Embassy Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 who has a child that does not enjoy MCT? I like the program. My son does not although he is learning well with it. I'm thinking I will probably go piecemeal next year. The grammar portion is a good fit, the writing is too hard, and the vocabulary is way too easy. On an upnote, I have integrated reading classics into our language arts based on MCT's program. My son has loved that. I'm sticking with it for the whole school year and see how things pan out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Lots of people don't use MCT. Feel free to leave the bandwagon. There are plenty of other terrific options. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RanchGirl Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 My son took one look at Grammar Island and hated it on sight. I didn't much care for it either. Different strokes for different folks... that's why there are so many different options out there! <ducking to avoid MCT groupies slinging rotten tomatoes at me!> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spock Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 who has a child that does not enjoy MCT? I like the program. My son does not although he is learning well with it. I'm thinking I will probably go piecemeal next year. The grammar portion is a good fit, the writing is too hard, and the vocabulary is way too easy. On an upnote, I have integrated reading classics into our language arts based on MCT's program. My son has loved that. I'm sticking with it for the whole school year and see how things pan out. My two younger children love MCT, but my second son would have hated the elementary books. He likes straightforward teaching, and very much dislikes having a story approach for grammar or math. As for the vocabulary, which level are you using? I got all of Island and all of Town except poetry this year. The Island vocabulary book was much too easy (and almost as much about aqueducts as vocabulary), but my daughter really liked Caesar's English. We haven't studied Latin, though, so that would make a difference. Starting next year we are just going to use the grammar/practice/writing books from MCT. I might add in an upper level poetry book some time in the future, but not right now. We don't have money or time for vocabulary right now, so they will just go back to learning new words in context from their other school books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embassy Posted February 17, 2011 Author Share Posted February 17, 2011 My two younger children love MCT, but my second son would have hated the elementary books. He likes straightforward teaching, and very much dislikes having a story approach for grammar or math. As for the vocabulary, which level are you using? I got all of Island and all of Town except poetry this year. The Island vocabulary book was much too easy (and almost as much about aqueducts as vocabulary), but my daughter really liked Caesar's English. We haven't studied Latin, though, so that would make a difference. Starting next year we are just going to use the grammar/practice/writing books from MCT. I might add in an upper level poetry book some time in the future, but not right now. We don't have money or time for vocabulary right now, so they will just go back to learning new words in context from their other school books. I have been using the Island level. We've done a couple years of Rummy Roots and are studying Greek too. I do like Music of the Hemispheres the best. My son did too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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