Grammar and long term planning

[oliveview]

We are using FLL this year and will use it again next year for grade 2. I know there is a second FLL book that covers 3/4th. I would like to use R & S at some point. When would be a good time to switch from FLL to R & S? I am just wondering what others have done and how it has worked.

[g007girl]

I went to Rod and Staff for 3rd grade right after FLL. However that was before the next FLL came out. I don't know too much about the next one. I did like the first one. I actually did FLL for just 2nd grade. We doubled up on the shorter sections. WE didn't have any problems going from FLL to R&S 3. It really seemed to flow right into it.

[Beth in Central TX]

I really like the R&S Grammar program. Not only are my boys developing a solid foundation in Grammar, but I am too! Therefore, I'm going to use FLL in 1st grade for my youngest son, and then he'll go into R&S Grammar 2 in 2nd grade. I plan use the R&S Grammar program through 8th grade for all of my boys.

[Suzanne in ABQ]

I also went from FLL to R&S at Level 3 before FLL3 was published. It worked really well for us.

My dd cried, though, when we finished FLL and I told her that we wouldn't have it anymore. She absolutely loved that book. She would have been happy to go into FLL 3 if we'd had the option.

I don't think you could go wrong either way. I'm sure Mrs. Wise is thorough with FLL3. If your dc enjoy it, I'd consider staying with it. R&S3 was a rather dry "awakening" for us -- for me because I wasn't sure how much to require of her (R&S instructs the child to copy entire pages of exercises), and for dd because it was intimidating. We eventually settled into a routine of doing most of the work orally, but it was rough going for the first half of the year. We didn't finish the book -- we skipped the last chapter. And, we never really did dictation like we were supposed to (my dc are 10 and 11 now) after we finished FLL.

Okay, now I find myself talking you into sticking with FLL for at least another year. :o) So, I'll go with that. If your dc enjoys FLL and is learning from it, don't try to "fix" it. R&S will always be there, waiting for you.

[Lori in MS]

I'm planning to do FLL 1-4. I think you could go to R&S 5 after that. My oldest did FLL, then R&S 3 and 4. My second son is doing FLL 3. He is doing much better with that than he did with R&S 3. We stopped at lesson 40 of R&S and switched. It was too overwhelming for him.