CarrieF Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 (edited) My second son (8 yo)has been doing ETC for phonics practice and he enjoys it. No complaints at all. However, we also use SWO for spelling and I just "discovered" (always a little late to the party!) that SWO correlates to MCP Plaid Phonics. Wow, what a concept! Having spelling and phonics working together?! :D Anyway, I am wondering if anyone has used these two together, and if so, how do you like them together? Also, would it be absolutely redundant/overkill to keep ETC and add in MCP Phonics?! My son is a bright kiddo, but he has no "bent" toward language arts. He is willing to do his lessons, but struggles with reading fluency, remembering spelling rules, etc. He is my math, history, and nature-loving boy. : ) Looking for some Hive Wisdom here! :001_smile: Thanks in advance! Edited February 26, 2012 by CarrieF ETA: clarification Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 I did start with them both, because it seemed like a great idea. The problem I had was that MCP was too writing intensive for my dd. But we did it for K, because she could already read, but if were were doing it for 1st grade, it might have been different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarrieF Posted February 27, 2012 Author Share Posted February 27, 2012 Thanks, Tracy. :001_smile: That's what I'm looking for! Anyone else?! Would love to hear more. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristinannie Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 MCP has less writing than ETC in my opinion. It was too spiral for me though. MCP A just spent like 20 pages on long vowels and moved on. That was not enough for my DS to even begin to get the concept. I like how ETC really covers a topic thoroughly. Also, I have heard that MCP and SWO are so similar that they are overkill together. I haven't used SWO though so I can't really speak to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 We do both. It's quick and effective. Good phonics reinforcement,word usage practice. Very cost effective. I bought the spelling TE it gives the correlating Plaid phonics lesson. You could definelty match up the lessons yourself if you wanted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarrieF Posted February 27, 2012 Author Share Posted February 27, 2012 Thank you, ladies! That is very helpful. I think for the price, it is at least worth getting a copy of MCP Phonics so that I can see how the two are correlated. I just got my SWO teacher's guide, so that will be helpful, too. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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