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Posted: April 05 2011 at 8:37pm | IP Logged Quote cornomama4
I have both and the older boys have no formal grammar training yet other than a few pages of Daily Grams and general discussions about the parts of speech.

I have no clue which one to go with, and I can't really do them together because of the "prepositions first" of Easy Grammar. Does anyone here use Easy Grammar and Daily Grams without conflict?

Also I have Easy Grammar 3/4, 4/5 and 5/6 ($5 each!) and I only have Level 3 of FLL. That shouldn't matter but.......

Oh, we're also using Writing with Ease,but I don't think that would matter so much.

Thanks for any advice :)

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Posted: April 06 2011 at 11:18am | IP Logged Quote Heliodora
For the younger grades, Lately I've been mostly using MODG's lesson plans for Primary and Intermediate Language Lessons published by Hillside, but I also have used all the levels of Easy Grammar. I love Easy Grammar, and I think it is important to use the Daily Grams with it to review concepts. I like to alternate between books from year to year so that we don't get burned out on any one method. So if we've done Easy Grammar one year, I may use another program the next but also review with Daily Grams from time to time.

I don't know much about FLL, but I am under the impression that it is similar to the Hillside texts, except in workbook form. Correct me if I'm wrong. I think you could use both, and still teach them their preposition lists. Save yourself some effort and teach them all the longer list from 5/6, and don't obsess about them memorizing it- adjust expectations according to age. And you just may want to skip over some of the redundant pages to get through the year.

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