I forgot to show in my video that the “fun ways to spell” each week (the play Doh, or chalk, etc) those ideas are different every week making it exciting and new!!!
That really says a lot, that she used to hate spelling and now considers it her favorite subject! I am also much more likely to do fun things for learning when it's already written down for me in the curriculum and I don't have to make up everything myself.
I often say, “I have decision fatigue....just tell me what to do!” (Maybe I’m saying that to my husband sometimes as well. 😜) So yes, having the fun built in helps a ton!
Your kids are as funny as you :) And watching you teach your oldest daughter is like seeing me teach my oldest daughter. SO SIMILAR it's crazy. We've used A Reason for Handwriting but not Spelling. This was so fun to see! I'm on Level D of Logic of English Foundations with my younger daughter and we LOVE it. But when I look at LOE Essentials it looks so complicated and like zero fun! We aren't planning to use it. This spelling curriculum looks great.
😜 LOE Essentials is a big leap, IMO. We never made it to level D though in foundations bc I was paying attn to the ages. Doesn’t it say foundations is for ages 4-7? So we switched to essentials when she was 8. It was a lot more work and a lot more dry. I will say, however, she really enjoyed the logic of English Reading curriculum. It taught key word outlines. And began teaching concepts of writing papers. We were excited when we came together for LOE foundations. That was just not the case for essentials. We dreaded it then. And being off level with the spelling made it worse. Some things you just have to piece together for some kids. So if you don’t do LOE essentials, what are you thinking about? My son just switched to the good and the beautiful language arts. That’s an intriguing one also.
@@OurHOMEschoolPlan Right now, I am just planning to have her do Language Lessons from Masterbooks like my older daughter, however, she struggles with LA (but LOE has helped her make HUGE strides!) so I am not sure LLFLE will be enough to keep her momentum going. I may need to supplement, especially the spelling. I've been looking at Spelling You See, but after your review I think she would enjoy A Reason for Spelling. It will probably be trial and error seeing what will work for her but I'm about 95% sure we won't be moving into LOE Essentials. LOE Foundations is SO GOOD that I am surprised their next level isn't as good. I mean, I am sure it is good as far as learning the concepts but the lessons look long, dry and boring and we don't do that in our homeschool. Haha!!
@@faithfullyinfertile I forgot you also do LLFLE also! I just pinned another comment that I had forgotten to show in my video!! But for kids like ours...,fun being of the utmost importance, I thought it an important point to make. The fun ways to spell (play doh, etc) ...those ideas are different every week. So it’s not the same choices. (That’s one thing my daughter does not like about LLFLE...the drawing the Bible story. She’s getting bored drawing every week. That’s why TGATB is starting to catch my eye. Variety in the art projects. So we will see.
@@OurHOMEschoolPlan oh yes my daughter doesn’t like drawing the pictures each week either. I just take that page and make it our own. She does copywork from our read aloud most weeks or from a book she is reading or our monthly memory verse. Then if she wants to sketch she does but I don’t make a big deal over it. I mainly use Language Lessons for the grammar/mechanics/writing. I love that the hands on activities in A Reason for Spelling are different. This breed of child definitely needs variety 🤪 Your daughter was seriously cracking me up. She sounded JUST like my daughter!! Oh and TG&TB.... I’m sure you’ve heard all the controversy about it being written by a Mormon? I’ve decided if I have the choice to pick a curriculum with a Biblical worldview I’m going to go that route. Even though TG&TB doesn’t teach their Mormon beliefs blatantly in the curriculum, their curriculum is still written through the filter of Mormonism b/c that is what they believe and what we believe affects everything! ❤️
@@faithfullyinfertile yes I know about TGAB. I debated about that fact also for awhile. But I had others friends who were using it and said it a curriculum meant to teach those specific skills. I’m the teacher, not the curriculum. And from the little we’ve done, they do have Bible scripture that hasn’t been in conflict with anything we believe. But as the teacher, I can teach it how I see fit. But having said that, everybody has to do according to their own conscience. I certainly wouldn’t fault anybody for choosing an alternative based on their convictions. I totally understand that position. And if there was an alternative to TGAB who did curriculum in the same way, I’d consider that. But I haven’t seen a comparable. There’s really nothing else like it, especially their science.
Thank you for this video! I have recently been looking into this curriculum and there is not much out there on it. This is by far the best walk through of it. Have you continued using it?
Thank you! I found the same when I was researching, so I’m glad my video was more helpful! We haven’t continued with it only bc we switched to a lower level of TGATB language arts and I was satisfied with how they did spelling (they also had fun ways to reinforce it.) but if I hadn’t switched, I would’ve stuck with it.
Thanks so much for this review! I ordered it based on the experience you shared and we have been LOVING it!! It’s now my kids favorite too! Have you tried their science? I’m wondering if it’s just as great. Thanks again!
