I'm not the OP, but I'd like to say, "thanks" for the links, Ladies! :)

Saxon math - someone told me that R&S was way behind Saxon and that her family had to go to 7th grade Saxon after finishing up with R&S. (....:glare:) So I switched. I got ds the 6/5 book. So far below R&S it wasn't funny. So I tried 7/6. I had to go back to the R&S teachers manuals from earlier grades just to "un-confuse" him. Not impressed. Sticking with R&S math from now on. Then we'll go to an algebra program, consumer math, etc. But NOT Saxon!!!

Just for curiosity's sake, I asked my 11 year old what he thought about these two "sentences". He immediately answered, "They're complete." When I asked him why, he answered, "Because they're commands. The 'you' is understood."

I'll tell a bit of my own story here for a little bit of "point of view." I'm ashamed to say that when I was a young girl, I would have been the one in the neighbourhood telling other people the same things and suggesting the same things that your daughter's friend told her. Many reasons behind it, not all of which I'm willing to post online.... Needless to say, someone did contact my Mom about it and my dear mother had a talk with me. I denied, and was awfully ashamed, but it did me good in the long run. I'm eternally grateful (now. I wasn't at first) for the person who told my Mom. It helped me to realize just how inappropriate what I said was; and it definitely helped shield the innocence of those whom I was around. I'll be praying for the whole situation. :grouphug:

I see I'm not the only one!! Hooray!! (misery loves company, you know)

Wow, that's awful. I've seen it happen. I've got friends who've been "shunned" not because of real sin, but because of cultural or personal preferences. Makes me ill. Make sure your son sees that God isn't like that. God loves him. God is true and men are liars. Take care and tell your son that I'm praying for him.

I'll bet your right. This sounds like him.... Thanks for the advice, ladies. All very thought provoking :001_smile: I leaning towards sticking with R&S grammar even though sonny boy won't like it. But he'll get over it! ;) Analytical Grammar sounds interesting, but I've found in the past that switching curriculum causes more problems (for us) than it solves. Thanks for the suggestions though. I'll keep it in mind if we really end up against the wall. I think we'll take a little bit of a writing break first; then we'll ease back into it.

I used R&S grade 1 with my son when he was 5 going on 6. I'm also going to be using it very soon to teach my 5 year old to read. In my opinion it is an excellent program. As one person said above, R&S feels that children shouldn't be in school before they're 6, so they don't do Kindergarten. That means that the first bit of Grade 1 is basically what we would call "Kindergarten work". There is plenty of phonics instruction in Grade 1 but it is all in the flashcards, boardwork, teachers talks, and workbooks. Not in the readers! They are not like "Kit Likes to Sit", or "Big Pig on a Dig" if that's what you mean by phonics readers. The children learn their phonics "in class" in order to be able to learn to read the words in the readers, which are regular stories. So, if you are looking for readers to supplement her public school program, I don't think the grade 1 books themselves would work. However, if you are looking to take a bit of time at home and really teach her to read, I would highly recommend getting the grade 1 reading set because it really works! The Christian Liberty preschool and kindergarten readers are phonics books. They look pretty good! http://www.christianbook.com/christian-liberty-preschool-readers/sherry-kurz/pd/754877?item_code=WW&netp_id=683834&event=ESRCN&view=details

I'm new here and have been browsing around a bit. I'm liking what I see.:) My son has done Rod and Staff English for grades 2 through 5. He really enjoyed it in the early grades, but as soon as we got into grade 5 and they started to call things by more technical names he was disenchanted. I must say that I was a bit annoyed too. I mean, why get a child to memorize a part of a sentence by one name one year and then get more technical with the name the next? Anyway, we got through grade 5 (and he did well with 90% on his final test) but he told me he does NOT want to do R&S English anymore. I'm torn. I really, really, really hate switching curriculum, and when I looked into other grammar curriculum and gave him placement tests, he tested out at a grade 8 level! Most grammar curriculum seem to only have somewhere around 8 levels and then they go into writing (using the skills, I guess). So what should I do? Should I say "you're done grammar...now USE it!", or should I just give him a bit of a break for a couple of months and then go back to R&S?? How important is it to know how to correctly parse a sentence??

I never used to give my son homework, although as someone said above; all our school is technically HOME work! But he would dawdle and piddle around until I was nearly ready to scream, so I implemented a timer. If his school work wasn't done in the proper amount of time then we were going on to the next subject and his unfinished work was to be done before playing, reading, phoning friends, etc....You can't imagine the look of horror on his face :lol: But it worked!!