JadeOrchidSong Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 My kids complain that R&S English is boring. They have done all the books from grade 2 to grade 7. Ds12 is still rusty with grammar. Ds10 is better but whines about it a lot. If you switched from R&S to AG, what positive changes have you noticed in your children? Do you recommend it? I really want the next two years to see solid grammar for both kids and wonder how we achieve this goal. If you switched to Easy Grammar Plus, is it too easy or does it make more sense and help your dc understand and internalize grammar better? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momto6inIN Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 I've never used R&S or Easy Grammar Plus but we're a big fan of AG here! My oldest did the whole program (3 seasons) in 1 year in 8th grade and says he still diagrams difficult sentences in his head when he's unsure about what a clause refers to. That's success in my book! :) My current 8th grader is finishing up season 3 after doing it over 3 years. My current 6th grader is just starting season 1 and has really really really improved her sentence analysis skills after just 2 weeks and only working on nouns and adjectives and pronouns. Definitely a curriculum we will continue with my younger kids! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threedogfarm Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Ironically, we're switching from Analytical Grammar to R&S this year. My kids did not like Analytical Grammar at all and I'll admit, I had a hard time forcing it upon them as well. The sentences felt so contrived and, well, forced. My kids couldn't get past that. I know that grammar isn't necessarily fun and exciting but AG wasn't well received here. We really liked Sentence Grammar, etc. in the Killgallon series, though I don't think that the series is a good stand alone for grammar. I like that R&S can be done aloud easier and I think I can make it flow more like Jessie Wise's series which we liked. We'll be continue with the Killgallon series, which we love and adding in R&S this year. So, this may not be what you wanted to hear, but that was our experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuff Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 We switched to AG from R&S last year. We liked R&S well enough. But, as we got into the higher grades, it was just too much. And we were a bit sick of it. The switch was a good fit for us. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeOrchidSong Posted August 27, 2015 Author Share Posted August 27, 2015 I don't want to use the full AG program and just ordered AG Reinforcement since they already learned lots of grammar from R&S up to grade 7. If it is not a good fit, we will return it and continue with R&S worksheets. If AG works well, I might get the full student book to use for a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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