sunshineslp Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 curious your opinions on grammar for these three curriculum choices... can you write in hake? I've heard its very thin paper, is it doable if you prefer to have your child write in the text? Which is your favorite and why? Here is what I am hoping for: independent lessons ( this would be for 4th grade), workbook format, diagramming offered, open and go, easy to teach, easy to use with multiple kids (maybe not all on the same level, but just easy to use different levels between several students). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambrosia Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I want to know also. I've been thinking of doing Abeka because of the consistent diagramming (from what I have seen in the table of contents). But that's not final yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmstranger Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I can only speak to Hake and level 5. It is open and go. I let my son write in the workbook and it was no problem. It did have diagramming, was easy to teach, and he completed it mostly independently. I only used it for one kid, but I can't imagine it would be hard to use with many. I switched from Hake only because it was a lot of writing for each lesson (for my kid-he was taking shortcuts) and I wasn't using the "writing" portion. He learned a lot in the one year we used it though! I'm actually leaning towards CLE next year b/c I want to go back to the workbook style. My younger son is using CLE for math and we've loved the format. I know LA will be different, but overall, I like the way the Lightunits work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom31257 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I've never used Hake, but I did use ABeka one year with each of my kids. I love CLE! The reasons I prefer CLE to ABeka are: spiral with good review explanations are clearer the practice exercises just seem more practical to me spelling included, but I mainly use it for the vocabulary (love that the words are grouped by category) only need the answer key (2 books) instead of so many components to ABeka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 curious your opinions on grammar for these three curriculum choices... can you write in hake? I've heard its very thin paper, is it doable if you prefer to have your child write in the text? Which is your favorite and why? Here is what I am hoping for: independent lessons ( this would be for 4th grade), workbook format, diagramming offered, open and go, easy to teach, easy to use with multiple kids (maybe not all on the same level, but just easy to use different levels between several students). ABeka's language beats grammar to death every.single.year. There's some writing, but most of the actual assignments are in the teacher's curriculum, which is mostly classroom management which homeschoolers don't need. It is my least favorite of ABeka's materials. I have not used Hake but it does look good. :-) CLE would be the most independent, and it's a workbook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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