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One thing I am not enjoying with our program right now is the hands-on activities are more for preschool kids that kindergarten so we skip them and I think my daughter would love to have more hands-on activities to do. Would Beyond have age appropriate hands on act. for a 1st grader?
Another thing is with our LA/Reading program I don't feel like it is guiding me to teach her to read very well. She is reading simple books (on her 20th book) that come with their program but it seems like there are a number of times where she is asked to read a word that she has not been taught how to read (TM never brought up hints or clued me in on how to teach it...it just shows up in the book and then I am trying to figure out how to teach it to her without any guidance for me on how to do that). Does anyone have any experience with the CLE Learn to Read program compared with the two listed for Phonics in the HOD program (Reading Made Easy or Reading Lesson)? Is there one of them that you would recommend over the others? My daughter is very quick to pick things up and has even taught herself things with reading that amaze me (without any instruction from me she has just figured it out), and I feel like with the right phonics program she will just take off in reading.
Is it easy to add more books to read as Read Alouds together? We love to read and I want to be able to read more than maybe just the "scheduled" readings each day.
Also, does it really work to use HOD for some subjects and use another curriculum for others? (Use the left side of the guide only basically)
That is all I can think of for now. I hope this makes sense and that someone can help me figure if HOD would be a good match for us. Thanks!
Katie