KeriJ Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 (edited) Is anyone else using these? We are 2 weeks in. I'm still getting my bearings and formulating opinions. Just wondered who else is with us. Edited August 26, 2016 by KeriJ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 We are using the primers ATM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeriJ Posted August 24, 2016 Author Share Posted August 24, 2016 I do also have one in Primer. So far, so good. I'm just trying. so. hard not to worry about the R&S we left behind. I had good reasons for switching, but the grass back behind me over the fence is starting to take on a tinge of green. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 (edited) Go with it kerij! We're moving into year 2 of the primers, having first done ctge 1 and 2 and then the first primers. I'm very very pleased! Of course that's super objective, but doing those "relaxed but meaningful" language arts in the early years that is so central to classical and cm ideologies in a laid-out, systematic and big-picture-conscious way. After using it last year, I am very enthusiastic about cp! Edited August 25, 2016 by OKBud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beka87 Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 We've used Primer One and are in Primer 2 and loved both. I've also obsessed over the whole big picture scope, sequence, and methodology of CP for too many hours. Way too many. It's a great program and I know now that we're in for the long haul. For the early years, especially, I don't think it can be beat. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kentuckymom Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 We're on lesson 2.4 of Fable and Song, and my LAphobic son is doing really well with it. In fact, it's one of the few things I chose for our first year of homeschooling that I haven't had second thoughts about. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kesmom Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 I've just started Primer 1 with my 8 year old and I'm really liking it! We are easing into the copywork, as it's an area of focus for him this year. I knew that I didn't want to do FLL/WWE with him and this has been a great introduction to language arts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeriJ Posted August 26, 2016 Author Share Posted August 26, 2016 I do love it, I really do. I have the proof edition of Bards and Poets, so there are typos etc. But it is a really rich program. Yet simple and straightforward, without being time consuming. I can't believe how much we cover in each lesson of Bards and Poets. and yet it doesn't feel hodge-podge like other programs I've seen. It is much more carefully thought out. I am struggling a little with Fable and Song because dd is coming from R&S English 5, and this is definitely a step backward for her as far as challenge and work load. But maybe that's not a bad thing.... I have come to terms with the fact that I will always wrestle with CM Language Arts (lighter and later on grammar and writing instruction) vs. Traditional or WTM Language Arts (early and repetitious, drill-based grammar instruction). But Cottage Press is a beautiful, thoughtful program that, in many ways, is the best of both worlds. It's been a big learning curve for me to get used to. So I'll give it more time. I've enjoyed it so far, and my kids seem to love it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kentuckymom Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Just for fun I want to share the interrogative, exclamatory, and imperative sentences that Squirrelboy copied into his copybook today for this program. He was supposed to take them from any book he was reading. His favorite books are an awesome series of funny yet educational historical graphic novels called Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales. The latest is Alamo All Stars. His sentences were as follows: Interrogative: "Where are the bathrooms in this fortress?" Exclamatory: "What a lovely bunch of battles!" Imperative: "Get offa my land or I'll shoot!" I'm not sure the curriculum author had such sentences in mind, but, hey, at least he clearly understands the difference :). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kentuckymom Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Our one complaint about this book is with the binding, My son has been putting an atlas under the pages on the lefthand side when he has to write something. Has anyone cut off the binding and bound it differently? If so, what did you do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeriJ Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 Just for fun I want to share the interrogative, exclamatory, and imperative sentences that Squirrelboy copied into his copybook today for this program. He was supposed to take them from any book he was reading. His favorite books are an awesome series of funny yet educational historical graphic novels called Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales. The latest is Alamo All Stars. His sentences were as follows: Interrogative: "Where are the bathrooms in this fortress?" Exclamatory: "What a lovely bunch of battles!" Imperative: "Get offa my land or I'll shoot!" I'm not sure the curriculum author had such sentences in mind, but, hey, at least he clearly understands the difference :). I like it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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