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Post by bunnyfungo on Apr 15, 2020 9:25:36 GMT -6
I think it depends. Are you starting with A or B? I think if you start with A, your oldest will be bored out of his mind. You could do what I did and choose the cursive version so he has something new to learn. It has worked for DD1 to stay interested, but I’m struggling with DD2 to be able to write. I sort of gave up and let her write in print now and will probably circle back around to cursive in a year or two. I also ended up letting them go their own speed after A. So DD1 is almost done with B and DD2 is like 10 lessons in. Which means I didn’t save myself any time because I end up doing it separately lol. That being said, DD1 is learning a lot. Even though she’s a strong reader and a naturally good speller, she’s learning a lot about why we spell things a certain way and she’s learning the grammar stuff that builds a good foundation (heh). So I don’t think it would hurt. Especially if you’re buying it anyway to use for your younger one. I was thinking of getting the whole thing at once (A-D) and then starting at the very beginning with DS2 but letting DS1 go at his own pace. DS1 is... immature isn’t quite the right word, but babyish stuff doesn’t bother him and I think he’d benefit from the confidence boost of younger material. He’s the typical asynchronous homeschool kid now- third grade chronologically, fifth grade in math, sixth in reading, first in language... And he could definitely use the handwriting. Thanks for talking it out with me. I think we’ll do it! Awesome. I hope you like it! There are a ton of games to practice the phonograms and DD1 LOVED playing those with her sister. Even though she knew all of them. But they teach all the letter sounds at once so there were some new things for her too. The vowels have like 4 sounds and even I didn’t know that. |
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Post by bunnyfungo on Jun 22, 2020 21:57:49 GMT -6
Has anyone used Language Smarts from Critical Thinking Co? I’ll preface this by saying I already ordered it 🤣 Because of course I did. But DD1 has expressed interest in being more independent. LOE is not something she can do without me teaching so I’m leaning in to the workbook life. It’s also probably better for me as I might be adding DD3 in the fall. She’s only 4 but she’s already started writing letters to my sister. It’s probably half copying her sisters but I’ve never taught her how to write a damn thing. Sooo. If I start LOE A with her in the fall, and have DD2 in C plus Right Start for everyone. It’s a lot. I’m okay with not doing Essentials with DD1. Tell me this is okay and I’m not making a bad choice ditching something I love.
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Post by hawkward on Jun 23, 2020 5:59:50 GMT -6
I don’t personally use it but I’ve heard really good things about CTC. Also, I’m all about that workbook life when needed. We have a lot of fun parent-guided stuff but sometimes you just need to get through a subject.
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