Testimonials
A Wonderful Educational Discovery: ATENA Education
(Translated from French)
Recently, we tried the ATENA Education platform thanks to the free trial offered in March, and it turned out to be a wonderful discovery at home.
My 11-year-old daughter (Grade 6), who already loves reading Les As de l’info, really enjoyed doing educational activities directly connected to current events. The activities are short, dynamic and easy to fit into our routine — they are not long projects, but rather accessible and stimulating learning capsules.
Many strengths
Each activity also includes links to different sources of information (web articles, YouTube videos, etc.), which lets young people explore a topic from several angles to answer the questions. I found this approach very rich and motivating.
One activity really stood out for us: Kilauea Erupts! My daughter was very impressed to see what moving lava really looks like and, since she loves math, she especially enjoyed the little calculation questions about whether residents would have time to evacuate before the lava arrived. A great way to connect math to a real-life situation!
I also really liked how simple the platform is to use: you just copy an activity’s link to launch it, and the answers stay available directly in the My activities tab. It’s truly clever and very practical — especially since you don’t need to print each activity.
Another strength: new activities are released every week, always directly tied to current events. This makes the resource lively and relevant for young people who are curious about the world around them.
Two series available
The two series available — Explorers (designed for parents) and Adventurers (geared more toward teachers) — are both very interesting. As a homeschooling family, we naturally did more activities from the Explorers series, but we also really enjoyed the Adventurers activities we tried. So I don’t yet know which plan I’ll choose at the end of the free trial! Fortunately, it’s always possible to buy activities individually, and at only $2 or $3 per activity, it’s very affordable — an easy way to keep enjoying them as needed.
All in all, a resource we truly appreciated and that I recommend to every family who wants to bring current events into their learning in a concrete, simple and motivating way.