REVIEW: WORLD Watch by WORLD Watch

Disclosure: I received this complimentary product through the Homeschool Review Crew.

My 8th grader was supposed to start presenting oral reports of world news stories in our homeschool this year.  So when I was given the opportunity to review WORLD Watch 10-minute daily news videos from a Christian perspective, I felt like it was the perfect opportunity to check out what WORLD Watch has to offer!

WHAT IS IT?:

WORLD Watch provides a subscription for a daily 10-minute newscast on world news that is presented by Christian reporters every weekday.

Each episode provides a concise report on one primary top story for the day plus a handful of additional stories that provide an interesting variety of information from around the world.  It includes headlines, news briefs, and feature stories.

Each episode ends with the quote, “Whatever the news, the purpose of the Lord will stand” to remind viewers that God’s will in all things will prevail. 

You can purchase a subscription for just $79.99/year or just $9.99/month.  You can also sign up for a FREE 30-day trial to see if it’s right for you and your family.

OUR EXPERIENCE:

My 13-year old son, Holden, has ADHD.  We already use a literature-based curriculum in our homeschool.  With his limited attention span, getting him to do any kind of “extra” reading just doesn’t work for him.  And that means having him watch something long-winded is also a stretch.
 

Home Screen Menu

When I saw the opportunity to review these concise, 10-minute news videos by WORLD Watch, I thought this may just be the solution we were looking for so that he could use these as the basis for oral reports given each week on world news topics.

Intro of Newscast

We began watching them together during school, but I found myself so interested in the reports that I started watching them by myself early in the morning before he was even up!  Then I could set them up for him to watch during school by himself, and then we would discuss the news afterwards. 

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Honestly, I love that the news is presented by Christian reporters.  As a result, the news is never presented in a controversial or offensive manner.  I had all but given up on watching any type of tv news prior to my discovery of this series.  I really dislike the slant that is placed on the news, depending upon which network was providing the news.  It made me not want to watch the news at all, because I just found it too frustrating.  All I want are the facts, not opinions.  I am fully capable of drawing my own conclusions.  With these videos, that’s just what I get…straight news without divisive opinions inserted.  Up until this time, I had resigned myself to simply scanning news headlines online but not clicking the stories for details most of the time in order to avoid the same frustrations. I had stopped watching the negative broadcast news years ago because it was just such a downer to my day!  But now I have real news I can count on to provide me with the top story of the day plus an eclectic variety of other news of interest.

Feature Stories Menu

To give you an idea of what a typical news day might look like, here is a summary of what the news for Friday, September 3, 2021, looked like.  It was titled by its top story, “Power Outage.”  This 10-minute video included the following stories:

• power outages in New Orleans due to Hurricane Ida
• public trust in national news media in America
• upcoming auction of “Big John” triceratops fossil
• NIL (name, image, likeness) benefits for college athletes
• details on the invention of water skis
• use of transparent pandemic face masks for the deaf in Kenya
• giant tire graveyard in Kuwait City being dismantled after 17 years

I think most people would agree that this is a unique collection of news stories!  There’s usually a little history of something thrown in, maybe a humanitarian story, and cool tidbits of information you may not otherwise see in the news.  But always, there is that lead story for the day that tops the presentation.

Daily Newscast

We have really enjoyed this subscription much more than I even expected.  This is our last year of homeschooling, and yet I find myself considering continuing the subscription just for myself even beyond the school year!

Video Clip of Watching a Newscast

The bottom line is that this is just good, clean news, presented in an upbeat way that gets my day started off right.  You can have your children watch this subscription with confidence, knowing they will see newsworthy current events and maybe learn something new along the way, as well, without worrying about concerning content or opinions that don’t align with your family’s values.

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