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time4tea
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Posted: July 07 2007 at 9:08am \| IP Logged

Has anyone ever used these together? My dd who will be in Grade 2 needs some extra phonics practice, so I got Explode the Code to use this coming school year. Would it be too redundant to continue with CHC's My Catholic Speller (we used it last year for Grade 1, and she enjoyed it). Any thought here? Thanks in advance and blessings!

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Posted: July 08 2007 at 7:31am \| IP Logged

Fwiw, Sonlight coordinates their ETC with more natural practices into their 1st-3rd grade LA. The new LA is very Ruth Beechick/Charlotte Mason. I have the new LA 1 and I like it. A dear friend who schools similarly has LA 2 and likes it too. I like that the word study/spelling is keyed to the same words they are using in ETC that week. The copywork is based on their phonics readers, which I usually use alongside LSLF. I skip any assignments that feel stupid with no regrets.

I'm not a fan of LOG (my kids didn't retain the information the way they do with ILL and later on Easy Grammar). I do like CHC's Catholic spellers but I don't use them until after we have finished with ETC book 6 (we don't use the 1/2 books).

hope this helps!

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Posted: July 10 2007 at 4:06am \| IP Logged

They'll work great together, and it won't be overkill. We used all the Explode the Code books and I felt they covered many phonics concepts that my kids wouldn't have gotten with using just the CHC materials.

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Posted: July 10 2007 at 10:11am \| IP Logged

I use them both. I think the speller needs supplementing and I didn't find much overlap. Besides, my younger kids can't get enough of workbooks!

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