pwicks Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 My DD is 7.5 and will be entering 2nd in the fall. My DS is 6 and entering 1st in the fall. Let me preface all this by saying that I am in general a mathy person. English was not my favorite. I like to read, but grammar spelling etc etc not my favorite. Both of my kids finished the main phonics portion of reading eggs by the age of 6. It has really served us well, both kids read one year ahead of their grade level and as a result do well in writing and other aspects of language arts. I have been trying to figure out where to go to next.... while school was in session I used CTC Language Smarts (which covers some phonics and grammar), Raz kids for reading comprehension ( our PS provide this to all kids), and I tried AAS for spelling but I kids and I both got bored of it. Some of the stuff was too simple, especially since kids were learning this in school. So now that school will be letting out in a few weeks its a great time to jump into some new curriculum. Any suggestions... I really wish Reading eggs had a better program after reading eggs. The colors, songs and fun games really kept my kids engaged. I am contemplating switching from AAS to LOE and using CTC Language smarts as a supplement. We will continue with Raz kids and of course summer means frequent trips to the library. However do you guys have any other suggestions for language arts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathmarm Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I can not pretend for the slightest second that I'm a language arts sort of gal because I'm not. We got a subscription to ReadingAZ for the kids to share this summer and its working out really, really well. Each reader is 10 pages and carefully leveled so that I know the kids can read them. Its easy to say "Okay, guys come do your morning/evening reading" and its getting done--little muss or fuss. Writing AZ is having a $10 OFF promotion so you can get a years subscription for about $70--thats $35 a kid for a year if you'll use it regularly. I just got the email and came to share about the promotion in case anyone else wanted to use it. Take note of the time zone and expiration date. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwicks Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 ooooh writing a to Z.... I'll take a look at it .... Reading AZ (i.e. RAZ) goes over very well here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwicks Posted June 11, 2015 Author Share Posted June 11, 2015 Thanks actually I didn't realize reading a -z is separate from Raz kids.... this may be a good fit for us... I do think I'll need spelling and handwriting but LOE may fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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