Tenaj Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 Considering whether or not to to Apologia Elementary (Swimming Creatures. .) or switch to something else and CLE just popped up as a possibility. Has anyone used this and what are your thoughts? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TracyR Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 You can ask the moms on the Christian Light Yahoo group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/christianlightfamilies they could probably give you reviews on the science program . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenaj Posted June 16, 2008 Author Share Posted June 16, 2008 Thanks Tracy - I didn't know such a group existed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G5052 Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 I have part of their 5th grade program because I wanted to look at it, and will probably use it down the road for my younger one. It's OK because I need something pretty much student-led, but we'll be coming from BJUP science, which is my favorite IMHO. It's got a nice mix of reading, independent work, and decent experiments. I actually like it better than A Beka, which could also be done independently. Their expectations are more reasonable (A Beka gets a little nit-picky IMHO). The 2nd grade program is in "Sunrise" edition, which is their redone version. The older grades are basically Alpha Omega science redone to reflect Christian Light's beliefs and priorities. Sunrise editions are divided into lessons, the older ones are not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenaj Posted June 17, 2008 Author Share Posted June 17, 2008 Thanks for your response. I am looking for something pretty independent so this may work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 CLE is a 2 day a week schedule with 5 light units. My dd loves science and wants to do it daily so we do CLE Tues/Thurs and Swimming Creatures Mon/Wed doing lapbooking for it on Fridays. Last year I hadn't realized this and she plowed through CLE so we spent 1/2 year on that and 1/2 year on Flying Creatures. Either way. CLE is nice, cute, just enough and my dd loves workbooks. I don't actually think it is necessary til later, but she loves it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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