Hello, I'd be most interested in hearing about this (regarding the above question) if someone could share. Thank you.

I think it is important to keep things in context regarding the purpose of a particular lesson so that others don't make a judgement based on partial-information. That's why I want to share the complete (mostly) LHTH lesson that was referred to so that it can be shown in the appropriate context. Creation and the Fall (Unit) Bible Activity (Cain and Abel) Have students make mad faces, hit their stuffed animals, throw them on the ground, and walk away. Have students pick up their animals and say instead, Please don't do that! It makes me upset! Let's get along. Tell the students to shake hands with their stuffed animals and twirl around. Ask, which of these ways does God want us to act when we are mad?

Hi, I don't have an answer for you, just thought I would bump this for you and also mention that my friend is planning to begin Prairie Primer with her 7 year old very soon. She is looking forward to the idea of having a program that centers around the Little House books, and is looking forward to the crafts.

Hello, I am using AAR Pre-Level 1 with my daughter who just turned four last week. Although my daughter has known her letters and their sounds for quite some time already, I was also interested in the program for components other than learning the letters and their sounds. I bought the program so that I could have some specific, structured learning time with my daughter that provided the opportunity for fun, crafts, games, and overall interaction with me AND my 7 year old daughter as well. I ended up purchasing the complete package that included Ziggy the puppet. My daughter absolutely loves Ziggy as part of her 'school time'. The program has scripted portions that tell when Ziggy is to speak and how he interacts with the games and your child. Of course, you could have Ziggy participate however you or your child likes if that works better. I sometimes have Ziggy 'say his part' as the guide indicates and sometimes the three of us take turns with Ziggy so he can interact in ways we each personally like. Ziggy is very well loved here and my daughter takes him to bed with her as well. I would not hesitate to recommend the Ziggy puppet as I feel that it adds a lot to the program and really makes the program come to life for little ones. As far as liking the program here at our house, it absolutely gets 5-stars from me, my 4 year old and my 7 year old. It is fun, educational, and very well done, in my opinion. The materials/content are top notch and the actual products themselves, are absolutely super quality and quite beautifully done. The puppet is of high quality, the books are hard-bound and beautifully illustrated, the alphabet posters and letter/picture cards are sweetly done. Even the box that stores the cards is precious. I even appreciate the beautiful color palette that they selected to theme the program with. It is just good quality, beautiful stuff and I feel like I absolutely got what I paid for. My 4 year old often requests to 'do Ziggy', sometimes multiple times in one day! She adores the rhyming games and loves the coloring/craft sheets. I like that the program is easy to implement, has a variety of interesting activities and crafts, and offers our family time together learning and just having fun. I would recommend this program for any age that *you* feel is appropriate. It just depends on your personal goals with your child. For us, my daughter is beyond the actual learning letters and so on but, I looked at the other components---structured learning time, crafts, fun family interaction, learning games, and good old fashioned fun with a puppet---these components are what helped me to make the decision to purchase the program.

Oh perfect, I've got Marie and Merry, not lonely anymore!:party:

Marie, Thanks so much, AGAIN! What is it with me and the lonely little posts?!!! I look forward to reading the link, thank you.:)

Hello, I am using AAR Level Pre-1 with my daughter and am so pleased and impressed with the program so far. I am anxious to find out if there is any more chatter about when the Level 1 will be released. If I remember correctly, it is due out this June, is that right? Just wondering if there is any more information regarding the Level 1 program. Thank you!

We just started today and plan to do one lesson a day. My daughter also knows all her letters and sounds but, I bought the program mainly for the interaction, rhyming, Ziggy puppet, crafts/activities, and coloring.

I'd be interested to hear from others as well.

Great, thank you!

I'm bummed, I can't get the sample to come up. Hmmm, maybe they aren't up yet, actually. Just read the note about that.

Okay, thank you very much, Kelli.

Thank you for the link. Are there any beginning readers with this? I'm thinking no because it is written for Preschoolers/K but, wanted to be sure. Thank you.

Is there a link available for this? Thank you.

Yes, here it is: http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1501 It can be found in the "sticky" post started by Admin just at the top of where posts begin.

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Thank you, Amy.

Yes, exactly :)

Thank you very much, that was very clear!

Okay, thank you! I was trying to read the forum rules to see if I could or not.

Thank you. This is what I was specifically referring to: http://www.lampstandbookshelf.com/ZC/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=98_6_26_108&products_id=501 I wasn't sure what they meant by the ink difference, I guess:confused: I should have been more specific in my original post, I'm just confused by the description for some reason. It does look like you would get the paper edition of Year 1 with some inconsistencies with regard to the ink? Thanks! ETA: Am I allowed to post links on this forum? Maybe I should remove the link?

Hello, Can someone explain what this is? I see it on the TOG website and I am still unclear as to exactly what it is and what you would be getting. Thank you!

Heather, thank you so much for all this information, I appreciate it. I've joined the RS4K Yahoo Group and look forward to seeing your reading/project schedule. And thank you very, very much EVERYONE, for sharing in this thread, it has been so very helpful to me and others.

I just wanted to pop in real quick and tell all of you thank you so very much for sharing your experience and comments. I am so grateful to have all this information to help me clearly see the strengths of TOG...and boy, are there a lot of them! I'm hoping to get back on here soon to reply a little more fully. Thank you for taking the time out to explain so well.

Thank you very much, Lucinda. Your thoughts really give me a good feel for how beneficial TOG is. And thank you for the mention of Art History, good information.