Wonderful news! I’m so glad you love it! I’ve never tried their science. I have tried the handwriting and I love that as well simply for the Biblical focus. Is their science family style?
I see that this is a few years old- wondering if you continued with this spelling program? I'm making the rounds for next year- I've got it narrowed down to this one, Spelling Power, and All About Spelling. I will be using it for two 11-year-olds.
I didn’t stick with it. But it wasn’t bc of the program. I really did like it. It was because we started using the good and the beautiful and I was satisfied with how they quizzed spelling. I’ve used spelling power before too. If your child doesn’t need the “fun” it’s very effective. I only used the basic book for my son. He didn’t need much fluff for practicing, but they do have a box of fun ideas. I’ve never used all about spelling but I know people who have. It has a great reputation. :)
okay, so between this and the IEW phonetic zoo for spelling which do you prefer and why? I have one TERRIBLE speller and one decent speller and am struggling with curriculums
It’s so hard to say bc I think they’re both great depending on what the issues are. Oh one tic zoo is less teacher intensive and simpler. If you have a decent speller, I’d definitely do the zoo route. I switched FROM phonetic zoo to a reason for handwriting for my middle child bc she needed different ways to practice her words. And A reason for facilitates that for me. Phonetic zoo you’d have to come up with yourself, creative ways to practice if you wanted variety. But a reason for requires a little more teacher help. They are both great, though! And Andrew Pudewa’s talk titled, “Spelling and the Brain” may entice you to even consider it for you struggling speller. He makes points about the auditory part being so important! So it depends. I know that doesn’t help much!
@@OurHOMEschoolPlan your daughter is like mine. The fidgets etc. its getting better now that she is maturing but that mini trampoline is a life saver. She gets overwhelmed and I send her to jump to music for a break.
@@jonica7510 we have one of those too!!! I need to incorporate it more often!! 😉 we do utilize our outdoor tramp when it’s nice enough and yes….lifesaver!
I don’t know why except it was more practice? The activities to practice were fun. Phonetic zoo, you just keep taking the test until you pass it twice. The list is based on a spelling rule that they repeat in a poem. She’d pass the test but when it came back to review it, she’d fail. I don’t know. My daughter has ADHD which definitely complicates things. 😉
@@OurHOMEschoolPlan Yes, it definitely does! I have 5 kids and 4 of them have ADD/ADHD. (Likely because my husband and I both do) so homeschooling is very challenging!
@@Brigsgirl22 oh boy!! Well the good thing about you and your hubs having it is that you can understand better how your children think. 😉 and you might know the tricks that helped you, right? We also watch the UA-cam channel “How to ADHD” every once in awhile. Not every video there is a slam dunk, but I’ve gotten some helpful tips !
You'd think that, and there is some of that. Sometimes that is true in that I remember what I was thinking (or not thinking 😜) at that age. But I am actually finding that many of the things that worked for me or motivated me aren't working with them and I'm not sure why 🤷♀️(even ADHD has differing levels and types like autism). One problem I'm running into is trying to help a child figure out issues that I am still struggling myself. 😅 It's definitely been a learning experience! and given me a lot of understanding for what I put my mom through unintentionally
It might be difficult. Some of it is dictation and so that wouldn’t be obvious from the child’s manual. Those exercises are like Mom dictating sentences and the child fills in the blank so the student manual only has the blanks. This exercise practices writing sentences and using grammar.. You’d lose the read aloud story. You could probably make it work…..but you’d lose SOME. You’d have make the word lists yourself to dictate the tests. Not impossible.
Without the teachers manual, you won’t have the story, the word dictation sentences (which you COULD come up with yourself) but also some of the exercises are dictated. So in the student manual, some of the exercises has sentences with blanks for many of the words. Those are dictated from the teachers manual. Also, the pretext and post tests word list….technically, you could get the list from the student manual….you’d have to copy it first. So it’s up to you if you want to fill in those gaps. (There may be more instruction that I’m not thinking of, what I show in the video is a fairly typical week. ) Hope that helps.
I forgot to show in my video that the “fun ways to spell” each week (the play Doh, or chalk, etc) those ideas are different every week making it exciting and new!!!
That really says a lot, that she used to hate spelling and now considers it her favorite subject! I am also much more likely to do fun things for learning when it's already written down for me in the curriculum and I don't have to make up everything myself.
I often say, “I have decision fatigue....just tell me what to do!” (Maybe I’m saying that to my husband sometimes as well. 😜) So yes, having the fun built in helps a ton!
I've never heard of this spelling program. I like the layout. Thank you for sharing.
You are so welcome!
I have been looking for a spelling curriculum because i have a struggling speller and nothing seems to work. This looks great.
