09/01/2026
If you’ve ever gone shopping and come home with something you’ll never use—a lovely hair product that requires a daily 30-minute soak-before-rinsing routine, or an eye-popping plant that promptly shrivels up in the shady spot you had in mind—then you’ll understand why we have a dedicated How to Use section on our website.
Sometimes knowing a product is wonderful just isn’t enough. You need to know what living with it will actually look like.
It’s all well and good to know that your child needs to practice two different types of thinking—convergent and divergent—or that your active kindergartner needs to learn with his hands instead of spending more time on a screen. But how does that translate into your school day?
In our family, for example, we currently have a crew of six kids ages 11 and under. Any program, no matter how spectacular, that requires hours of one-on-one work with each child every day is simply not a good fit for us!
That’s why we’ve added How to Use to more than 600 product pages. It’s where we skip the sales pitch and tell you what using the product can actually look like in your home.
- Do you need to do every worksheet?
- Is there any prep?
- How much time should you plan for?
- Should you complete HiGASFY Renaissance Art Course in 12 weeks or spread it out for a whole year?
Those are the nitty-gritty details that can make the difference between a curriculum that looks fantastic on paper and one that actually works in your home.
You’ll find How to Use just below the overview on more than 600 of our product pages. Here are a few excerpts straight from the site:
- Real Science-4-Kids Book 1: "Each chapter is divided into 5–11 short sections, making it easy to adjust the schedule to fit your family. Many families prefer to complete 4–5 sections per week, while others enjoy reading a section each day and finishing chapters more quickly."
- iBrick:"Allow time for experimentation. Not every design will work perfectly on the first attempt, and much of the learning comes from analyzing results and improving a design."
- Simply Draw with Bob Parsons: "Bob explains the process as he goes, which means you do not have to become the art teacher."
Sometimes what you really need to know isn’t how wonderful a program is. It’s whether it's ready to use or you have to prep it Saturday night, whether it takes 10 minutes or an hour, and whether your child can tackle it while you’re helping his brother with math.
That’s what How to Use answers.
And if you have a new question, just ask us. We’re happy to help!
