I’d like to start off with a little background before I give this review because I think that understanding the circumstances can be helpful to another mom with a similar situation. So, here I was homeschooling my two oldest boys and getting ready to begin some sort of formal studies with my third son. I was using Shurley Grammar for my older two and knew that I could not teach three levels of Shurley. So, I wanted something as a light introduction and was beginning to succumb to the thought that grammar should be taught within other subjects. For first grade we just focused on reading, memorizing poetry, with an occasional dictation. Then, a dear friend and I had a meeting over dinner and gelato and she mentioned that some of her favorite times homeschooling with her, then, older girls was when they were using Primary Language Lessons. So, I ran home and ordered a copy.
Brenda is a homeschooling mother of 5, who has a wonderful husband encouraging her to be the best woman that God has created her to be. Together they are very intentional about spending time together as a family. She considers her daily life with her children as her ministry and has found many avenues to encourage others to live a lifestyle of learning. She is the founder of an online homeschool community, Our Lifestyle of Learning and a curriculum review site authored by a group of well-known homeschool bloggers, Curriculum Choice. She blogs about their homeschool journey and family traditions at Tie That Binds Us.
I ordered PLL and ILL this year instead of going with the curriculum we were previously using. Our previous program included a consumable workbook and was very colorful – the kids enjoyed it – but it took a lot of time to do the actual lessons as well as the workbook, and often they just ended up doing the workbook, which I felt badly about. I mean, I could have just gotten the grammar workbook for a lot cheaper…right?
So, we’re going to see how this goes.
I also purchased the very inexpensive teacher’s guides by Catherine Andrews and Mary Jane Newcomer from Amazon.com. They have answers and extended activities for the lessons in the book. Some people may not need or want the teacher’s guides – and they certainly aren’t necessary to teach the book, but they certainly are nice to have.
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I absolutely love FLL and so does my 1st grader. He loves language and is advanced in that area, so we started last year and that’s his favorite curriculum. He is always excited when it is time for FLL. We just started the part that includes copywork, and being a hater of anything that involves writing, he is showing a little bit of resistance to that part of the lesson, but still does it, just because he loves the book. I have started putting a lapbook together to double up as a record and notebooking of his accomplishments and what we are learning. I only have good things to say about the book.
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