kandty Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Just ran across this and it has caught my interest. Questions? How do you use it? I am a printed out, hold in my hand kind of person . . . . how do I make this work from google books? I have looked at a few lessons (and I need to look more), but my kids need review, so how do you do that with this book? If you have any thing to share, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagira Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 We enjoy it here. I like the varied lessons, ds willingly does them, and they teach different word skills. We are at Lesson 41 now. I just print, oh, 12 pages or so at a time. However, you can print out the whole book if you like. I find it compatible with my CM style philosophy, with the copywork, poems and dictation. It also reconciles my desire for a bit of actual rules and such. Great book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 I just started using it about 2 weeks ago, so I can't comment on the review, but I can help with printing. :) In Google Books, on the right side, there's an option to download as a PDF. Do that. Now to print it, I told it to print page 2 (title page of the PDF) by itself in "booklet" form on card stock, with the "booklet subset" set to "front side only" (my printer tried to auto-duplex the card stock when it was set to print both sides, even though it was just printing one page, and my printer jams if it tries to auto-duplex card stock). The booklet option is in the page scaling drop-down, on that first print screen. The "booklet subset" shows up when you select "booklet". Next, I printed pages 6-185 in booklet form on regular paper, with the "both sides" of the "booklet subset" selected, plus I selected auto-duplex in my printer settings for good measure. Not sure if I had to do that though. :) Once it was all printed out, I used my Proclick to make holes and bind it into a book. Worked out great! DS can now have his spelling book wherever he needs it - white board, desk, whatever. We're mostly doing the lessons at the white board with dry erase crayons. He thinks that's fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandty Posted September 17, 2011 Author Share Posted September 17, 2011 In Google Books, on the right side, there's an option to download as a PDF.QUOTE] :lol: I completely missed that. Thanks for the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 I downloaded as a PDF, printed (in stages) and have it in a loose-leaf notebook. My boys like it for spelling, and I also enjoy using it. I tend to spend more time per lesson to get in review for my boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gentlemommy Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 I can't find this in google books...can anyone post a link? I would be very grateful!!!:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flux Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 I think this is it, yes? Or search for Wheeler's Elementary Speller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 I think this is it, yes? Or search for Wheeler's Elementary Speller. That's it, but that seems to be a bad scanning, as some of the pages are unreadable. It's also a slightly different cover, but the text inside looks the same. Here's the one on Google Books. Not sure where it would be on archive.org if you're outside the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gentlemommy Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Thank you! So what age/grade would you put this in? I'm just starting AAS with my 6.5 year old, should we wait until next year for Wheeler, or add it in together? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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