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Tagged: Language Lessons for Today

This topic has 3 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 7 years, 11 months ago by Angie Cole.

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June 23, 2017 at 4:24 pm
Angie Cole
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Hello,
I’ve been using MFW for the first 4 years of our homeschool. We have really loved their updated Language Lessons for Today (LLFT). I’m now moving away from MFW and will be piecing together my own curriculum plan this year with my kids (5th, 3rd, K and 3 y/o). For those familiar with LLFT, is it considered Charlotte Mason ‘enough’ or should I look at other options? (It contains a combo of gentle grammar lessons, dictation, poetry memorization, picture study, narration, oral composition, etc) Ultimately I’d like to use it along with Spelling Wisdom to flesh out our LA portion of our day with my 3rd and 5th graders. Thanks in advance!
Oh — also — for those familiar with it, how important is it to ‘finish’ the book each year? I ask because my nearly 5th grader is only about 1/3 the way through the Grade 4 book (my fault for lack of consistency) so wondering if I should continue with that in Grade 5 or buy the Grade 5 book and start fresh??
June 24, 2017 at 6:35 am
KMHStore
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Listening in because I bought the Grade 2 LLFT for my daughter to use next year.
Katherine
June 24, 2017 at 5:42 pm
Aimee
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I haven’t actually used Language Lessons For Today but I looked at it at a convention and think it’s lovely! It’s actually a revised edition of Primary Language Lessons (PLL) and Intermediate Language Lessons (ILL) by Emma Serl. If you look those books up on this forum you will find a lot of information. I would say that if it’s working for you, I wouldn’t change it. I would not skip to the next book just because there’s a grade on it. In fact,that is my one main complaint about those books! Why did they put grade levels on the out side?! This is why we homeschool, so our children can work at their own level instead of the grade marked on something. If you want to get through it quicker you can skip things you think he already knows, do more oral work or skip the picture study if that’s covered elsewhere in his studies. I’ve already decided that if I ever use LLFT I’ll cover the grade levels with stickers or something. It just helps the morale of a child not to always think they’re behind. That’s just my 2 cents, hth.😊
June 24, 2017 at 9:27 pm
Angie Cole
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Thanks, Aimee – that helps tremendously!