lincap Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 For those who use the Logic of English, do you use it alone or supplement with another curriculum? I am beginning my second grade planning and will be attending a Homeschool Convention in April, so just getting thoughts together for what to look at in the vendor area. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 I looked at it and am really intrigued by it. But I don't want to start using a program that isn't finished yet. I suspect that it will be too expensive for me when it is done, but I won't buy it until it is done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BugsMama Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 For second grade, the only thing I add is a reading list and an Evan Moor 6 trait writing workbook. :) I LOVE LOE, easy to use, solid and produces wonderful results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lincap Posted February 28, 2013 Author Share Posted February 28, 2013 We bought LOE and Horizons 1st Grade, and have been doing Horizon's almost exclusively because by the time we finish Horizon's my 1st grader is DONE with phonics. But I want to just use one phonics program and that will be LOE. I have never seen Evan Moor 6 books.. I will check those out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorisuewho Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Logic of English is a stand-along program for phonics, spelling, and grammar, especially for 2nd grade. I wouldn't think you would need to add anything in those areas. You will need to add books to cover reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirstenhill Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Agree with the other posters -- you can totally use it alone for spelling and grammar, and for a student who really needs to focus on development of phonics/spelling you may not even need or want to use another writing curriculum. That being said, I am really JUST using the spelling/phonics portion right now and not the grammar (or the writing exercises, since many of those are somewhat related to the grammar), and are doing Sentence Family for even more gentle grammar than what LOE provides. We're going to do a second run through Essentials next year with the advanced lists, and I may use the grammar portion then (still deciding). We also just started with a bit of gentle writing practice outside of LoE using Write On!. At the beginning of the year spelling stressed out DD so much she didn't want to write at all other than her spelling words, but as her spelling has improved she is actually asking to do more writing...but since we haven't kept up with LoE grammar (we're on lesson 27), some of the writing assignments are less doable for her since she doesn't have all the grammar knowledge that would be expected of her at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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