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Thanks to all who posted. I am a little timid about WRTR because it seems more independent, and since I am new to all of this the scripted style of AAS is more comfortable to me. I will get a used copy of WRTR and decide from there. Thanks again and wish me luck!
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Ellie, thank you so much for your suggestion. Does it matter which edition of WRTR and can I make the phonogram cards myself?
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First, a little background is in order. We began homeschooling mid-year after Christmas break. My girls are 8 and 6 and in second and first grades. We completely dropped spelling this year. We tried SWO with much resistance. Dd 8 hated it! And dd 6 quickly followed suit. Both are ok at spelling but not great. I am trying to decide what to do about spelling for next year. I am attracted to AAS but wonder where to begin. I don't want to waste alot of money on starting at the beginning and my eldest becoming bored before we get to things that will be useful to her. In the same breath my youngest could probably use the phonics instruction. Would it be better just to start with something like sequential spelling for dd8. Then go with R&S spelling with dd6 to reinforce some phonics??? Any other ideas? Is there anyway to combine their spelling? Blah! I am dreading even starting another spelling program. Is that bad?
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Long time reader, first time poster. This is our first year homeschooling. This year has gone fairly well but I am hoping for some advice for next year. I thought I would try here.
R&S English or FLL/WWE
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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My DDs(6yo/8yo) are both useing FLL/WWE. I love these programs for the afore mentioned qualities and they take minimal time to prepare for and complete. WWE requires only 1 or 2 sentences a day from your student depending on their stamina. We usually only do one because I have the girls write in other areas throughout the day. This only takes about 5 or 10 minutes tops. Then with FLL, we usually can do this over lunch because it is mostly just discussion of grammar topics. If we are doing the suggested enrichmemt exercises, we complete those afterwards. This usually entails some type of copywork as well. We have used ZB for handwriting mechanics this year. All total we spend about 20 to 30 minutes a day on these subjects. But it is broken up into segments. This works best for us because we all do better with short chunks of instruction. I have no experience with R&S. This approach seems a little too textbook for us.