sunshineslp Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 I have been using logic of english foundations A-D and just started Essentials. we don't like it. I am considering RLTL, ELTL, CLE, FLL/WWE, Easy Grammar, IEW bible heros... as you can see i am floundering :( i need your help. i am looking for easy to use, fairly open and go, something that will just get DONE by this busy momma (I have an upcoming 3rd, 2nd, K, and preK next fall). I like the all-in-one aspect of CLE but I recently looked at it at my homeschool conference and it is just so intense... i would for sure have to put my son in level 2 and i feel like it might just be too much for him. for that reason i love FLL/WWE due to the nature of the oral discussion, but he really does need written exercises too, he learns best with a combo of auditory/visual. i am aware FLL 3 has a workbook but we would be starting at FLL 2... any RLTL users? how easy is it to use? do you like it as a spelling program? ELTL users? same question, is it fairly open and go? i am worried about all the reading... i drop the ball a lot on read alouds (i know...) and i am worried that having to read the chapter will get to be too much... i was considering the Easy Grammar with IEW or even putting Easy Grammar as a supplement to FLL so he has something to practice... thoughts? I want to consider AAR but I just think it would be too parent intensive... and I've read RLTL is an easier to use version of AAR? I know I have posted about this a lot lately, please forgive me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertflower Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 I love the FLL/WWE combo. My ds is mostly an auditory learner, so we did most if not all of FLL orally. We went up to the middle of FLL 2. I think it's an open/go combo. I don't know about anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 You can't get more open-and-go than R&S's English series. You can use the oral class time in the teacher's edition if you want, to add some warm fuzzy face time, but everything the children need to know is right there in their textbooks--the oral class time just restates the same exact thing. A few minutes of your time to look over each lesson to decide how much of each exercise you want him to do, and there you are. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshineslp Posted April 24, 2016 Author Share Posted April 24, 2016 Ellie I like R&S... I wish there was a workbook page daily... So not to copy so much. The copywork would be an issue... Homeschooling mama of 4... Preschool 3, preschool 4, 1st, and 2nd:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Ellie I like R&S... I wish there was a workbook page daily... So not to copy so much. The copywork would be an issue... Homeschooling mama of 4... Preschool 3, preschool 4, 1st, and 2nd:) There is not nearly as much writing as you might think (it isn't all "copywork"). Sometimes the children only write the correct punctuation, or just the subject and verb, or just the words that are not properly capitalized, and so on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyerin Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 None of my choices were on your list, but for my twin 3rd graders' LA next year, we're using Brave Writer's The Arrow and Michael Clay Thompson's Island level. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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