Teach Valuable Soft Skills with Online Roblox and Minecraft Courses
Would your kids spend forever on Roblox or Minecraft if you'd let them?
You know there is educational value to these games, but, you may not know exactly how to incorporate them into your homeschooling.
And since your kids love them so much, wouldn't it be great to make their screen time more productive (and count it towards those homeschool hours)?
This is absolutely possible! You can use what they love to teach valuable educational and life skills, and turn it into something you will love too.
Not only can your kids experience science, math, and history through playing Minecraft or Roblox, but there are multiple “soft skills” they can learn and practice as well, through the right environment.
What are Soft Skills (and Why Are They Important?)
Soft skills should probably really be called fundamental skills. Although they can't be measured by a test or a worksheet, they are really important for our kids' future success, no matter what path they choose.
Examples of soft skills are things like leadership, communication, work ethic, creativity, critical thinking, flexibility, confidence, time management…I could go on!
Though we may not always consider these skills when choosing our homeschool curriculum or picking courses, we need to be thinking about helping our kids develop these skills at an early age. We have the opportunity to do this through the learning experiences we create in our homeschooling, just as much as we work on building “hard” skills like math and science – and we should take it!
Even better, though, would be using tools our kids love to do both. Luckily, there is a great option for kids who love Roblox and Minecraft, and parents who want them to use these platforms in a unique and fun way while learning!
Soft Skills Solution for Roblox and Minecraft Fans
Learn With Cat provides families with just that – opportunities to expand important soft skills, such as social behavior and teamwork, while also keeping kids entertained and engaged throughout the learning experience.
Through online clubs and classes, kids come together LIVE to practice very important soft skills they will use both on screen and off.
Worry not, children will not be “playing” Roblox and Minecraft in the traditional sense, although it may seem that way through their perspective. These games only serve as the “hosts” of the courses. Through these platforms, Learn With Cat incorporates unique challenges, designed by Cat herself, that significantly enhance the soft skills mentioned, into each visit.
Live, Interest-Based Courses
All Learn With Cat courses are presented live, which allows children to thrive together in an engaging atmosphere. With the use of Minecraft and Roblox, teams work together to overcome stimulating obstacles, all while unknowingly developing the necessary capabilities required in the real world.
During many Learn With Cat courses, kids are divided into two teams, then placed in an environment within Roblox or Minecraft and given a challenge to complete with their teammates. Participants are expected to work out tricky tasks amongst each other within a specific timeframe.
The result of these types of scenarios, within the confines of the games they love, naturally allow kids to flourish in a number of very important soft skills, including, but not limited to, communication, time management, critical thinking and problem-solving, memory recall, and more!
Minecraft and Roblox Clubs for Kids
Learn With Cat offers a variety of formats for its families along with weekly clubs they can participate in. These clubs offer team-building and friendly competition to give kids the opportunities to enhance those valuable soft skills.
From forming friendships to allowing kids to become more comfortable speaking up and contributing as part of a team, clubs are a wonderful way to add to the above skills by benefitting from interacting with the same set of kids each week.
As a club member, kids also have access to the LWC Bulletin Board where notifications for free visits are posted. Kids from each club come together for cool, unique mini-visits for socialization and fun! Some of the visits are organized by club members, which brings about even more learning opportunities.
What Do Parents Think?
Here's what some parents are saying about Learn With Cat Courses and Clubs:
“Cat is wonderful with the kids. My grandson loves her classes. He looks forward to every class and he’s learning to accept that he can’t win every time!” – Karen
“My son had such a great time. After the class he couldn't stop talking about details of his online adventure to me. He is typically a quieter and my introverted child, Cat created a wonderful and encouraging space to allow the social interactions as well as learning. A fabulous social club with a focus on developing teamwork, communication skills and cooperation. Cat has a wonderful and dynamic presence.” – Suzanne
“Great fun! My son loves Cat’s guided challenges. The kids get that interactive social time while learning some great team building skills.” – Heather
“My son has taken this class numerous times and he loves it. The teacher is extremely interactive and the life skills learn here are very valuable. Awesome job as usual Ms. Cat!” – Marilyn
“This is the class my daughter wants to return to day after day! Cat is a wonderful educational instructor who knows what kids like.” – Julie
“Such a fun class! My daughter had the best time – you could hear her excitement during each and every class, and she made some new friends :).” – Kristi
“Cat Blount is energetic, fun and great at including each learner. My son is a little shy..but came away from this experience with a new friend to play Roblox with and an eagerness to join another of Cat Blount’s classes!….” – Michelle
“….My daughter had a blast even though her team lost– she did so well anyway on the riddle clues! I was impressed the way Cat ran it, with each team having their own breakout room to promote real teamwork! – Leanne
Try A Class Today
If your kids love Roblox and Minecraft, these courses are a great way for them to learn important skills while having fun. Head over to Learn With Cat today to sign up for a free membership and get started today!
About Cat Blount
Cat Blount is an experienced author, illustrator, publisher, and homeschool mom. She has been instructing her own kids online through a fully-accredited private school since 2013 in courses such as Language Arts, History, Math, and Science. She gives all the glory to God for bringing inspiration to her and giving her the ability to design engaging and interactive adventures to help kids learn and have fun!
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