siloam Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Again I will miss a bunch, so please choose other and post if your's isn't present. p.s. I did allow you to choose more than one, just click all the boxes you want before clicking submit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AudreyTN Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 LLATL and Latin will start within the next week or so. Currently we are using English for the Thoughtful Child v.1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDay Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 GWG - wow - I need the reply to be 10 letters?? GWG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia in WA Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I use CW (with no additional grammar) and Latin Prep for the older 2 and FFL for the youngest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynful Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 We've been using Just Write, GWG, FLL, ETC and AAS. Hope everyone knows the "codes". :) I just today looked at LLATL and went ahead and bought the red package and the yellow package. Can't wait to try it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeswife Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 We used ETC for ds last year (2nd grade) This year we tried SL (big bust), Complete book of LA (good but not enough), FLL level 3 (my son really disliked this) So now we're going to try GWG and Writing Strands. We'll see how it goes. Oh and we are using SWO C this year and he loves it. For my dd who's in K/1st we're using OPGTR, ETC 1 and SWO A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awanama Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I use Houghton Mifflin English with my 6th grader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 We use LLATL with Easy Grammar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkateLeft Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 My 7th grader is using Henle Latin, and Literary Lessons from Lord of the Rings. She's a very solid writer and really enjoys writing, so I just regularly assign essay topics rather than follow a set composition program. My 4th grader is primarily just using Wordsmith Apprentice. My 1st grader is using FLL and K12's advanced phonics (which is the same thing I used with my girls). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArwenA Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 4th grader does: Shurley English 4 Writing Strands just started book 6 today! Spelling Workout E Home made vocab. Lots and lots of reading:) Ker does: Explode the Code 1 and 2 A Reason for Handwriting K (not sure if this counts for LA) Reading Preschooler does: Go for the Code B Reading Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiguirre Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 My others are Calvert and Language Lessons for Little Ones. We switch around a lot when something needs more reinforcement, but we do eventually finish almost everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenNC Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 We've just finished the last of the ETC series of workbooks plus the primers and went through FLL last year. For learning to read, it was a combination of ETC, Dick and Jane books, Dolch sight word flashcards and lots of reading aloud with her. She also played a bit with http://www.starfall.com, but it wasn't a major component Now we are on a combination of: Growing with Grammar 3 Spelling Power (started today) lots of reading audio books a second grade writing book Reading Detectives reading comprehension (the last two are done periodically as the mood strikes, as her comprehension is very good and her independent writing is really just emerging--she's 7, so the fine motor is a bit behind the comprehension and a lot of the work we do already requires writing as she adores workbooks) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules in MI Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 We use Sonlight LA for K, and Character Quality Language Arts for my 2nd grader. Oh, and ETC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momtolgd Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Using GWG and ETC here with 2nd grader, and just finished up Go for the code today with Ker...will start ETC 1 with her once it arrives! I was using SWO, but I'm debating continuing with it or trying something else. Also using OPGTR and Getty-Dubay Italic handwriting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elinor Everywhere Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 TOG Write Aid, R&S Grammar, IEW Ancient History Writing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phyllis in Canada Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I keep changing programs every year, it seems like, and sometimes halfway through the year. Dd 7 got halfway through FLL last year, but this month we started Growing With Grammar. I needed something she could do a little more independently and it combines needed penmanship practice without another workbook. Ds 9 also needed something he could do mostly independently and that wasn't as heavy as Rod & Staff, so we're going with LLATL Orange. He's really liking it so far. There's a lot of variety--something he really needs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Rachel~ Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Classical Writing right now :) DS LOVES this program :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serendipity Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I like Rod & Staff for LArts. I used R&S with our son from second grade to eighth grade. He's at the local high school now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I have used a mix of GWG, SL, CW, LL & Latin Prep but not all at the same time. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeke Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Growing with Grammar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimerinkydo Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 4th grade boy, a very reluctant writer who spent last year de-toxing from public school. English for the Thoughtful Child vol.2 Writing Strands 2 - he just finished this book today and he actually loved the last assignment. For the rest of this year I am going to concentrate on enjoying writing: Just Write, Writing Games for Children by Peggy Kaye, and Editor in Chief beginning. We will start up again with Writing Strands 3 next fall. Wordlywise narrating books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelda Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 We also use ETC and SWO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanna Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Hi, I love polls! For my "other" I'm using ACE's English and Imitation in Writing - Greek Heroes w/ds gr5. My younger 2 dc (grs 1st and 2nd) are using Saxon Phonics level 2 which includes punctuation and spelling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
