Workbook question

[Kim S]

My son loves the workbooks and works through them at lightning speed. So my question is (we are in LHFHG) should I just buy the next level for him? At this rate he will be done just a few weeks after Christmas. He is in Kindergarten.
TIA

[krismoose]

My ds enjoyed the next R&S one, Going on Eagerly, which you can buy elsewhere, and I see they have the next one finished, Hearing and Helping. My son loved all those workbooks too - I didn't let him do more than 2 pages a day, though ;o) I didn't want to run out of activity books

[Kim S]

Thank you those look nice. I may consider those.

[raceNzanesmom]

If your ds likes them then I'd get more. If he doesn't finish them for school they can be used for fun time. They're inexpensive enough that you're not out a lot of $$ if they aren't used up.

I keep those type of workbooks on hand even when we aren't using them for 'school". My kids have always liked the cutting, pasting, sequencing, matching, hidden picture, etc type books. I keep a couple in with the coloring books at all times. As they get older I add word search and crossword puzzles to the basket. They're great for quiet times at home, in the car and even at church.

If you don'T plan to use LHFHG again in the fall you could go onto the Thinking Skills 1 book. If you do plan to use LHFHG then I'd get any higher level R&S workbook he hasn't done.

HTH.

[KimS]

We will be done with LHFHG before Fall. So we will be in the next level. So are you saying I should just get the Thinking skills?

[krismoose]

FWIW, my ds actually didn't like the Thinking Skills book - we tried it for a few weeks and then abandoned it. I probably should have just skipped the beginning section about shapes, but I didn't and he got bored, but then he wasn't ready for the later parts involving ABC order, etc. He didn't like doing a whole section on shapes, then patterns, etc., and since I knew he could do much of it, I didn't push the issue. He definitely likes variety in all that he does Singapore math and the emerging readers are a good fit, for that reason

[Kim S]

I think what I will do is just continue on in the Explode the Code we are doing. I may consider the next R and S workbooks but not sure. I have some of the emerging readers here and also 100 EZ lessons which we are using has books in the back that it recommends for him to read next. If I need more workbook stuff because he loves it I may just get some at walmart or sams.
He loves the R and S workbooks we are using but I don't like them much. I am sure he is learning a lot but I don't like dragging the scissors and glue out every day partly because of my 3yo wanting to join in.
Also I may just buy the Thinking Skills and let him try it.

Thank you for all your help please keep it coming.

[raceNzanesmom]

You could always just buy something at the bookstore, Walmart, $ store, etc. They all have a variety. And most aren't too $$.

[my3sons]

With my oldest ds, we really enjoyed Thinking Skills Grade 1 as a follow-up to finishing the R & S books. My ds was ready for the skills in it, and we just did it a page a day or so. We also did Books 1-3 of ETC, and I let him choose 1-4 pages a day to do on his own. By the time we got to the next HOD guide, there were enough writing, notebooking, drawing, etc. type activities to keep him hopping, and I preferred those activities to workbooks as they required him to step out of his comfort zone and think more deeply and work more creatively. But for an early writer that is a younger age, adding a few workbooks in the early years that are good workbooks (like R & S, Thinking Skills, ETC, Kumon) can really help fill their "need" for that type of work.

In Christ,
Julie