https://www.thesimplehomeschooler.com/learning-gaps-homeschool/ Getting you started and keeping you going Tue, 23 Aug 2022 17:49:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://www.thesimplehomeschooler.com/learning-gaps-homeschool/#comment-5267 https://www.thesimplehomeschooler.com/?p=7174#comment-5267 We used an all-in-one language curriculum for the first 2 years of homeschool. It was what I needed to get in and feel confident, and I will say that for 1st grade level it worked! However, 5 short lessons a week for 2nd grade left a lot to be desired. When we did our end-of-year review my daughter remembered NOTHING. Well, maybe a little more than that, but not much. So this year we took the plunge and split up reading, writing, and spelling to give her a better depth of her studies. Instead of 20-30 minutes of language each day, she does 20 minutes of each subject in an hour block (plus additional handwriting independently while I work with her brother on math). While it’s a lot more for her, it’s broken up enough that it doesn’t feel overwhelming. And I have every confidence that she is building those most important foundational skills at her level, because I can change each piece separately at any time I need to. I am SO glad we broke up her language!

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