Outschool - favorite classes?

[CloudBee]

My 7 year old has taken a bunch of Outscool classes this weekend. I specifically signed my son up for classes where parental reviews mentioned that their child was able to talk a lot.

He is very social. Today he played geography bingo. Over the past few days he's taken some animal classes where the teacher interacts with the students throughout the duration.

I see a few classes for girls (ugh) called things like "chat and color". But I can't find anything for boys and girls. 

Has anyone had their children enroll in an Outschool Lego class? Is there some socialization there?

The Minecraft classes with good reviews book really far out. I have him scheduled for a "tips and tricks" class and a "let's chat about Minecraft" class. I would love to find more "chat" style learning options.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

[notsopicky]

E is doing several this summer. One is a Snap Circuits 1 class (you can get the board from Amazon for $20). It's every day for a week. He LOVES this class. He's doing Part 2 next week. He's also doing a Wacky Geography class, taught by this amazing woman who has a mini-classroom corner set up for her Zoom classes. This kid will pore over Google Maps and read nonfiction books about random facts all day, so it was perfect for him. He's also doing Book Club (he's an avid reader, so that's going really well too--there's only been one meet-up so far, it's once a week).

I'm looking into some Science and Math for later in the summer--a way to practice skills w/o it seeming like he's doing "homework" all summer. We do short skills practice sessions (10-15 min) and he complains the whole time.

ETA: The Geography and Book Club seem much more "chatty" than the Snap Circuit class. 

[sandandsea]

Ds did extreme sharks, prehistoric beasts, animal habitats, coding intro, and Minecraft chemistry (really Minecraft geology) and lowercase cursive and liked them all in that order. The extreme sharks was really cool.

[smilee1079]

My son did an Outschool class on the history behind Pokémon and they talked a lot and he loved it. It is better if they have some Pokémon knowledge. I wish it was more than 3 sessions!

[CrazyLucky]

DD is 7. She just took a sign language class and loved it.

[picksthemusic]

Has anyone had their child do the Descendants sing along? DD is obsessed with Descendants and would love this class, but I am hesitant to spend $20 on the class if it sucks.

[ssmjlm]

CloudBee I just saw one called “games with friends” that’s like a weekly chat setup. I might try that one once we’re back from vacation.

[SusanBAnthony]

My anxious child did harry potter/spells for anxiety. She loved it.

[hermione]

My 7yo really likes her weekly One Minute Scavenger Hunt Class. It is for 4-7 year olds and I was pretty sure she'd declare "It's for babies," but she loves it. The teacher says things like, "Ok, find something that starts with the letter G,' and the kids have a minute to run and bring something back and show it. Other examples - something crunchy, something silly, something you love, something round, etc.

[ssmjlm]

Ok so we've tried 3 and 2 were only OK, unfortunately.

Draw a Unicorn - ok
Escape Room Mermaids - she loved this one
Lego Friends Chat - she thought they would be building/chatting, but it just a jumble and I guess because she joined "late" the teacher didn't do much to include her

[CloudBee]

Jul 9, 2020 15:45:45 GMT -5 hermione said:

My 7yo really likes her weekly One Minute Scavenger Hunt Class. It is for 4-7 year olds and I was pretty sure she'd declare "It's for babies," but she loves it. The teacher says things like, "Ok, find something that starts with the letter G,' and the kids have a minute to run and bring something back and show it. Other examples - something crunchy, something silly, something you love, something round, etc.

These are fun! DS has been doing online martial arts with his instructor even since the pandemic hit. He spends about 15 minutes of their class doing scavenger hunts and trivia. We've even done a scavenger hunt Zoom playdate! We should set them up for that. 

[dochas]

Jun 25, 2020 19:01:05 GMT -5 CloudBee said:

My 7 year old has taken a bunch of Outscool classes this weekend. I specifically signed my son up for classes where parental reviews mentioned that their child was able to talk a lot.

He is very social. Today he played geography bingo. Over the past few days he's taken some animal classes where the teacher interacts with the students throughout the duration.

I see a few classes for girls (ugh) called things like "chat and color". But I can't find anything for boys and girls. 

Has anyone had their children enroll in an Outschool Lego class? Is there some socialization there?

The Minecraft classes with good reviews book really far out. I have him scheduled for a "tips and tricks" class and a "let's chat about Minecraft" class. I would love to find more "chat" style learning options.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

There's so many courses. Could you give me some searching tips? My son would also like to talk a lot!