Alice Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 I know there have been a bunch of posts about this lately. I did a search but couldn't find the answer to my question... Those who use and love MEP have convinced me to check it out and I'm in the process now of printing out the 1a Practice Book. I think my son will love it. We're using Singapore now which I like and I think I want to stick with as my primary program. Ds is in 1A now with Singapore and doing well. We're going slowly along. I plan on using MEP mostly as a fun supplement that will challenge him to think in a different way and that we can use to introduce new concepts/ways of thinking while I'm working on things like math facts in Singapore. My question is for those of you who use MEP as a supplement...do you print out the lesson plans also? I skimmed through them and they look very good. But I'm not sure I need a whole other set of lesson plans if I'm just going to use this as a supplement. My thought was just to work through the practice book together. Does anyone else use it this way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetbaby Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 I think the lesson plans are very essential to MEP. They really explain how to present the information and the answers to the work pages on within the lesson plans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyGrace Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 Yep, I'd almost go without the work pages before I'd go w/out the lesson plans! (But yippee-they're free! We can have both!) The lesson plans are the heart of the program. Maybe you could just print them out one section at a time? That's what I do, and it's less overwhelming. (We use it as a supplement too.) Also if your printer has an "economical" setting, that helps save money-it prints it a little lighter (still very readable) but uses much less ink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alice Posted May 1, 2009 Author Share Posted May 1, 2009 Thanks for the replies. I went ahead and printed out the first section of lesson plans. I figure that way I can see if they are helpful or if I just like doing the worksheets with ds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 I've printed out the lesson plans. They are really good (even if we don't get to all the ideas and activities, which we don't, since we are doing MEP in "supplement" mode). Still, they help me with ideas on how to present the materials and provide ways to keep the lessons fun. Not to mention the rare occasions where MEP is so foreign that I go: huh? :001_huh: It doesn't happen often, and the LP doesn't always help. But for a whole lot of reasons I like having the lesson plans on hand and to read them ahead of doing the workbooks. I hope your son enjoys these as much as my son does :001_smile: Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christielee7278 Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 I use the lesson plans, but I don't print them out. I just pull them up on my computer and read from there to save on printing costs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 I've started supplementing with MEP, so I don't print out the lesson plans. I've only been printing about 10 pages at a time for Becca and we do maybe 2-3 a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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