bethben Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 He's reading frog and toad, just finished HWT 1st grade level (still working on forming letters correctly) and is trying to spell out words. I'm not big into grammar for younger than 3rd grade, but am interested in getting him starting to memorize that stuff and am interested in the narration/copywork that FLL holds. I don't want to push too much too soon. What do you think? BEth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagira Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 FLL is very scripted and although a good program, I think it has the potential to bore a five-year-old or simply be wasted. Maybe 2nd grade would be better. We're starting Primary Language Lessons by Emma Serl in 2nd, and ds will be 7 years old and already have a pretty good foundation reading, copywork and some spelling. It's a gentle introduction, with many oral lessons, in grammar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doodle Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 I started it with Doodle mid way through this school year. He really enjoys it. He loves to memorize the poems. I make them into booklets for him. We are proceeding at a slow pace and have only completed up to lesson 38. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa in the UP of MI Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 I don't think it would be too much. The biggest question would be, does it fit his learning style? Oldest dd, despite my thoughts otherwise, actually asks to do FLL. We do skip some lessons, as it is quite repetitious. DS, however, would be incredibly bored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diana B Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 Definitely not too much. But I agree with sagira that depending on the child, it could be 'boring'. My ds is 6.5 we started FLL1 at the beginning of this year and it's almost too slow and too easy. I've found myself skipping and/or combining a lot of lessons. It only takes 5-10 minutes a day - max. Some lessons are not even that long! Could EASILY be done by a K'er, imo - but whether you feel a K'er NEEDS to do it is another matter. Oh - and my ds really enjoys it. It's so simple and easy. He loves the stories, the poems, etc. He's just finding the repetitiveness of the actual grammar part (ie, learning about nouns) to be boring. He's ready to move on to something else in that respect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlockOfSillies Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 It wouldn't hurt to try for a week or two. It's like phonics -- if there's not even a glimmer of understanding, wait a few months and try again. Personally, I'll have to disagree with Sagira about FLL 1&2. I think it's better to treat it as "late K-early 2" grammar, rather than 1&2. By the end of the book, we're usually itching to move a little faster. There's so much repetition that you shouldn't have any trouble speeding up by skipping lessons/doubling up, and it should be sufficient practice for a kid that needs to go more slowly. You can also adjust the amount of copywork. If "Ben had a seed" is too much, just start with having your dc do "Ben had", and work up his stamina from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bethben Posted April 5, 2010 Author Share Posted April 5, 2010 I'm not totally sure what kind of kid he is. He thinks a little more on the creative side of things and can repeat verbatum adventures in odyssey conversations he hears on tape. He's really an out of the box thinker. Beth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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