I say jump ship if it's not fitting your dc learning style. My son has a hard time processing information and as much as I wanted him to fit into the Classical/CM type student it was not working for him. His brain doesn't work that way :001_huh:. This is why I switched him to textbooks for every subject. When he was younger I was trying to use a math program that taught the why's (Singapore, RS, MM etc.) when he needed something more straight forward like R&S, CLE. I'm not saying that he can't learn the why's of math but I think he needed to see the steps first and learn why later. For history/science I was using programs like SL, WP, MFW when he needed something more textbookish. With so many components with using a more literature approach it really overwhelmed him. He needed one book, with a table of contents :D it's organized and his brain can handle it. Not to say he doesn't read a lot of living books because he does. For writing he is using The Paragraph Book, if WWW was available earlier I know that would have been a good fit for him. I'm so thankful that my son loves to learn and enjoys school. On his own he will take notes from the dvd lectures and rewrite them later. This is fun for him. I think he knows that it will help him retain the information because he learns differently. His sister on the other hand wants know the why's behind math and the English language.

Not sure if you have to be a member for this http://www.thechatterbee.com/group/allaboutspellinglevel2 If the link doesn't work, I'm sure you can email AAS and they will email the link.

Yes.

Thank you ladies! How many times a week did you do this and about how long to complete a lesson?

What I do with my 5th grader: History/Science Shurley English WWE2 AAS 2 Bible Latin Sometimes math if he needs help. He does on hos own: Copywork Simply Spelling MCP Phonics MUS for the most part he has been doing a lot on his own. Recently he's been needing my help though.

Would this do http://www.welltrainedmind.com/store/ordinary-parents-guide-to-teaching-reading-pdf.html ?

Has anyone used this? Besided the book and cd-rom is there anything else needed? I can't tell from the website if I additional books are needed to make it complete (hoping not). Thank you, Linda<><

Shurley English and Analytical Grammar. My dd will finish AG (season 1 and 2) and then use Bob Jones next year.

I'm using the Little Man in the Map. I have the book and will hopefully purchase the map soon. I have only read some of it to the kids and now when they look at a map they can see the little man:001_smile:

This is the first year that I'm not purchasing for the next so early. The last two years I purchased early and changed so much of it by the time we started in Sept. Because of this I'm going to wait until it's closer to the next school year. I'm really happy with this years choices and have enjoyed teaching (most of the time:001_huh:) that I don't feel like researching right now.

My 12yr. old dd can with some of the shorter ones but usually I have to say the longer passages about 4 or 5 times. We are on week 15 but looking further at future weeks and seeing how long some of the passages are, I'm wondering how she'll do.

The first time I used AAS four or five years ago with my two oldest, I purchased a set of tiles for both children. They would use the tiles, setting them up everyday and so forth and that took forever. I didn't set a timer ane we were taking 20-30 to do a spelling lesson. I had two toddlers, and other little ones. I still remember us sitting at the table next to the window:001_smile:.I finally just gave up on AAS. I didn't like it and my two oldest were bored(because we took so long with the lesson). I sold it and thought I'd never look back:lol: Now here I am using it again with my four younger students. I have one set of tiles, I set the timer, and we stop. I'm amazed that a few little changes can make a difference. I don't have toddlers anymore either though;) They are now 7 and 8 years old now. I know after having six babies in six years I was exhausted and felt as if I was still recovering from having Lance. I think the biggest change was me. I no longer feel rushed. For some reason I always had this rushed feeling with everything. I think because Josh was my oldest and was a struggling reader, I was still new to homeschooling (my oldest was 8) and very insecure as well. Anyway, that's my story :tongue_smilie:. SWR is also great. In fact I have the book and it really opened my eyes to the English language. With SWR it's all there and you can see where AAS or PR is going. Only difference is SWR doesn't use the a few sounds that AAS does. I think it's the long e for the letter 'y' and I could be wrong with this one but I believe it's the letter o. AAS adds a fourth sound (someone correct me if I'm wrong. I don't have my SWR book with me)

I would keep it until you no longer need it. I have sold things and have repurchased so many times :eek: and let me just say, um, some of it was not cheap. My latest repurchase is AAS. I had four levels with doubles for a second child that I purchased four years ago and here I am purchasing it again :001_huh::ack2::blush:. And my latest wish.............that I didn't sell The Bridge to the Latin Road. Now that my two middle boys are older I would love to use it next year with them;). On a positive note, at least I'm not storing it anymore and I have more recent and updated stuff :D

I'll have to look around for it. There is a book out about it and I can see it in my mind but can't remember the title. The book is about learning styles.The author now has a website before she did the evaluations herself but she is located in CA and it's pretty expensive, so I was happy to find her online one. I'll look around this weekend. Edited to add that I found the book http://www.amazon.com/Discover-Your-Childs-Learning-Style/dp/0761520139/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1319308738&sr=8-5 Again, I'll try to find the website. Found the website http://discoveryourchildslearningstyle.com/ I think I paid a little less and found it at http://homeschoolbuyersco-op.org/ but I don't see it there anymore. It was over a year ago when Josh took it though.

Another thought.............I see your dd is in 8th grade too and using MFW. I think I also read you will use MFW for high school (I so want to sue that with at least one of my dc). Are you going to go with MFW recommendations for LA? MFW looks like it is heavy on the writing (this is one reason why I want to use it so bad with one of my dc). It just looks like an awesome program:001_smile:. With that in mind, maybe AG isn't such a bad idea. Once done you know that your child will know grammar and be ready for MFW writing. Adding in AG reinforcement books doesn't seem overwhelming with MFW program.

