bnwhitaker Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 What do you not like about Growing With Grammar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 For my son, zero retention. Then we went to MCT and got 100% retention. If you decide to use that program, make sure you discuss every lesson. It's just so easy for a parent to hand it over to a child and equally easy for a child to fill in answers correctly without internalizing the material. I think the discussion style of MCT is precisely why it is successful in our house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serendipitous journey Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 We didn't get good retention. And the sentences were too basic & too repetitive in structure. We prefer: KISS, MCT, Galore Park's Junior English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 What is MCT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Too basic.the lessons were structured so that the answer was way too easy to find or fill in, even without understanding the concept,kwim? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlessedMom Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Michael Clay Thompson Language Arts http://www.rfwp.com/pages/michael-clay-thompson/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindrops Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 I was considering Growing with Grammar, but Grammar Island does sound like a better approach. What would you use prior to Grammar Island for a first grader? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Five More Minutes Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 I was considering Growing with Grammar, but Grammar Island does sound like a better approach. What would you use prior to Grammar Island for a first grader? I used FLL 1 in K and FLL 2 in Gr. 1, then switched to MCT Island with a dd with strong language skills. But you could easily do nothing (in the way of formal grammar) for the first couple of years of school, and then launch MCT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeeterbug Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 I've got level one but couldn't bring myself to use it, it just feels too school-y to me. And I do feel we are a bit school-y, it just feels too...like public school. Same with the samples of their WWW. I think it's what Halcyon said above, too easy to figure out the answer without understanding the concept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KellyMama Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Just wanted to say that we found the workbook style to be appealing but it really works for us because we pair it with MCT. Having the crossover style of workbook + discussion gave me an option to use this cirriruclum in a way that works for my DS. Just offering up a solution I case the OP really wants to try GWG. ;) We did GWG 3 along with Sentence Island, Building Language and Music of the Hemispheres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 FWIW, we switched to KISS and it is fantastic. And free. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momtoamiracle Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 I use it and we like it fine. i do find it is repetitive so I skip it if my son knows it. I don't just hand it to him, we discuss it. Right now it's easy stuff so I'm using it as a quick review. THe only new thing was subject and predicate. At first my son didn't seem to get what a subject was so I passed over it. Two days later he clearly explained what it was, so I think retention for him is good. The simplistic language and approach woks well for my 6 yo. i think it would be way too easy for an older child or a child that likes more complicated subjects. I haven't decided what we'll do when we're finished with it, FLL 1 drives me crazy so I might just go to FLL 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momtoamiracle Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 I'm intrigued by KISS, can someone explain it to me, I have to leave so can't go look it up, but when I can get back I can look at a quick rundown. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 GWG is the only curriculum that I have ever quit partway through the year. After four years of FLL, it was just not acceptable. Like a few others have mentioned, it felt like busy work. The workbook made it very easy to just figure out the answer without thinking. He could do the workbook without even reading the lesson book because it was so obvious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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