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English for the thougtful child
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I’m just wondering if anyone has experince with this book? I am looking at buying it, alhtough I would love to hear some feedback! I am going blind, as I cannot seem to find a copy to look at!! =)(currently looking at it online)
I saw it on the HSLDa auction. Also, definitely Amazon. Another good one is Primary Language Lessons. It’s from Lost Classics Co. and was written in the mid-1800’s.
I have it and I really like it. We’ve been using it the last 3 weeks, so I’m fairly new at it. If you have any specific questions I can try to answer them.
I went and ordered it form amazon, so am excited ot get it! I went on faith after reading the posts, and am hoping it’s the one for us! How many days a week do you use this?
We are doing about 3 lessons a week. I usually break the lessons with a lot of writing into two days. I think she could do it, but I don’t want to wear her out. KWIM? So 4-5 days for 3 lessons.
Keep in mind, too, that a lot of those lessons can be done orally. Just because there is room for the student to write out the answer doesn’t mean she necessarily has to. The main thing is Does she know the answer? — whether she writes the answer or says it.
Obviously, the lessons that give practice in using punctuation would need to be written, but doing a lesson orally can save a lot of time.
Okay, I’ve been hearing a lot about English for the Thoughtful Child and Simply Grammar. Can anyone tell me the difference and if there is a preference towards one or the other? I’m totally confused! Faith 🙂
I dont know much, except what I have read is that simply grammar would start to be used in conjunction with EFTTC as of grade 4…before that we dont really focus on grammar. Someone pls correct me if I am wrong!
Here are the main differences that I’ve noticed:
English for the Thoughtful Child (Books 1 and 2, edited by Cindy Shearer) are delightful gentle introductions to using the English language. They contain some little picture studies, some dictation passages, some poems to memorize, and some short exercises that talk about statements, questions, whose and who’s, possessives and plurals — things like that. I like to use them in about 2nd and 3rd grades, though my one daughter did finish up Book 2 during the first half of her 4th grade year.
Simply Grammar (edited by Karen Andreola) is more of an introduction to the parts of speech. It presents the material in lovely, mostly oral, lessons but it goes more in-depth. For example, it talks about transitive and intransitive verbs and the infinitive, indicative, subjunctive, and imperative moods of verbs. The girls and I got a bit bogged down during those lessons, but many CMers love the book because it is based on Charlotte’s original grammar lessons. The other lessons are about subjects, predicates, nouns, adjectives, agreement between subject and verb, verb tenses, prepositions, adverbs, pronouns, and such. It is recommended for fourth grade through high school age students.
Hope this helps!
What else besides Simply Grammar do you other CMers use? My dd will be starting 5th grade soon and I’d like to hear from you too! Thanks!
I am just beginning to use a free workbook from this site:
http://home.pct.edu/~evavra/KISS.htm
I wish I could just purchase a hard copy but they are for printing or online use only. This site is a bit hard to navigate. Just go to where it says work books and start there. Look at the work books before choosing. Even a very early grade work book might be up to the level for some older children.
Good luck finding something that works for you!
Angie in KY
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