We tried so many!!! This one definitely engaged my daughter the most!
I am considering this for my struggling learner. Just found it and have really been looking into it. Thank you for the video.
You’re welcome! 😉
Your kids are as funny as you :) And watching you teach your oldest daughter is like seeing me teach my oldest daughter. SO SIMILAR it's crazy.
We've used A Reason for Handwriting but not Spelling. This was so fun to see! I'm on Level D of Logic of English Foundations with my younger daughter and we LOVE it. But when I look at LOE Essentials it looks so complicated and like zero fun! We aren't planning to use it. This spelling curriculum looks great.
😜
LOE Essentials is a big leap, IMO. We never made it to level D though in foundations bc I was paying attn to the ages. Doesn’t it say foundations is for ages 4-7? So we switched to essentials when she was 8. It was a lot more work and a lot more dry. I will say, however, she really enjoyed the logic of English Reading curriculum. It taught key word outlines. And began teaching concepts of writing papers.
We were excited when we came together for LOE foundations. That was just not the case for essentials. We dreaded it then. And being off level with the spelling made it worse. Some things you just have to piece together for some kids.
So if you don’t do LOE essentials, what are you thinking about? My son just switched to the good and the beautiful language arts. That’s an intriguing one also.
@@OurHOMEschoolPlan Right now, I am just planning to have her do Language Lessons from Masterbooks like my older daughter, however, she struggles with LA (but LOE has helped her make HUGE strides!) so I am not sure LLFLE will be enough to keep her momentum going. I may need to supplement, especially the spelling. I've been looking at Spelling You See, but after your review I think she would enjoy A Reason for Spelling. It will probably be trial and error seeing what will work for her but I'm about 95% sure we won't be moving into LOE Essentials. LOE Foundations is SO GOOD that I am surprised their next level isn't as good. I mean, I am sure it is good as far as learning the concepts but the lessons look long, dry and boring and we don't do that in our homeschool. Haha!!
@@faithfullyinfertile I forgot you also do LLFLE also!
I just pinned another comment that I had forgotten to show in my video!! But for kids like ours...,fun being of the utmost importance, I thought it an important point to make.
The fun ways to spell (play doh, etc) ...those ideas are different every week. So it’s not the same choices. (That’s one thing my daughter does not like about LLFLE...the drawing the Bible story. She’s getting bored drawing every week. That’s why TGATB is starting to catch my eye. Variety in the art projects. So we will see.
@@OurHOMEschoolPlan oh yes my daughter doesn’t like drawing the pictures each week either. I just take that page and make it our own. She does copywork from our read aloud most weeks or from a book she is reading or our monthly memory verse. Then if she wants to sketch she does but I don’t make a big deal over it. I mainly use Language Lessons for the grammar/mechanics/writing.
I love that the hands on activities in A Reason for Spelling are different. This breed of child definitely needs variety 🤪
Your daughter was seriously cracking me up. She sounded JUST like my daughter!!
Oh and TG&TB.... I’m sure you’ve heard all the controversy about it being written by a Mormon? I’ve decided if I have the choice to pick a curriculum with a Biblical worldview I’m going to go that route. Even though TG&TB doesn’t teach their Mormon beliefs blatantly in the curriculum, their curriculum is still written through the filter of Mormonism b/c that is what they believe and what we believe affects everything! ❤️
@@faithfullyinfertile yes I know about TGAB. I debated about that fact also for awhile. But I had others friends who were using it and said it a curriculum meant to teach those specific skills. I’m the teacher, not the curriculum. And from the little we’ve done, they do have Bible scripture that hasn’t been in conflict with anything we believe. But as the teacher, I can teach it how I see fit.
But having said that, everybody has to do according to their own conscience. I certainly wouldn’t fault anybody for choosing an alternative based on their convictions. I totally understand that position.
And if there was an alternative to TGAB who did curriculum in the same way, I’d consider that. But I haven’t seen a comparable. There’s really nothing else like it, especially their science.
Ohhh thank you for this
Just started researching this spelling & the handwriting course
You’re welcome!!!
The shape boxes is also in Even Moore if you are using state funds and can’t order Christian curriculum.
Thank you for this video! I have recently been looking into this curriculum and there is not much out there on it. This is by far the best walk through of it. Have you continued using it?
Thank you! I found the same when I was researching, so I’m glad my video was more helpful!
We haven’t continued with it only bc we switched to a lower level of TGATB language arts and I was satisfied with how they did spelling (they also had fun ways to reinforce it.) but if I hadn’t switched, I would’ve stuck with it.
@@OurHOMEschoolPlan thank you!
😊
Idk if story spelling will help my kids but it’s probably worth trying as we are still having issues with spelling!!!
