sheryl Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 What are the pros and cons to Lifepac? Tell me any/everything you can think of PLEASE! Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love2Smile Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Well we did not like them. We found them to be very boring. Beyond boring in fact. They brought my dd to tears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaMa2005 Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Well we did not like them. We found them to be very boring. Beyond boring in fact. They brought my dd to tears. :iagree: They just didn't seem to have enough material/depth for either myself or DS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Another vote for boring. Snooze-city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamee Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Yes, very boring and not enough to them. Even for second grade, I found them way too simplified. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Alpha Omega wasn't bad for English and Bible; we didn't use the math; used 4th, 9th and 10th grade science...HATED them. :ack2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama27 Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 What are the pros and cons to Lifepac? Tell me any/everything you can think of PLEASE! Thanks. We just started using these after years of unit studies, living books, etc. and I LOVE them! You can just use the student books, they read it answer the questions. Some of the questions are easy, some are harder. The students do have to think. I really like how geography is mixed in with the history. There is a lot of repetition in the self-tests. My kids need that. AO should really promote their TM's more. Here is a sample of the activities they have. This is for gr. 4, history and geography. Introduce the Geographical Fish Pond. Get a plastic dishpan for the pond. Cut strips of tag board and write names of important places in the world on them.Put a paper clip on each paper for the "mouth" of the fish. Get tree branches or sticks about a yard long and tie a string to each. Fasten a magnet to each fish line. Have the children fish for the places and locate them on a map within a minute or less. Make a paper mache globe. Show the child a peppercorn and peel off some of the black skin. Let them try to make pepper by grinding it in a pepper mill. Make a report on spices and put samples on a chart. Make a model of the Santa Maria or another explorer's ship. There are about 15 ideas for the first Lifepac. We use Lifepacs for history/geography for grades 2,4, 6, and 9. Science for grades 2,6,and 11. Language Arts for grade 3. And Family ans Consumer science. LOVE that!! I really LOVE them for science and hist/geo!! The science has LOTS of experiments but the books do not depend on them. They can be skipped. The ideas in the TM are VERY similar to the ideas that I have done with unit studies for years. We have used SL, TOG, WEAVER, lapbooks, MFW, our own. I ALWAYS had to do research, add things, find books, etc. This way they are getting all the info they need and have activities to do. I'm not crazy about the language arts. I haven't tried the math. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsbaby Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 We tried them and disliked them. The kids thought they were boring. I didn't think they were thorough or challenging enough. Edited to add: We only tried LA and Math. We made it through 3 Lifepacs of each and switched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest momk2000 Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 We tried them for a couple of subjects in 3rd, found them painfully boring, and quckly ditched them for something else. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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