74Heaven Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 A Beka with 2nd grader Shurley with 5th grader Rod & Staff with 8th/10th graders lisaj, mom to 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara Mac Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 With my 3rd grader I'm using LLATL, Minimus Latin, English from the Roots Up and Growing with Grammar. January is the start of our new school year so my LA curriculum feels really overloaded. Once we settle in to a routine I am expecting that some things will either be dropped or modified to suit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 2nd Grade: Junior English 1 (Galore Park), HWT, Hannah's copy work, reading. 5th Grade: English Prep 2 (Galore Park), HWT, Lightning Literature 7, reading. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StacyWithFourRugrats Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 We used Lively Latin to teach grammar. I am learning things (and keeping them remembered!) that I never learned - or ignored - in my educational upbringing ;) I will go to sleep now dreaming about predicate nominatives :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Michael Clay Thompson's LA series from Royal Fireworks Press. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda in WA Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 My dd is very visual and needs something more. I have tried writing out things in FLL but she is not getting it. She could not tell me what the pronoun was in a sentence today, but spouted them off to me when I asked her to say the chant. Go figure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freethinkermom Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I have used GWG with DS10 in the past, but I think he has outgrown it now. I might buy him level 6 when it comes out for some practice. Right now he is using and loving Vocabulary from Classical Roots A. For reading we are doing the recomended WTM books for 7th grade. He is keeping a reading journal and writing an essay at the end of each book for his choice of essay question (provided by me). For ds6 I plan on ordering GWG 1/2 next week. He has been ready for it for months, but I delayed ordering so we could get into a scheduling groove with what we already have for the new year first. If he knows it is in the house he will want to do it everyday. Right now I he is playing the Jupiter Jane game on cosmeo.com a little everyday for grammar. When he is reading and needs to know what a word means he asks someone to help him look it up (he can use the dictionary by himself, but he cannot lift it alone...lol). Considering how much and how well he reads, that is enough vocabulary as far as I am concerned until he is old enough for Classical Roots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susie in CA Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 We love Junior English. I only supplement a little with Spelling Workout. That's it. Susie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Closeacademy Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I read the book Composition in the Classical Tradition and took tons of notes and created my own composition curriculum based on my notes. Currently, we are rewriting fables. Basically, writing precipts of them which my dd dictates to me and then I write down. Later she copies her sentences and illustrates them so she will have a nice book of her own fables when we are done. Also, we are embarking on Latin using minimus and this I hope will really help with vocabulary. We listen to the stories and then look at the words and find similiar words in english or spanish to try to figure out the meaning of the words. I also have the TG on hand. We use copywork to teach parts of speech and I really like KISS Grammar. It is an excellent resource for teaching grammar and what I believe is one of the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandi_NC Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 DD (7) Finishing ETC bk 1 1/2 then: Adventures in Phonics, A K readers DD (8) Finishing ETC bk 7 then: BJU grammar 3 Lots of reading (she reads several chapter books a week) BSS bk 3 DS (9) Finishing ETC bk 3 then: BJU grammar 3 lots of reading practice BSS bk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amanda Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 We will be starting FLL3 on Tuesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lorna Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 We also supplement with Spelling Workout D and G (because dd thinks it is fun). We write a lot of letters and read for several hours a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNC Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Rod and Staff English 4&2 CLP Spelling 3&1 A Reason for Handwriting - cursive and manuscript Worldly Wise 1 CLE Reading 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda in TX Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 CLE Language for grammar and spelling. IEW for writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in CA Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 We have used Abeka, Rod & Staff, and Sonlight. We are now on our 2nd year of BJU and are happily staying put. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina in WA Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 * Lightning Literature 7 * Latin in the Christian Trivium (yes, there is LOTS of grammar in this book) * Daily Grams 3 x's a week (but soon will switch to AG, once I convince myself it is ok to spend $100 on it ;) ) * Home2Teach online writing course -------------- * Growing with Grammar 4 * Writing Trails 1 * Pathway Readers workbooks -------------- * Growing with Grammar 3 * Explode the Code * Pathway Readers workbooks ------------- * Growing with Grammar 1/2 * Explode the Code Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godpoetry Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 7th grader Applications of Grammar Vocabulary Words In Context Preparing for Writing Tests(AGS book) Sequential spelling 4th grader Vocabulary Words in Context Unit Studies I print off(coordinates with his science and history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 We use GWG, Progeny Press guides for 5th grade. We're using AG, LL7 for 7th grade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenKitty Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I am surprised to see Rod and Staff right up there with FLL. Is Rod and Staff that great? Though 'other' is also right up there:) We use, ETC, EGP, LL, VFCR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baseballmom Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 We use Shurley English and Tapestry of Grace for literature and writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowWhite Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 We use WinterPromise Language Arts grade one and will start grade two in the fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan in SC Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 horizons for phonics, writing strands level 2, and GWG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bee Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 For 6yo dd I use ETC,Language Lessons for Little Ones 2,FLL,and Pathway reader and she reads easy readers to me. For 11yo it's Grammar Ace,Language Lessons for the Secondary Child,Wordly Wise,and LL7. Both now use spelling lists from Ed-helper.6yo does spelling only because she wants to do the same thing big sis does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in SW WA Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 ds 10 & 12... Doing LCC heavy these days in prep for Natl. Latin Exam. Subjects: Latin Writing Tutor currently taking break from Spelling, Vocab and English grammar formally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnUK Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 We also use GWG. My older children are using the 4th grade book, and it's starting to get more in depth. I'm enjoying it. We also do Latin-- that helps as well. --Dawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy loves Bud Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 9 year old - Writing Tales, Growing with Grammar, Spelling Power, Latina Christiana 7 year old - First Language Lessons, Spelling Power, Latina Christiana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraL in OK Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Latin, Classical Composition, copywork. The 6th grader gets all of them (to make sure he gets good handwriting practice). The 2nd grader get the first & last only. For next year, I'm thinking Writing Tales for my younger son. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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