Writing workbook,grammar workbook,spelling workbook OH MY!!!!

[Johanna]

EEk!!..ok.how did it get this way???:eek:
THis is not good for my dd3rd....I didnt intend for this to happen. But, I just happened to fall upon GWG and loved it....then i fell upon "JUst Write" and thought...."ok now i can rest because i am giving writing instruction" ...whoo!(she balks everytime i bring it out).... THen we have the Spectrum spelling book (at the time of buying it felt like such a warm relief from SWR...and it still is) and it hasnt really been bad...i just have simplified it drastically, I think dd is a natural speller anyway and it is a waste of time, because she writes a word once and she remembers it!
Sooooo, why am i saying all this. Well, it just feels sooooooooooooo DISCONNECTED!!!!!!!!:eek: Its not that any of these curric workbooks are bad, its just that doing them in isolation of eachother feels so empty.
It just doesnt make sense to me to seperate them all out of context!! I am seeing no ownership from my daughter! I see no light bulbs when she is doing a grammar book that has no connect to her writing assignment.
So, what to do??? Help?? Do i change midyear????Is that wise????
If so, to what?
I was planning to do WT1 next year,,,but maybe i should get started early?
Then i loves what I saw at shoelace books with simply language arts by Laurie Hicks. I am being pulled to the CM way. It was such a myth in my mind that all these workbooks would make feel better....like i was "covering everything" when all i feel like we are doing is just trudging through it ...just to get done and cross it off the list and without any connect or meaning! KWIM???
Am i making any sense. Should i just sleep on it? Help! anyone else feel this way? Or am i crazy...lol!:o

[Alana in Canada]

If you feel disconnected, imagine how your daughter feels?!

I too am striving to integrate all the different language arts materials I have...and I think that if you truly think you have found something which does that (I'm not familiar with WT) then SWITCH NOW! You won't lose anything but your feeling of disconnected and disembodied.

[Laura Corin]

I'm glad to be using one book per child, plus an extra literature guide for the oldest. Each book has comprehension, writing prompts, light grammar, literature, spelling and oral projects. Calvin uses English Prep, Hobbes Junior English, both from Galore Park.

Laura

[Johanna]

I think you have a point. It just makes sense to integrate it all. I think it would be wise to switch now. I think it might help us to get out of the slump. Now, I am debating between WT1 or simply language. I am a bit concerned that WT1 may have too much writing.

[Susie in CA]

Johanna,

I felt the same way. We had a writing book, spelling book, and a grammar book. None of it was connected in any way. Plus it became totally boring to dear son as well as myself.

Then I looked at Galore Park Junior English and we love it. I gave my son a writing assignment from it and he went to work with excitement. I don't think this ever happend with writing before. Anyway we love Junior English and I am so happy we found it. I do from time to time work on some extra spelling or grammar with ds but not often.

Susie

PS: We also love the extra reading suggestions.