athomeontheprairie Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 This coming school year I will have an older K'er. At what stage should she be before we begin FLL1 (what are the prerequisites)? She is ready for a heavier load and I'd like to start this sometime this winter, depending on what you might suggest. And I'll have a third grader using FLL3. Can I have her copy the work from the student manual into a separate notebook? I'm hoping to save the student book for use with each of the younger siblings... UNLESS this is a giant waste of time and a massive headache.... Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYoungerMrsWarde Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 FLL1 is totally doable for a kindergartener who is up to it. I tried in K with my oldest and he wasn't "getting" it, so I waited. But I figured out that doing it all orally didn't work for his learning style, so I added some things to make it so he could understand better. We haven't done school in 6 months thanks to a very difficult pregnancy and a move out of state, but this week his little brother asked what a noun was and ds6 told him exactly the FLL definition, so it STICKS! :) Here's a link to my blog about how we expanded FLL1 to make it "hands on." http://sceleratusclassicalacademy.blogspot.com/search/label/FLL%201 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeeterbug Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 You can buy the FLL 3 wkbk as a pdf and print. I know the number of pages is intimidating, but then you'd only have to buy it once and just print. Depending on your printer it could be cheaper (though a bit of a pain) to print than buying a wkbk for each child. Just an option to consider. Or if you have a tablet dc could complete on the tablet instead, no printing at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladydusk Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 We do FLL1 in Kindy. PHP recommends starting it after Lesson 140 in OPG, or once you have a reader who has started multi-syllabic word and is on track for fluency. I second the student pages as pdf. It has been a fantastic option for us. I wish more companies would do something similar. I'm afraid Classical Academic Press' model is going to become more standard, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellalarella Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 I am person who doesn't typically use workbooks because I have so many kids and I want to pass them down; FLL and other PHP curriculula, however are exceptions. PHP workbooks purchased off Amazon are the most affordable school workbooks out there. I have also purchased PDF downloads of PHP student workbooks/pages as well. I really feel like a PDF download coupled printed off with a B/W laser printer is an affordable option, particularly in a family with several kids hsing. I thought it was really helpful for my kiddos to be able to write in their FLL 3 and FLL 4 books because of the sentence diagrams. I've personally enjoyed using FLL levels 1-4 with my kiddos because the definitions for the parts of speech are the same throughout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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