MarshMedia (Review)

Have you ever wished you had just a little something extra to add to your health and hygiene studies?   Today's review of MarshMedia may be just the thing you're looking for.   This online product offers 54 health education videos geared towards student K-8.  If you wish to take advantage of the opportunity to introduce the MarshMedia curriculum to your homeschooler(s) go to their Homeschool Special page for details.

For this product, you don't buy the video, but rather you rent the videos for a 24 hour period.   The 24 hours begins when you start watching the video for the first time.   You can watch the video more than once in that time frame, but after 24 hours your rental expires.   If you are planning to preview the video prior to showing it to your students, you need to make sure you get your timing right.   The videos are, in my opinion, quite pricey so you need to make sure you don't lose your window of opportunity.

I watched several of the videos without my kids, prior to letting them watch.   The content in the videos is explained  clearly and in kid friendly terms.  Usually there are either real people or animated characters, or a mixture thereof depending on the subject matter, as well as a catchy song to help your student remember some of the key points.   In watching the videos, I found nothing that was objectionable as far as any questionable agenda being pushed. There is no religious slant, nor anti religious sentiments contained that I could spot.

I will suggest that you do preview the videos to make sure the content is what you had in mind and that it is appropriate for your child's maturity level.  For example one of the videos I picked was "A Girls Guide to Puberty and Personal Safety".   The video was done in animation, but I was surprised that it started out with Chapter 1 - Boys Bodies and then went on to cover the changes in male bodies during puberty (with graphics), all the way through procreation before getting to girls and puberty and the safety aspect.   The majority of the information covered was in fact about procreation and the how's thereof.   While it was done tastefully and clinically, it wasn't what I was expecting and I'm glad I watched it before showing it to my eleven year old.   There was "stranger danger" coverage and how to tell what is inappropriate touch, but still it wasn't what I was expecting based on the title.

The videos cover a wide range of topics including hygiene, health, puberty education, safety, immune system disorders, head lice (eeewww), nutrition and special needs.   In the safety area, there's a helpful video for teachers/parents on what to do in an active shooter on campus situation.   Granted, as homeschoolers, we don't typically have that as an issue.   However, if you are part of a co-op, or even do a lot of group field trips the information is still very valuable.  It always better to be educated an not need the knowledge than to be clueless and in need.

If you wish to take advantage of the opportunity to introduce the MarshMedia curriculum to your homeschooler(s) click here for details.

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