I thought we were just about done for the year. In fact, I have thought to myself, “Screw it. I’m just going to promote them and call it a year.”
Then I decided to sell some curriculum, and maybe review a little bit of what we did.
Pulling out the actual material has invigorated me. And the kids are always happy to try. So, we are revisiting Wordly Wise 3000, 2nd edition. The 1st grade level worked really well, but I quit when I realized Joey already knew 90% of the words. The 3rd grade is set up completely differently, and I felt it was too much like spelling, which Casey was having a lot of problems with at the time. Now that we’ve retired spelling lessons, I feel like I can tackle a vocabulary list.
I am so amazed at how much the kids have picked up over the course of a few months, from all kinds of sources. They are just having a great day today.
If you are considering a separate vocabulary curriculum, the website for Wordly Wise 3000 is easy to use and very informative. I hope we can get more out of it this time around. I think the 3rd grade level didn’t work for us because it was just too advanced. He wasn’t ready for it. So this isn’t really a review, so much as a hope, I guess.
