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I am struggling with this vocabulary/morpheme curriculum for a couple reasons:  1, it seems very teacher-intensive, and 2, the

teacher guide is very "busy" and, therefore, very confusing-not straightforward at all.

 

I hate to admit this because in ten years of homeschooling, I have never wanted to ditch a curriculum after only one day...but I really

want to ditch this after only one day!  I think I may have made a mistake at the Cincinnati Midwest Homeschool Convention, where I

purchased this.  I made only 2 purchases and this was one of them.

 

Ok, so does anyone have experience with this curriculum that can help me understand it a bit and keep me from ordering Wordly

Wise, our dear, dear friend for the last many years, from Rainbow Resource?  I don't want to waste the $53.36 I spent on this but

the struggles I had today working with it were frustrating.

 

Can anyone help?

 

Thanks so much!

 

 

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I bought it for one of my kids one year. I didn't have good success with it because it required too much time from me, and I chose to invest more time in other subjects. I had liked the program in theory, but it didn't work well in reality.

 

I ended up switching to Vocabulary Workshop which I like much better than Wordly Wise.

 

For 6th-8th I have just started using a 1950 out of print book which I am incredibly impressed with called Word Wealth Jr. It takes time for me to work with my child, but only 10 minutes, or 15 at the most.

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I'm trying it right now (elements level 1). The first sit-down with it left me with the same feeling. We are progressing slowly and right now I'd say it doesn't really take more than pp's 10-15 minutes per day, but it is teacher-involved (designed more for classroom use). I'm going to stick with it for now for the sake of all the puzzles/games b/c DD is geeked out about them (plus the computer game). Drills/repetitiveness is disliked around here, and I was afraid we might be heading down that path with vocab from classical roots, the alternative I seriously considered. But we are doing a lot of teacher-involved stuff (some of that is due in part to my inexperience homeschooling, especially an older kid), so it has certainly crossed my mind whether, as pp stated, I should in be investing my time in other subjects instead?

 

If it matters, DD is a natural speller and easily grasps the morpheme/affix/suffix concepts.

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Thank you for your feedback.  I'm also using Elements Level 1.  We've used it through this week and I am warming up to it a bit.  I've learned (about myself) that simple is better.  As I was thinking about the curriculum I have chosen over the years, I do search out materials that get to the point and and aren't colorful or distracting.  (Perhaps this is why I like Growing With Grammar and Wordly Wise.)  My sons have done well with these types of materials, too, so it's a win-win. 

 

Which is why, when I opened the teacher's guide to Elements Level 1, I was blown away (and not in a good way).  I was overwhelmed with all the type...WAY too much going on.  I am surprised a bit by how I reacted, but with some homeschool-curriculum soul searching (lol), I made these realizations.

 

Anyway, I'm going to stick with this for now because I think I understand it more and am willing to put in the 15 minutes a day (or less for me) to have my ds learn about morphemes.  We'll see how it goes.

 

Again, thank you!

 

 

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