bttrflyvld Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Not that I'm a over planner, but I'm starting my research for next years K year and was wonder about first language lessons. What age or respective grade is this recommend for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama2two Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 I know a lot of people start in K, but I think it is great for 1st grade so you can focus on phonics and handwriting in K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bttrflyvld Posted August 28, 2012 Author Share Posted August 28, 2012 I know a lot of people start in K, but I think it is great for 1st grade so you can focus on phonics and handwriting in K That makes sense. I think I've added a bit too much for our prek year. I think I need to simplify (for my sanity). Daughter would be just as happy to do it all. lol. She's very ambitious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadianmumof5 Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 IMHO, FLL 1/2 could be started in JK (age 4) and then finished up by SK (age 5). It is very gentle, yet very thorough. We started it with DS6 last year when he was 5. I think we could have easily started the year before without any issue. We love it :001_smile: ETA: It literally takes just 5-10 minutes a day. Super simple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bttrflyvld Posted August 28, 2012 Author Share Posted August 28, 2012 (edited) oops Edited August 28, 2012 by bttrflyvld Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aspasia Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 It was recommend in the well trained mind. All they look is a workbook. Am I missing something? They are just workbooks, but they're good for reinforcing phonics skills. If you have a kid who likes to write (mine does), I think they're a good way to get hat workbook fix while doing something very useful. Some people do them orally, too. Either way, I think they're worth looking at since they're so cheap. If you decide they're not a good fit for you guys, the loss is almost negligible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aspasia Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 FWIW, I'm planning on starting FLL in first grade. No rush around here. I think SWB recommends beginning FLL after a certain lesson in OPGTR, but I'm not sure which one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 We started last year when he was technically K, but had finished phonics and was working at a first grade level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reign Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 We started FLL after OPGTR was finished. We also started aas at that time and wwe. FLL is really fast and easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinsfamily Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 I started it in 1st even for my very advanced LA student (ds6). I could have started it much earlier with him, but I wanted to do it alongside WWE1 and also wanted to keep his K year clutter free. We focus hard on handwriting and starting Spell to Write and Read in K. Then again, this kid remembers everything from 1 and 2 from listening in to big brother so we're really hitting the poem memorization hard and using the lessons as review. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punchie Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 I remember stumbling across something that said to start FLL when you hit lesson 140 in OPTGR. It took us until June to get to that point. We started with lesson 27 last Fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bttrflyvld Posted August 29, 2012 Author Share Posted August 29, 2012 I remember stumbling across something that said to start FLL when you hit lesson 140 in OPTGR. It took us until June to get to that point. We started with lesson 27 last Fall. I think I saw that somewhere too. I'm not sure when we'll get to 140 we are currently on lesson 43 and she's 4.5. We're moving right along with OPGTR. It's a nice book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 We will be starting First Language Lessons this year. (1st/2nd) I think it is important to first get reading and writing mastered (or at least the basic phonics mastered) before embarking on the techincal aspects of the language. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 We started and completed FLL 1/2 during ds second grade year. That was after we pulled him out of PS. They hadn't covered grammar so we decided to start from the beginning and we easily finished both levels in one year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByGrace3 Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 It corresponds really well with WWE 1 and I wouldn't use WWE 1 earlier than 1st. Many use FLL for K, and while you could, it was perfect for 1st for us, and we are loving level 2 for 2nd. For k and 1 they are spending a lot of effort on learning to read, having an easy lesson of FLL was great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jengjohnson Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 My first 2 started in K, but that put them doing R&S 6 when they were in 5th. It was pretty hard on them. FLL can easily be done by a younger child, but I didn't care for the long-term path. My youngest started in 1st. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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