I'm not sure yet :tongue_smilie:. My son is an 8th grader this year, so next year he starts high school. He is currently using Bob Jones 7, so I'm hoping to skip BJ8 and move him to BJ9. Okay, now that you know the background :D here are my thouts for Josh: 1. Finish AG this year instead of only completing Season One. Start BJ Grammar at grade level next year (which would be 9th grade). 2.Only do Season One right now, then go back to our current BJ grammar. 3.Complete AG and forget BJ, just do the reinforcement/review books through high school. Joshua, will use Bob Jones Distance Learning DVDs for all subjects for high school, so even though Grammar is part of the package I'm still considering dropping it but I can't be sure right now because of the writing portion and I haven't seen BJ high school stuff. I think I'll have to decide that when the time comes. I'm also keeping in mind that the author wrote, once done with AG they should be a grammar expert.

For Josh, BJ adds too much too fast. For instance the second chapter has compound nouns, count and non count nouns, the third chapter on verbs, transitive verbs, principal parts of verbs etc. etc. etc. This is a lot for my son (who has a hard time processing information, it's the same with math). Analytical Grammar on the other hand starts wit nouns, articles and adjectives and labeling lots of sentences, then the next chapter adds only pronouns, while still labeling the nouns, articles and adjectives. The 3rd chapter adds prepositional phrases, to the sentences. It's kind of a layering affect :D. He can concentrate on the more basic stuff. Analytical Grammar is not overwhelming, it's more simple. By simple I don't mean easy but more clear to Josh. The only con for us with my son Josh, is it would be great if there were more practice pages for those who need them. I would love a sentence generator (kind of like MUS has for math) for more practice. I may or may not continue with BJ Grammar 7 this year but he will continue BJ grammar next year (after finishing AG). Since he'll be using BJ for high school and the grammar and writing go hand-in-hand. Can you do something similar. Take time off from BJ to do AG then go back to BJ. I have read lots of good reviews about BJ. If you and your dd are liking BJ grammar I would stick with it, even if you are only using the grammar portion. I know it's expensive but it's not really a waste:blushing: if she is learning and enjoying it.

This is what my son does, he will check out lots of books from the library. A few weeks ago he was introduced to Shakespeare in his history text (something I've been wanting to add for years) so he checked out a few book about him. Thankfully he does this on his own. My children LOVE to read as well so using textbooks as their core study and then branching off with lots of great literature from our home and library works great, at least for us :).

I fought it for it for years as well, finally four years ago I gave in and we have been conistent ever since. School is getting done. I still switch things around but not like I use to. It's more trying another textbook. We started with R&S, then CLE, now my oldest is actually using all Bob Jones. My dd is using America the Beautiful by Notgrass, but she likes it;). I still use things like WWE, Spelling Dictation and such with my younger crowd but eventually they'll all use Bob Jones (I still would like to try MFW High School:001_smile:). My oldest really thrives with textbooks. I had him take an online evaluation and it confirmed that he works best with textbook. He needs everything organized and gets frustrated when there are too many books involved (like with SL, WP, MFW etc.). He loves to read but for school it drives his brain batty:001_huh:.

Bob Jones distance learning (DVDs) and lots of library books.

Week 7 is up. Pictures are at the bottom after the long read of what my six children did this week ;) To read more about our week, hit the 'home' button and scroll down. I blog almost daily, so grab a cup of coffee or tea and enjoy :001_smile: Have a good weekend! Linda<><

Week 7 is up. Pictures are at the bottom after the long read of what my six children did this week ;) To read more about our week, hit the 'home' button and scroll down. I blog almost daily, so grab a cup of coffee or tea and enjoy :001_smile: Have a good weekend! Linda<>< Ooops! Wrong week. This is last weeks thread :001_huh:

My 6th grade dd is on Unit 6 (first year) and really enjoying it. In fact she metnioned last week that she is noticing the different parts of speech when reading a book or doing other school work. She started JAG her 4th grade year, but we never finished it (about half way) I am looking to start JAG with my two middle boys though later this year or during the summer. My 8th grade ds just started AG and is on Unit 2. He has a hard time processing information but is doing well so far. Bob Jones grammar was too hard for him so we are backing up and using AG. We are using thie DVDs as well. The children pop the dvd in and if they are having a hard time they watch it again or of course can read the information. I'm pleased with AG.

I started my 9 and 10 yr. old with level one, even though they used Phonics Road the year before. It took them two weeks to get through level one. We are now waiting for level 2 to arrive. When I talked to an AAS rep. four years ago he said to start at the beginning.

Hi, Katrina, I'm using WWE1 with Lance my 7yr. for summary work. I read the passage, ask the questions, then have him tell me one thing he remembers and I write it down. Other days I ask quesions via PAL/Writing. When I do this I ask who was in the story, where do you think the story takes place etc. Right now Lance's fine motor skills are still lacking, so this works for us. I am tweaking WWE 2 too with Caleb and Brent. I read the passage, ask the quesions, and alternate with the narration (I teach them together), I write the narration on the board and they both copy into their notebook. Some days I have them do the copywork but right now I am not dictating it to them. They are currently using Simply Spelling for dictation. They copy and study the same passage three days a week and I dictate it to them. I know this is different form of dictation but it's where we are at right now. I'm kind of meshing WTM and CM. Sorry, I'm not really any help but this will give you a bump :001_smile: