3browneyedboys4me Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Never used this before and know very little about it? If you have thoughts, will you please share? Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking Squirrels Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 We tried it for about 8 weeks but it didn't work for us. I can see that it probably has good potential, it just wasn't a good fit. There were a lot of worksheets that seemed more like busy work. Many of the hands-on stuff seemed forced just to make it so there were always hands-on activities. My daughter loves hands-on so I thought that would be great. But I felt frustrated at the amount of time we were spending on (what I perceived as) rather pointless activities. It took a long time to get through our work each day, longer than I felt it should for what we covered. BUT, I am very much a box checker and it is hard for me to pick and choose activities. And my daughter is the type who can make a 5 minute craft take 20. She is also behind in writing and MBtP is a bit writing heavy. The content level and writing level don't quite line up, at least not for us. She needed the writing of a level lower, but could have handled the content of higher. I know a lot of people love it, and it's quite popular through our homeschool charter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverie Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 No experience here, but I'm really intrigued by MBtP. You might want to join the Facebook group Differently Schooled With Moving Beyond The Page- the members are very friendly and helpful. This blog has entries with her daughter using the lower levels: http://coastalbreezesacademy.blogspot.com/2014/12/moving-beyond-page-owl-babies.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewingmama Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Which level are you looking at? I've used 4-5, 5-7, 6-8 and now 7-9. We like it a lot here. 4-5 is awesome for preschool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacus2 Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 We have just started using level 7-9 and really like it. I suggest watching the overview videos for levels you are considering; they give a better picture of how the program works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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