After ANOTHER cross-country move (our second in three years), I am picking up the pieces of another homeschool year that started out on track and then fell right off the rails. LOL. The current plan is to finish up the kids’ work from last year while rounding it out with more robust materials. I dont want to fly though this just to “get it done”, i want to be able to savor the material and really soak it in. But we’ve been living with it for almost a year now and the kids need new things to look at as we wade back in to “old” material. I also have a Kindergartner to teach now (today is her fifth birthday — where did the time go?) and my older three children are close in skills, so I am combining almost every subject except Math and Religion. We are basically all doing MP3 (with some SC5/6 modifications) and additions/substitutions from other providers (mostly Seton).
This is going to sound bratty, but I dont want to teach Into to Comp. LOL AndI know my guys can’t handle IEW. Ive looked at Rod and Staff English 4 samples on their web site and also noticed that it is used in SC7/8. I love the looks of this program and I really do think it will be more successful to teach English and Composition to my children than Intro to Comp. My oldest, especially, has a short attention span for literature an has immature writing skills (although they are far better than they were even last year — he’s so surprising). But my older daughter really enjoys writing and is skilled at it. My younger son doesn’t have much in the way of composition practice under his belt, and doesnt gravitate towards writing during school, but he is a voracious reader.
I like the look of R&S because it is seems explicitly taught, systematic and it doesnt look to tax my “mom brain” too much. (I need as much hand holding as I can get with my busy schedule — HA.) Intro to Comp just seems like it would be too ... “vague” (that’s the best word I can use to sum it up) — for my oldest, especially. But I also haven't done either program. Can you compare and contrast Into to Comp with Rod and Staff English 4 and give me some recommendations? My oldest is 13 (functionally 3rd-4th grade), next is my older daughter, 11 (functionally 4th-5th grade), next is my younger son, 9 (functionally 3rd-4th grade).
TIA!
This is going to sound bratty, but I dont want to teach Into to Comp. LOL AndI know my guys can’t handle IEW. Ive looked at Rod and Staff English 4 samples on their web site and also noticed that it is used in SC7/8. I love the looks of this program and I really do think it will be more successful to teach English and Composition to my children than Intro to Comp. My oldest, especially, has a short attention span for literature an has immature writing skills (although they are far better than they were even last year — he’s so surprising). But my older daughter really enjoys writing and is skilled at it. My younger son doesn’t have much in the way of composition practice under his belt, and doesnt gravitate towards writing during school, but he is a voracious reader.
I like the look of R&S because it is seems explicitly taught, systematic and it doesnt look to tax my “mom brain” too much. (I need as much hand holding as I can get with my busy schedule — HA.) Intro to Comp just seems like it would be too ... “vague” (that’s the best word I can use to sum it up) — for my oldest, especially. But I also haven't done either program. Can you compare and contrast Into to Comp with Rod and Staff English 4 and give me some recommendations? My oldest is 13 (functionally 3rd-4th grade), next is my older daughter, 11 (functionally 4th-5th grade), next is my younger son, 9 (functionally 3rd-4th grade).
TIA!
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