So I was wondering if anyone here has used the CLE language arts program with HOD and how it worked. Does it fit seamlessly into the day and the rest of the LA tasks? I wouldn't be using the penmanship part of CLE as he is doing fantastic with Cheerful Cursive. He does the dictation in Bigger and is doing very well there, too, so I'm not sure about the spelling that's included with the CLE LA - to do or not to do? Then, if I'm skipping these parts, is the program even worth it?
I think I've talked myself into a circle here.
From what I have observed about him he seems to do well with buffet-style learning where he can get bits and pieces and then come back for more rather than trying to eat a whole elephant before moving onto the next one.Just looking for others experience and advice. Thanks!
and I wanted to chuck the LUs and pull out the whiteboard. I find R&S to be much more flexible to teach because I can speed up, condense, or slow down as needed. 
). But he still is having problems remembering a few of the concepts. I hadn't considered using worksheets here and there to help cement a concept - I'll definitely give that a try.
I remember being worried about this with my oldest ds. He is now almost 13 yo and doing R & S English 6, and he very rarely misses any of his oral review questions. Once and awhile he'll need some help or a little reminder, but overall, he knows this stuff backwards and forwards. You get the full benefit of R & S English by doing it year after year after year. It is truly amazing how much dc can retain through doing English in this very thorough, repetitive way through the years. I am finding good carryover as well. Ds uses the writing tips he's now memorized from R & S English in his writing curriculum HOD plans and in his written narrations (i.e. varying sentence length in writing, making paragraphs have unity and order, organizing paragraphs from first to last - in order of importance - etc., the concept of topic sentence - supporting sentences - closing sentence that restates topic, etc.). Anyway, just thought I'd share what we've seen with our dc too. HTH!
