Two questions about OPGTR

[mo2]

1. Where would you start a child who already knows their letter sounds?

2. When do you start FLL? (I know I've seen the answer to this before somewhere but can't find it now.)

TIA

[Sue G in PA]

so I guess I would start after those lessons...lesson 27 perhaps? Sorry, don't have my book in front of me. AND, I think OPG suggests starting FLL about halfway through OPG. Not certain, but pretty certain!

[Heather in VA]

I started my dd who knew her sounds at lesson 27. Here is the quote from the OPG website about starting FLL....

You need to be more precise when deciding to start First Language Lessons, since the child is asked to do copywork exercises. The Ordinary Parent's Guide is structured so that the child applies most phonetic rules to single-syllable words (Lessons 1-177). Lesson 178 and following in The Ordinary Parent’s Guide are all multi-syllable words—these lessons reinforce the patterns taught earlier. A few new phonetic patterns are introduced in multi-syllable words, but those patterns are not as common as the patterns taught in earlier lessons. Once the child has completed Lesson 181 in The Ordinary Parent’s Guide, he knows how to read most phonetic patterns, how to sound out the parts of multi-syllable words, and he has been introduced to the schwa sound. He is fully capable of doing copywork.

First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind (Levels 1 and 2) is mostly oral work, although copywork exercises begin in Lesson 42 (and dictation exercises begin later). So by the time the child reaches Lesson 42 in FLL, he should be on or past Lesson 182 in OPG. If you are looking for a lesson by lesson comparison (and you do the same number of grammar and reading lessons per week), you can start FLL when the child in on Lesson 140 in OPG.

Following this suggestion assumes that the child has been practicing penmanship enough to copy names, words, and short sentences. If she can't do the copywork at the end of Lesson 42 (and subsequent lessons where she copies short words and sentences), delay beginning First Language Lessons until her penmanship skills prepare her for this.

[daisychics]

My son finished 100EZ lessons when OPGTR came out. I skipped all the sounds that he already knew. We started on Section 4 -Two consonant blends.

[JESSICAinMD]

My dd knew all of her letter sounds before we started. We just did a little review to get used to the book (without all the repetition.) My dd is progressing so much better since we switched to it. She read her first Bob Book today all by herself.