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Posted: May 29 2007 at 11:25am | IP Logged Quote marcie
I am sure this has been discussed before so, first off, let me apologize for bringing it up again.
I would like to hear your opinions of CHC spelling and grammar vs Seton spelling and grammar. Which so you prefer?
My ds likes to have some workbook time. We have been using CHC but I am wondering about Seton.
He is not a complainer and hasn't mentioned wanting to switch....it's just me. I'm the one wanting a change.
So, which do you prefer?

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Posted: May 29 2007 at 12:03pm | IP Logged Quote Celeste
We used CHC grammar this year. I have not used Seton. The workbooks were very nice, good Catholic sentences, kind of an "up" style for capitalization (capitalized things that, say, the Chicago Manual of Style wouldn't have). But I don't think it was rigorous enough--come testing time the girls had knowledge gaps.

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Posted: May 30 2007 at 11:33am | IP Logged Quote marcie
Thanks Celeste!

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Just another view: We thought CHC was perfect for our children, we just didn't follow the do at such and such an age guidelines. We started with a workbook that seemed right and kept using them till the CHC workbooks were done and then went on to other grammar. We have used Seton workbooks as well (mostly at the 6th and above level).

I really don't think there is much difference in what the two cover. It depends on how much repetition you want. I felt like Seton expected too much seat work from youngers and CHC was less packed with redoing the same stuff - but sort of expected you to integrate the grammar into whatever else you were doing.

I am not a big stickler for grammar in the early grades and CHC suited us better, allowing our children to feel confident, with larger print, less number of problems to a page and other things that were critical to our eye problems. As they were ready for more grammar, we have used a variety of other things depending on the particular child - Seton, Grammar Plus, Warriners, Mary Daily's Diagramming Worktext (both the elementary and the other one) and I'm getting ready to order Winston.

I think you find what works for your child and stick with it till it doesn't work anymore. The big thing with grammar is making connections between the worktext and real assignments - so if you are studying complete sentences, you identify fragments in written work and make the two assignments compliment each other. Otherwise the workbook becomes just another piece of busy work, no matter how good it is. Just my opinion - and ignore me if I'm too opinionated .

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