Vocabulary Vines vs. Vocab from Classical Roots

[baxterclan7]

Has anyone compared Vocabulary Vines to Vocabulary from Classical Roots? Also, because we've been using Spelling Power (we didn't love Spelling Workout in the early grades), I don't know if we should jump back to Spelling Workout G & H in preparation for Vocab study, do the prep books in Vocab from CR (books 4, 5, &6), or do Vocabulary Vines. There is only one book for VV unless you do science roots. Does that mean it isn't as in-depth as VCR? I have a 5th grader and 7th grader next year who are good spellers (Spelling Workout was way too easy for the grade levels suggested in 3rd grade).

 

Thanks!

 

SaraLyn

[mominbc]

I know a lot of people love Classical Roots but it didn't work for us. I found that my DS did not retain the information. We switched to Vocabulary Vines and I personally much prefer it. It is more mastery orientated in my opinion. Classical Roots is more independant work because it is a workbook, where as with Vocabulary Vines we do it all together so we review and also play the bingo game. hth

[swimnactmom]

We are not classiscal home schoolers and I found that (IMHO) the words in the word list for VCR were just too obscure. The words in Vocabulary Vine seemed to be more applicable to our studies.

[Meredith]

I own Vocabulary Vine and my dd9 has done VCR 4, so I can't necessarily compare them because I haven't used VV yet. VCR is a workbook so it is a different type of program and there are some definite benefits for it being able to be done independently, IYKWIM. My dd thought VCR was fun and easy, so I figured it couldn't hurt for her to do it!

[King Alfred Academy]

I have never heard of this program so I googled it. Looks great! May have to do some more checking into it.

 

BUT...I came across this page that has several different online games you can play that used the roots. Here is the link... http://www.studystack.com/menu-98467

 

Have fun!:001_smile:

[KarenNC]

My daughter does VV independently. Haven't seen the other program, so I'm afraid I can't help much in the comparison.

[Staci in MO]

Roots and Fruits is very similar to Vocabulary Vine, but it has more roots.

 

I bought VCR a few years ago. Every time I pick it up to look at it, I'm turned off. It's typical multiple choice format in the exercises, and I felt like a lot of the answers were vague and unclear. I think it could be frustrating for my dc.

 

The e-book version is on sale for 11.25 right now. Here's a link:Roots and Fruits.

 

I should add that I haven't had time to sit down and do a thorough comparison, so there may be something fabulous about Vocabulary Vine that I haven't picked up on yet, but as of right now, that's what we're using next year.