Can I use R & S 3 w/ Bigger?

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meandmycuties
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Can I use R & S 3 w/ Bigger?

Post by meandmycuties » Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:17 am

I ordered Bigger w/ extensions for my to-be 4th grade twins for the upcoming year so we can finish America History, and also because Carrie recommended it for my kiddos. I haven't received it yet, but I noticed on the sample that Bigger uses R & S 2. We used 2 last year so I wanted to move to R & S 3 this year. Can I use 3 w/ Bigger? Any tips would be appreciated:).
Amy
wife to Matthew
Mom to:
B/G twins 10 y/o- Bigger
5 y/o boy- Explode the Code Online, Rod & Staff workbooks, and getting ready to start LHFHG

jjcmehl
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Re: Can I use R & S 3 w/ Bigger?

Post by jjcmehl » Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:40 am

We did. Most of it was done orally. My DS would only do 4-6 sentences written a day. We used it 4 times a week, 1 lesson a day. For the reviews, we would take two days.
Christine
wife to DH for 11 years
DD 10.5 (5th) Preparing w/ Ext, French, Logic
DS 9 (4th) Preparing, French
DS 5 (K) Bible, story, & 3 R's
Adding: Suzuki piano; nature, composer, & picture studies
DS 2.5 Tot School
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mskogen
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Re: Can I use R & S 3 w/ Bigger?

Post by mskogen » Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:41 am

Its fine to use level 3 with Bigger. Have a great year with Bigger! We loved it.
Blessings,
Michelle

Wife to dh since 2000
ds 15 years old, World History
ds 14 years old, World History
ds 11 years old, RTR
dd 9 years old, Preparing
Enjoyed LHTH, LHFHG, Beyond, Bigger, Preparing, CTC, RTR, Rev2Rev, MTMM, WG, enjoying WH

holdinon
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Re: Can I use R & S 3 w/ Bigger?

Post by holdinon » Tue Jul 12, 2011 10:26 am

We also used R&S 3 with Bigger. No problem at all. We just did a lesson a day (mostly orally, as the others have said).
You will have a great year with Bigger! :D
Angie
2013-2014 year:
Geography, CtC, Preparing, Bigger, Beyond, and Little Hearts (and surviving!)

(Completed LHTH, LHFHG, BLHFHG, BHFHG, Preparing, CtC, RtR, and RevtRev)

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Re: Can I use R & S 3 w/ Bigger?

Post by netpea » Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:57 pm

We are using Bigger for 4th grade this year. My daughter has never done R&S before, so we are doing 2 lessons of R&S2 a day (orally) and then will start R&S3 at normal speed when we finish R&S2.

Lee Ann
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DD10 - no longer schooled at home
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meandmycuties
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Re: Can I use R & S 3 w/ Bigger?

Post by meandmycuties » Wed Jul 13, 2011 7:36 am

We haven't quite finished our R & S 2 book yet, so I may finish the rest orally also. Most of it is review for them anyway.
Amy
wife to Matthew
Mom to:
B/G twins 10 y/o- Bigger
5 y/o boy- Explode the Code Online, Rod & Staff workbooks, and getting ready to start LHFHG

Larissa
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Re: Can I use R & S 3 w/ Bigger?

Post by Larissa » Wed Jul 13, 2011 10:12 am

Absolutely you can do that! I did Bigger last year with my son, and we used R & S English 3 along with it 4 days a week. It was a perfect fit!
Larissa
Wife to Rich (14 years)
Mommy to Martin(9)(Preparing), Aaron(7)(Beyond), Jonathan(5), and Rosalie(3)

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