mo2 Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Just curious if there are any negative reviews out there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A home for their hearts Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 I haven't actually started it and have had it for months! I just have the text and I soon realized that I needed the workbooks or it would never get done! I will be getting level 1 soon and I hope it is everything we need for writing. I'm tired of trying to come up with copywork & narration myself. I never seem to find the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriedClams Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Sort of. The routine was wearing me out. We're slowly easing back into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen in CO Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 My dd and I both loved working from the workbook at first, but then we started to get a bit bored with it. We moved ahead to later in the book ad added in more dictation and more of her writing her own narrations which she got really good at. I loved that it finally helped me to guide her using many specific examples of good narration and good guiding questions so that we were actually doing narration and summary instead of her retelling every detail. Not exactly a negative review. If I remembered where I put the WWE book, I would move up to a higher level. As it is, we moved on to IEW which I have done with my older ds. I loved WWE with the workbook, but my dd quickly outgrew the requirements for the level she started in. I will probably start my younger one in the WWE 1 workook and then work through the rest of WWE2 with her before moving her into IEW also. I didn't like the pages that were in there for the copywork - the font was too big so I made my own with Startwrite. I loved the reading assignments and the questions that helped to guide the narrations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jenadina Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 I bought the workbook and text, but the workbook isn't right for us...we need to do copywork in Spanish, too. I'm not super-convinced about the necessity of narration, either, especially since we will be using CW later. I haven't decided whether to sell the text or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homeschooling6 Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 We are using the workbooks 1 & 2 and love it. My dd really enjoys it. My ds doesn't love it but doesn't complain either:glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara in WA Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 We are using workbooks 1 and 2 with 2 dd. At first it was the most disliked subject, then I realized three things: 1. I hadn't given it enough time to really try it out 2. My eldest was bored (I tried to have them both doing WWE 1) and 3. I was spreading the lessons so far apart the kids weren't seeing the glue sticking them together. Now things are much better. Eldest dd is in level 2 and enjoying the challenge and we are trying to do 3 or all 4 weekly lessons in a week, so they are enjoying the continuation of the same literature. We have also been reading some of the books, which has made it more interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Yup, for the most part. I'm still planning on buying the next two texts when they come out. I like the philosophy and reasoning behind the program, but it isn't for us. If dd was younger and could use it from 1st grade and work up as the books and workbooks become available we would probably stick with it. However dd is about ready to enter 5th grade, the next book isn't out yet and the workbooks are a year or two behind also. I'm having a hard time coming up with passages to analyze. I know it should be a simple process. It isn't for me though. So we are moving away from WWE and heading to CW since CW is several years ahead of dd. We should be able to use it all the way through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bethben Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 I haven't ditched it - I just realized that I need the workbooks to keep ME on track. I just need someone to do all the work for me otherwise it doesn't get done. I'm very flighty in some aspects - very organized in others. Sigh... Beth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle T Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 But I have an older DS, and WWE just wasn't right for us. MichelleT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annabanana1992 Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Sorry to disappoint :lol:- we love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 We are loving it so far. No plans to ditch it. I'm finding the story excerpts amusing and interesting. So is my son. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2mea Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 We love workbook 1! And we will be moving on to workbook 2 for second grade! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Not us! It's one of my daughter's favorite parts of the day! Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 We're another family of non-ditchers :001_smile:. I bought WWE2 for next year already. It's brilliant and do-able. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pensguys Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 I've been using it with my younger ds who has had some issues causing us to delay some subjects. We did the first workbook (using our regular paper not the wkbk pages) the 1st semester of this year and are working on WWE2 now and will finish it by the end of our school year. It is just the think he needs to help him walk through the process of coming up with the narrations (he has processing issues as well as dysgraphia). I don't always have him do the copywork or dictation because we do some of that in his spelling program too and the writing it difficult for him, so I do it maybe once per week since we do it in spelling every other day. I plan on continuing through WWE3 and 4 as long as the workbooks are available.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teachnmama Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 we use just the workbook and I really see a difference in her narrations and dictation work. I think I am seeing the results that I am seeing because we consistently do the workbook each week opposed to before we had the workbook when we would get to narrations and dictations when we would get to them. I have found that anything that is pre-done that keeps me consistent is worth the money to me. HTH :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovedtodeath Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 My dd and I both loved working from the workbook at first, but then we started to get a bit bored with it. We moved ahead to later in the book ad added in more dictation and more of her writing her own narrations which she got really good at. I loved that it finally helped me to guide her using many specific examples of good narration and good guiding questions so that we were actually doing narration and summary instead of her retelling every detail. Not exactly a negative review. If I remembered where I put the WWE book, I would move up to a higher level. As it is, we moved on to IEW which I have done with my older ds. I loved WWE with the workbook, but my dd quickly outgrew the requirements for the level she started in. I will probably start my younger one in the WWE 1 workook and then work through the rest of WWE2 with her before moving her into IEW also. I didn't like the pages that were in there for the copywork - the font was too big so I made my own with Startwrite. I loved the reading assignments and the questions that helped to guide the narrations. :iagree:We are using the workbook, but I am finding that DD seems to be able to move quicker through it than outlined, and we use Startwrite b/c we still need a handwriting program look for our copywork (so I am using Startwrite for the oppposite reason!) I have learned how to implement narration correctly with both reading the WWE tect and the workbook. I am glad to have had both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamaof2andtwins Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 I confess that my girls are having some difficulty with the dictation. Mostly they find it frustrating because they don't know how to spell the words yet they don't want to stop and ask me each time they need to spell something. It seems to interrupt the flow of the dictation. Sometimes they need help spelling quite a few words in the dictation especially my struggling learner. This is starting to make her dislike the writing time. We haven't dropped it, but we may not continue past the 2nd book. Jennie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Yeah, I think I might have liked it less if I'd tried to make the workbooks work for us. The textbook has been great though, and I'm very happy with the direction *and* the flexibility it provides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twogirlsmommy Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 We love it! DD is using workbook 2. I do see an improvement in narrations. As far as dictations go, I just tell her to try her best with spelling, but that spelling is not the focus, it is getting the sentence written down on the paper with proper punctuation. We do review the spelling that is wrong, but that is all. Telling her not to worry too much about the spelling has taken the pressure off of dictation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlockOfSillies Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 I just don't have the time to hunt down dictation selections that give practice in using direct quotations, or whatnot. DD9 is using IEW. DS7 is doing WWE1 with the workbook and it's going beautifully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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