hsmom Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 okay is it necessary to start with book 1. Or can you start with what ever book you want? I bought book 2, I was afraid that book 1 would be to easy. So, what is your opinions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 It is highly recommended that you start with Book 1. Don't let the "in, pin" page fool you; SS is based on word patterns, not reading level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claire up north Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 The first few days seem deceptively simple, but they are just that...deceptive. SS has been a vocabulary as well as spelling lessons for us on many days. If you really want to, you can do two days worth of lessons each day for the first week. By then, you will definitely want to slow down again. hth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Readsalot Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 This is what I have done with my son and it has worked wonderfully. We do one list in the morning, and the other list in the afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jann in TX Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Instead of pulling from the same 'family' we did one list (turned the page) and did a second list. When we tried 2 consecutive lists they did not benefit from the repeated patterns. An example could be (I don't have the book in front of me)--lesson 16 and lesson 21 on the same day. It was not unusual for me to schedule one list in the morning and the second list after lunch. My girls actually BEGGED to do more! This program really helped my girls--they are NOT natural spellers (they take after me!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Agree with the others..... start with book 1. We did two lessons one right after the other by working out of different parts of the book. In book 1, the patterns change every 10 lessons. Starting in book 2, they change every 5 lessons. We worked like this: lesson #11 immediately followed by #21 on the first day, #12 and #22 on the second day, etc. This worked really well for us. It took us under 5 minutes to do a lesson in book 1, and under 10 minutes to do a lesson in book 2. SS became my dd's favorite subject to start the day with because it went so fast. (She improved a lot with it too.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmom Posted March 16, 2008 Author Share Posted March 16, 2008 I took your advice I just ordered book 1. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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