It seems rather expensive for the level of grammar covered. It is a pity nobody has any opinion on the writing. I think perhaps I may need to take the plunge and do a one month trial

Thanks, they have a separate grammar course too as well as the writing which I am considering

Thinking of using www.writeguide.com for writing and grammar. Anyone have an opinion on it? Would really appreciate your thoughts.

Thank you all for your valuable advice! I guess I was expecting her to be sitting still and staring at a book that had no pictures the same way she did with the picture books!! Now I feel foolish for getting upset. :-) I am now armed with a different list of books and off to the library! I also need to put a basket of goodies together that she can do whilst I read. Super excited again! :-))

Thank you all for your valuable advice! I guess I was expecting her to be sitting still and staring at a book that had no pictures the same way she did with the picture books!! Now I feel foolish for getting upset. :-) I am now armed with a different list of books and off to the library! I also need to put a basket of goodies together that she can do whilst I read. Super excited again! :-))

Thank you so much for your reply. I have now posted on the pre K/K board after finally working out how to cut and paste successfully! :-) Thanks for the encouragement I need.

I am hoping that someone can help me make sense of where I am at with my just turned (September 2012) 5 year old daughter as I feel like I have hit a bit of a bump in the road! She has been reading now for the past 3-4 months and is doing very well. I have her read to me everyday with a readers, starting from no. 1 all the way to no. 70, increasing in complexity. She is currently at no. 31 and seems to be finding the reader hard going with at least 2-3 words on the page where she stops and takes a while to decode the work or needs me to help. Am I moving too fast or should I persevere with the readers? Perhaps read it to her first and then get her to read it? Should I perhaps drop down a level with an alternate reader or just give it a rest for now? Another problem I am having is that I have, in the past few months, discovered the well trained mind book and want to follow the classical education path. I get the feeling that I have left it too late!! I searched for a few lovely classic novels to read to my daughter, Winnie the Pooh and Beatrix potter, and it fell flat!! After the first paragraph, filled with wonderful classical style writing, she lost interest!! I have always read copious amounts of books to her but they have always been picture books with simple wording and she has always run to the sofa to read and insisted i read many books. We go through at least 50 books a week!! I have even tried classical audio books and that too has not grabbed her interest!! What shall I do!!?? Thanks for reading this and your valuable advice.

Sorry I think I have posted this in the wrong place.

I am hoping that someone can help me make sense of where I am at with my just turned (September 2012) 5 year old daughter as I feel like I have hit a bit of a bump in the road! She has been reading now for the past 3-4 months and is doing very well. I have her read to me everyday with a readers, starting from no. 1 all the way to no. 70, increasing in complexity. She is currently at no. 31 and seems to be finding the reader hard going with at least 2-3 words on the page where she stops and takes a while to decode the work or needs me to help. Am I moving too fast or should I persevere with the readers? Perhaps read it to her first and then get her to read it? Should I perhaps drop down a level with an alternate reader or just give it a rest for now? Another problem I am having is that I have, in the past few months, discovered the well trained mind book and want to follow the classical education path. I get the feeling that I have left it too late!! I searched for a few lovely classic novels to read to my daughter, Winnie the Pooh and Beatrix potter, and it fell flat!! After the first paragraph, filled with wonderful classical style writing, she lost interest!! I have always read copious amounts of books to her but they have always been picture books with simple wording and she has always run to the sofa to read and insisted i read many books. We go through at least 50 books a week!! I have even tried classical audio books and that too has not grabbed her interest!! What shall I do!!?? Thanks for reading this and your valuable advice.