MellowYellow Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Growing with Grammar and Winning with Writing Do you think that these are both solid language arts curriculum? How do you think these compare with First Language Lessons and Writing With Ease? (easier, harder, about the same) how do you like them? Has anyone also used Soaring with Spelling? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Yes, they are a solid curriculum choice. It is often called the secular answer to R&S. I cannot say how true that maybe even after using R&S. They cover the same topics. They are different writing philosophies. It is up to you to decide which you gel with better. My older 2 915 and 13) love GWG. They like how straightforward it is, how it covers fewer topics per lesson than R&S (my son's words), all the clean space, no religious or farm stories or references, and that I am not teaching it to them. We tried SWSV and made it through 3 weeks before I put it out of its misery. It just did not fit here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radish4ever Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 I just purchased these for my DD (1st grade). I'm hoping that it'll work well for us. We've started on both FLL and WWE, but they are so slow and my DD is extremely eager, so I'm hoping this will be a little more aggressive for her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farming_mum Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 We tried FLL and were bored with how slow it is even though we finished FLL1. We then bought GWG and the kids love it!!! We've since started WWE and it is a bit slow but the kids are happy enough to continue. I find it is just full of copywork with a couple of passages from famous story books. I have also looked at WWW but it looks very similar to GWG so I'm not quite sure which direction WWW is going. I'll be very interested in the replies to this post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom in High Heels Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 We tried FLL and were bored with how slow it is even though we finished FLL1. We then bought GWG and the kids love it!!! This, this, this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 We do all four right now :blush: They're all solid programs, but the philosophy behind them is very different (which makes them work well together). What you go with depends on how you want to teach/how you want your children to learn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Twain Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 I use WWE and WWW concurrently. They are completely different philosophies of teaching writing. I find them to be a nice combination. WWE is the classical way to teach writing, and WWW is the traditional method. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudGrandma Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 we use SWS, GWG and were using WWW. We LOVE LOVE LOVE GWG and SWS....the kids dont fight and agure when it is time to do this. The WWW is a good program too...it just moved too slowly for us. We are going to try Writing Strands...and see if that is any better...if not, we still have WWW to go back to. Oh, my kids never complained about WWW, I just felt like we were spinning our wheels somedays...doing the the same thing over and over again...or adding one teeny, tiny step to the days before's lesson...but I know for some kids that is perfect...and I thought that is what we need too...but I think it moved just a little too slow. We'll see. But, all 3 are solid programs and they do work well together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobbystamper Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Same here. We used both WWE and WWW together. We are not doing GWG but just FLL. It is a bit slow for FLL 1 and 2 and so we did more than 1 lessons at one sitting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llindseymomoffour Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 We love GWG and WWW. I never hear a complaint about doing these two subjects. We did try SWS and didn't make it past the first week. The kids did not like it and I wasn't impressed either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwickimom Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 We did WWE 1 and 2 and then went to WWW3. My dd loves it. It is very slow (one tiny step each day) and we often do a few lessons in one day. I like WWE but I just didnt like that there is no structure adn my dd is doing well with a step by step guide. I hate the writign part of R&S and so I am replacing that with WWW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomandlorih Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 I use WWE and WWW concurrently. They are completely different philosophies of teaching writing. I find them to be a nice combination. WWE is the classical way to teach writing, and WWW is the traditional method. :iagree:We do this also.. I have gotten FLL from the library with the intention of doing it also(using all 4) but FLL just seems to d-r-a-g. I can't imagine it fitting in with us as a regularly used program.. but I can see us charging through it to make sure we've covered everything and maybe memorizing the poems.. We are currently using Easy Grammar but are seriously considering switching to GWG next year.. I do like the "crossing out the prepositional phrase" idea but once you learn it....... I'm thinking to swtich to GWG for diagramming. I shudder to even look at R&S. I have grade 3 and it just does not look like something we could get into. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellers Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 My DS is using GWG and WWW. He enjoys both GWG and WWW, he's learning so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinmami01 Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 We love GWG and WWW. I'm so glad that we found something that is gentle and pretty painless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatmansWife Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 We love GWG and WWW. I'm so glad that we found something that is gentle and pretty painless. :iagree: My dd is really enjoying both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonFaerie Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 DS uses GWG and WWW and it works really well for him. Short lessons, to the point. No busy work, extraneous information, stories, etc. Just a description of the topic and some examples, then a relevant worksheet. It's nice and clean and clear, which he really needs. I also really like the amount of review. The GWG worksheets, for example will be topic-specific for the first two sections and then the last two sections will review something already covered and often has some diagramming. In WWW, each lesson builds on the last. It is great about giving step by step directions for writing without being overwhelming. I liked these programs so much that I have just started SWS for DS also, and DD, who is currently using WWW, will forgo VIE in favor of GWG next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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