Rosetta Stone Homeschool Level 1 {Review}

Rosetta Stone is a company well known for their language learning software. Did you know that they also have a special version of their language software geared specifically for homeschoolers?

Their homeschool language software is one the children {and adults!} can work on at their own pace and is fully interactive. The software provides up to five levels of instruction in some languages and begins with the foundation of listening comprehension, reading and writing. Rosetta Stone offers 31 different languages in their homeschool language software.

One of the features of the Homeschool software is that parents are able to see their children’s progress ~ which exercises have been completed, how much time they have spent learning and also test scores. Parents can also print off progress reports and lesson plans to save for documentation. Full features include:

• Lesson Planning ~ predefined lesson plans
• Full Year Curriculum~ the software is designed to guide students through in one level in a scholastic year.
• Testing ~ students are tested periodically throughout the year and reviews are based on their scores.

Another feature of the program are the audio CDs that help reinforce what students are learning. The Audio Companion CDs can be listened to while traveling in the car or loaded onto a student’s mp3 player for additional practice.

In the Box

Here is a look inside the box of our Spanish {Latin America} Level 1 for Homeschool:

• Application CD
• Language CD
• Audio Companion™ CDs
• User’s Guide – Discusses the basics of the Rosetta Stone program
• Parent’s Guide – Aids the parent in lesson planning, tracking student progress, and effectively using Rosetta Stone Homeschool Version 3 in a homeschool environment
• Headset with microphone
• Quick Start Activation Card
• Supplemental Education Materials CD includes printable files for:
  • Table of contents
  • Scripts for each lesson
  • An index to all words in the program
  • Student workbook including a quiz for each lesson
  • Unit tests
  • Answer key for workbooks and tests

Purchasing Rosetta Stone

Rosetta Stone Homeschool ranges in price from $229 to $299 a level, but does offer ‘bundles’. Levels 1-3 may be purchased for $539 and Levels 1-5 may be purchased together for $699.

Product purchases include free shipping in the continental US and from now until February 15, 2010 they are offering a 10% discount on all personal and homeschool product purchases. Rosetta Stone also offers a 6 month money back guarantee on all of their products.


This review is based on my own experiences and gives my honest opinion.