ChocolateMomster Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 (edited) After having used R&S for some time, we got really bored and fed up with it. It took ages to just get to the point, and I had to wade through the book to find something to learn for my boys. We went ahead and printed out the first book (I believe it's level 1 - grade 2) from the KISS grammar website. First few lessons were great, but we're now completely stuck on complements. Is this basic grammar for this age or is it advanced? Any tips on how to get over this hurdle? We really, really do like KISS, and it gets done, but they just don't get what a complement is. We watched a few YouTube videos and I tried to explain it in different ways, but no success. Edited March 23, 2016 by ChocolateMomster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuovonne Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 The grade levels on the KISS workbooks indicate the reading level of the text. Learning complements is *not* typical for first or second grade. When we used it briefly, I found it best to take turns doing sentences. On my turn I'd talk through my thought process. On my dd's turn, I'd prompt her with the questions. Even so, it ultimately ended up being too much for my DD. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChocolateMomster Posted March 23, 2016 Author Share Posted March 23, 2016 Thanks, that makes me feel a lot better! We were working through R&S 3 and R&S 4 without any problems, so hence I thought we could just move into KISS, but I feel like giving up and returing to the boring, old textbook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 We liked Sheldon's Primary Language Lessons, free from Google Books, at that age. I really wanted to like KISS, but I could never figure out how to make it work. It seemed inconsistent in the difficulty of concepts it taught. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChocolateMomster Posted March 23, 2016 Author Share Posted March 23, 2016 I'm so happy to read this! I was already wondering why they were struggling so much, and was actually browsing through the R&S book to find some help with teaching it, but alas...couldn't find it, because they don't teach it yet at that age. R&S was ultra boring, but it worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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