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Schoolrmacres
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Posted: July 13 2006 at 6:18am \| IP Logged

My dd is going to be starting 3rd grade(she is 1 grade ahead, a young 3rd grader of 7 years.)We have been using FIAR and have done vols 1-3.I have Vol 4 and the Prairie Primer as well as Catholic Mosaic. I know that reardless Catholic Mosaic will be used but which of the other two resources would you suggest doing next? Or should we repeat Vol 1-3 of FIAR before continuing to Vol 4 or the Prairie Primer.

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Posted: July 13 2006 at 8:07am \| IP Logged

We did the Prairie Primer last year (gr.5) and it is a very full curriculum. I wouldn't do it plus FIAR personally. It is adaptable to many ages, of course. We really liked it, and I wish we could have continued or actually begun with Lissa's books but that would be more like a 2 year curriculum, IMO! But very fun...

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Posted: July 13 2006 at 8:21pm \| IP Logged

I did not mean that I would do FIAR and the Prairie Primer at the same time...more like one per year. But if the PP can be used in 5th grade then I will probably just go no to FIAR Vol. 4 and then look into doing the PP before going to Beyond FIAR.

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Posted: July 14 2006 at 8:06am \| IP Logged

Prairie Primer is one of those multi-age curriculums that is fully adaptable to many ages, though I think it is more for Elementary than Jr. or High School. Mom would have to do so much adding for the higher grades you might as well buy Further Up and Further In or Where the Brook and River Meet. Marcie Gray recommends the PP for grades 3-6, FUFI for grades 4-8 and WBRM for Jr. and High school students.

I just reread that Haleigh Elizabeth is only 7, you have many years to fill with wonderful explorations. Enjoy the journey!

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Posted: July 14 2006 at 11:03am \| IP Logged

When I "rowed" Vol 4 with ds, we also re-rowed some of the titles he had done at a much earlier age, especially ones that didn't really sink in the first time around, or the ones that seemed to old when he was 4 or 5. I see no reason why you can't mix the two together and get the best of both worlds.

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