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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

CLE's *revised* Learning to Read program!

Posted in Christian Light Education (CLE)

Our of all of the great deals I bought at CLE last week...this has to be my favorite!

First off let me say that I had the original CLE Learning to Read program and I was not at all impressed. :-[

It sat packed away in a box because I felt it was very dry, boring and I thought the Teacher's guide was hard to follow. But their new/revised Learning to Read program knocks my socks off!

The Teacher's guide's are SOOO full of great stuff!
The lessons are fully scripted
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Plus they have a huge index with all sorts of great stuff (extra tests, games enrichment activities phonics rules, spelling lists, and even a list of words/phrases so you can make your own flash cards!) ...I sort of wish I'd known that....

There is also a grid schedule in the front of the guide so you can plan out all of the major 1st grade subjects (reading, math, Bible and LA)
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The Light Units start off with simple 'listening' activities,
and gradually move on to letter sounds, then simple words
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They include penmanship, and eventually they add spelling
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and they progress gradually
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until the child is reading more complex words
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The readers are so cute too. (and they also progress gradually)
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Here's more samples from the Light Units
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Up until this point I had been very apprehensive about teaching Katie to read.
Now I am actually quite excited!!!

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Wednesday, October 7, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Daisy

I wish they'd had that last year. Ryan needed to do more writing but the R&S First grade was seriously lacking in variety. We ditched it. This looks sooo much better.

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Thursday, October 8, 2009 - CLE Learning to Read

Posted by Anonymous

I ALMOST bought this- but I already had the old program that I have used with my older two, so I figured I should stick with it for my youngest. It was very tempting though! The older program isn't as user friendly or attractive, but it uses the same methods. I LOVE it! It has made teaching my children to read a breeze! It is is so systematic and makes so much sense. I know you will enjoy using it with Katie! Thanks so much for sharing the pics with us :-)

~Crystal in Missouri

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Friday, October 9, 2009 - Hi!

Posted by agardenfull

I was just "blog-hopping", this morning and thought I'd say hello, your blog is great! I love the fact that your "review" of the reading program was so informative! Thank you for sharing!
~Shirley

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Sunday, October 11, 2009 - Looks like a great program!

Posted by ThreeLittleLadies

I'm glad you gave it another chance.

Thanks for stopping by! I got my new wrapup done which covers what I've been up to for the past two weeks.

Carol

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Hello....I'm Michelle! I am a Christian wife, a homemaker, and a homeschooling mother of 4 wonderful children! This is the journal of our adventures in homeschooling! Homeschooling is not just our method of education....it has become our way of life.