soonermomma Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 If you have use these, did you like them? Are the teachers manuals necessary? Thanks, Kristi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TracyP Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Love the readers, not a fan of the workbooks. Too 'schoolish' for my taste. I agree, you would want the TM especially if you don't plan to read the stories. We use them for buddy reading when they are learning to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekmom Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 I love the program! You need the teacher's manual for the beginning levels but not for the 2nd-on up levels. I use the workbook for my younger 2 kids. It has a lot of great phonics practice and reading comprehension questions. If your dc is a good reader, you could easily skip the workbooks. I like that the readers focus on the lives of the kids in the family. So many readers have stories that don't relate to each other, so the kids never "bond" with the book. My kids feel like they know the kids in the stories. I think the stories are wonderful... they always have a great lesson to be learned (learning to laugh at yourself, not being bossy, telling the truth, the golden rule, etc.) It's one series of books that I'll save even after my kids are grown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mothergooseof4 Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 I am using the readers. I use other programs for phonics and reading comprehension type stuff. These are the first readers that my 8yo enjoys. Like another poster said, he has bonded with the characters and looks forward to seeing what they are up to. He likes some other books here and there, but as "school" reading, nothing ever held his interest till these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cindie2dds Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 :iagree: love them! We used the readers only. Dd loved those, but I didn't use the workbooks. We just used them as extra readers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momma2Many66 Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 My kids love the stories and I highly recommend getting the entire series of books all the way through 8th grade. Pathway Reader's are some of the few homeschooling items I will never sell and I plan to pass them onto my grandchildren to enjoy again and again ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehogs4 Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 (edited) We love them. They are "old fashioned" because they were originally intended for Amish school children. There are no humans or faces represented in the stories, but there are pictures. The stories are great because they always involve actions, attitudes, and outcomes with which my daughter can really relate, for instance the story of the friend who comes over to play dolls. They decide the kitten will make a good doll and they dress the kitten, but the kitten runs up the tree with the doll clothes on and won't come down. We were cracking up! The whole story, though, deals with kindness to your friend and being a good host / hostess. (and this is in the second book--still first grade!) eta: forgot to say that I have all the workbooks but don't prefer them. there just doesn't seem to be a need for us to use them, and they are very "school-ish" like a pp said. i think they are designed to keep a classroom full of kids busy, but still learning something. Edited March 8, 2011 by Hedgehogs4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twogirlsmommy Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Love them. DD 9 loves them. We did do the workbook, but with other language arts it seemed like overkill. If you use the workbooks then I liked the TM because it helped when I corrected! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColoradoMom Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I like that the readers focus on the lives of the kids in the family. So many readers have stories that don't relate to each other, so the kids never "bond" with the book. My kids feel like they know the kids in the stories. I think the stories are wonderful... they always have a great lesson to be learned (learning to laugh at yourself, not being bossy, telling the truth, the golden rule, etc.) It's one series of books that I'll save even after my kids are grown. I love this program too. We did them for several years and my son would be so annoyed when he had to "leave" a certain set of kids and begin to learn about a new set! He really liked them! Although there is a strong division of labor in these books because they are Amish, I never got the feeling like they mandated women did a certain job, or that men did a certain job either. It more like - this is just how it is - mom and sisters cook and sew and boys and dad farm. Even though my youngest is now getting ready for high school I still have all of our Pathway Readers on the shelf. I plan on keeping them to read to my (future) grandchildren :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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