A reason for spelling is the company. Also Spelling Workout looks similar, just not Christian aspect.
Thanks so much for this review! I ordered it based on the experience you shared and we have been LOVING it!! It’s now my kids favorite too!
Have you tried their science? I’m wondering if it’s just as great.
Thanks again!
Wonderful news! I’m so glad you love it!
I’ve never tried their science. I have tried the handwriting and I love that as well simply for the Biblical focus.
Is their science family style?
I see that this is a few years old- wondering if you continued with this spelling program? I'm making the rounds for next year- I've got it narrowed down to this one, Spelling Power, and All About Spelling. I will be using it for two 11-year-olds.
I didn’t stick with it. But it wasn’t bc of the program. I really did like it. It was because we started using the good and the beautiful and I was satisfied with how they quizzed spelling.
I’ve used spelling power before too. If your child doesn’t need the “fun” it’s very effective. I only used the basic book for my son. He didn’t need much fluff for practicing, but they do have a box of fun ideas.
I’ve never used all about spelling but I know people who have. It has a great reputation. :)
okay, so between this and the IEW phonetic zoo for spelling which do you prefer and why? I have one TERRIBLE speller and one decent speller and am struggling with curriculums
It’s so hard to say bc I think they’re both great depending on what the issues are. Oh one tic zoo is less teacher intensive and simpler. If you have a decent speller, I’d definitely do the zoo route. I switched FROM phonetic zoo to a reason for handwriting for my middle child bc she needed different ways to practice her words. And A reason for facilitates that for me. Phonetic zoo you’d have to come up with yourself, creative ways to practice if you wanted variety. But a reason for requires a little more teacher help.
They are both great, though! And Andrew Pudewa’s talk titled, “Spelling and the Brain” may entice you to even consider it for you struggling speller. He makes points about the auditory part being so important!
So it depends. I know that doesn’t help much!
Thank you so much! This looks like it will be perfect for my ADHD child. She loves LLFLE but their spelling isn’t working for her.
Oh good!! I hope this works much better! 😉
@@OurHOMEschoolPlan your daughter is like mine. The fidgets etc. its getting better now that she is maturing but that mini trampoline is a life saver. She gets overwhelmed and I send her to jump to music for a break.
@@jonica7510 we have one of those too!!! I need to incorporate it more often!! 😉 we do utilize our outdoor tramp when it’s nice enough and yes….lifesaver!
Why do you think she retains the spelling from this program better and did not from Phonetic Zoo? What do you think makes the difference?
I don’t know why except it was more practice? The activities to practice were fun. Phonetic zoo, you just keep taking the test until you pass it twice. The list is based on a spelling rule that they repeat in a poem. She’d pass the test but when it came back to review it, she’d fail.
I don’t know. My daughter has ADHD which definitely complicates things. 😉
@@OurHOMEschoolPlan Yes, it definitely does! I have 5 kids and 4 of them have ADD/ADHD. (Likely because my husband and I both do) so homeschooling is very challenging!
@@Brigsgirl22 oh boy!! Well the good thing about you and your hubs having it is that you can understand better how your children think. 😉 and you might know the tricks that helped you, right? We also watch the UA-cam channel “How to ADHD” every once in awhile. Not every video there is a slam dunk, but I’ve gotten some helpful tips !
You'd think that, and there is some of that. Sometimes that is true in that I remember what I was thinking (or not thinking 😜) at that age. But I am actually finding that many of the things that worked for me or motivated me aren't working with them and I'm not sure why 🤷♀️(even ADHD has differing levels and types like autism). One problem I'm running into is trying to help a child figure out issues that I am still struggling myself. 😅 It's definitely been a learning experience! and given me a lot of understanding for what I put my mom through unintentionally
Oh yes, I love that channel! I've watched a lot of the How to ADHD videos 😁
Would you say this spelling could be done by the child without purchasing the teachers manual?
It might be difficult. Some of it is dictation and so that wouldn’t be obvious from the child’s manual. Those exercises are like Mom dictating sentences and the child fills in the blank so the student manual only has the blanks. This exercise practices writing sentences and using grammar.. You’d lose the read aloud story. You could probably make it work…..but you’d lose SOME. You’d have make the word lists yourself to dictate the tests. Not impossible.
Are the teachers guides necessary?
Without the teachers manual, you won’t have the story, the word dictation sentences (which you COULD come up with yourself) but also some of the exercises are dictated. So in the student manual, some of the exercises has sentences with blanks for many of the words. Those are dictated from the teachers manual. Also, the pretext and post tests word list….technically, you could get the list from the student manual….you’d have to copy it first. So it’s up to you if you want to fill in those gaps. (There may be more instruction that I’m not thinking of, what I show in the video is a fairly typical week. )
Hope that helps.