used KidsDiscover for many years. First we used the magazine and then the online version. With the time period our 6th grade has for science and ss, it is difficult to go over all of the textbook. The length of the articles are perfect to read and discuss during our time. They are interesting and hit most of the main points we are aiming for. It is also nice to have students take the short quiz for comprehension. Customer service is also wonderful!