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Summary: Excellent book
Review: I really like this series of books. It has been very useful to us. It doesn't cover everything, but it helps to fill holes that would otherwise be left in the kids' learning, making the teacher more free to cover the rest of the subjects as in depth as desired. I really thought the science pages were interesting and the kids enjoyed doing the experiments.
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Summary: Excellent book
Review: I really like this series of books. It has been very useful to us. It doesn't cover everything, but it helps to fill holes that would otherwise be left in the kids' learning, making the teacher more free to cover the rest of the subjects as in depth as desired. I really thought the science pages were interesting and the kids enjoyed doing the experiments.
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Summary: lots of pages for the money, but disorganized
Review: These pages are broken up into daily assignments, I think. For instance, there will be a page of math, a page of reading comprehension, a page of spelling, a page of social studies, and a page of science. Then another of math, reading again, spelling... etc. I think the parent is supposed to give the kid 5 pages in a row, and think, "well, he studied every subject today." This is VERY impractical, for the simple reason that no 2 children are alike in their studies. For instance, the math was WAY too easy for my 2nd grader. But the reading comprehension was a bit difficult. It would have been easier if ALL the math was together in one place in the book, and we could just pick the pages that were at her level. Instead, I had to spend a great deal of time picking through the book to find the correct pages for her. Another thing that didn't make sense is the way the phonics lessons are thrown in there. The kids are supposed to do reading comprehension pages at a much higher level than the phonics pages. The other real problem I had with these books is the social studies. They seem to have a definite political "lean" to them, and I was not comfortable with that. One day I went through and tore all these pages out and shredded them. On the upside, the pages are very pretty, not too much per page, nice pictures, and lots of colors. It's rather inexpensive for the number of pages, too. Other American Education Publishing workbooks are much better, and I've been pleased with them, but I would skip this series next time.
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Summary: I DO NOT recommend this book to other homeschoolers!
Review: This is far from a comprehensive curriculum,and it is an extremely misleading title. It is simply a huge book of worksheets,and poor quality worksheets at that. They claim that the advantage of these worksheets is that they are all in color,but what they fail to mention is that the graphics are just plain ugly, very unappealing to the eye. They state that all subjects are covered,and again this is a stretch of the truth. While subjects are covered,they are extremely light,mostly touching on a subject with no comprehension. Math skills are few and far between. Mostly this is a book filled with grammer worksheets,and it is literally overkill on this subject. I am sorry that I wasted my money on this item. If you are looking for a truly comprehensive curriculum,I highly suggest a curric with the title - Home Education Curriculum : Grade 2 You can purchase this through amazon as well,and it is truly a wonderful curriculum! We are using the second grade level now,and I plan to buy each grade level for our homeschool. You can click on the about me page beside my name at the top of this review,and read my detailed review on Home Education Curriculum : Grade 2 Happy Homeschooling :)
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