Now, an integrated reading program for first graders that's truly unique! Instead of canned sentences, they use passages from famous literary works - along with a book full of learning materials - to help you teach phonics, reading, spelling, handwriting, grammar, and thinking skills for an entire 180-day school year.
This kit includes:
225 page Student Activity Book194 pages Teacher's Blue BookLong Vowel Readers Book 1-10Short Vowel Readers Book 1-12Bridge Readers Books 1-6 Materials Packet with Activity Cards Note:For a printable list of what books are needed for this book, please see the "More Information" (PDF) link above.
Average Rating: 4 out of 5 stars(4 out of 5 stars)
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5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Angela (Glencoe, MN), August 21, 2009
I have found this to be a very thorough, and well paced phonics program. You can speed it up if it is moving along to slowly. I personally skipped the whole first unit which reviews letter recognition. Lots of fun games and hands-on projects.
2 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Ruth (SC), June 26, 2009
I like the idea of learning thru studying literature, I thought this is the right curriculum for my son so I purchase the teacher manual, , but as I look over the book, I would only skip a lot of lessons, about more than half of it. I like their choices of books, and my child can read them. But I won't recommend this curriculum for readers because a lot of activities will only bore a reader child. The lessons are so overwhelming boring for him. This curriculum is designed for and is fun for a non readers, but not those who can read.
4.5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Kathy (Austin, Texas), May 26, 2008
LLATL is an excellent reading program that works along with your child to help them ease into reading. The activities with flash cards really help your child to see what they are learning to read, and your child learns to spell naturally without having a list of words to rotely memorize. The activities are fun and encourage creativity. Please be aware that this program is for beginning readers. If your child is a more advanced reader, then you may need to skip some activities or improvise to keep the lesson interesting. The literature supplements are key in helping your child build a good foundation for reading. There is a big difference between being able to read a word and comprehension. Don't let the "simplicity" of the program deter you from completing it.
5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Kathy (Racine Wisconsin), April 01, 2007
The language arts curriclum we were utilizing was advertised as "literature based" however it did not live up to our expectations and turned our child off of learning language arts. Thus we began to search for a literature based program which taught language arts in a gentle, engaging format. Our search ended when we discovered Learning Language Arts Through Literature in the CBD homeschooling catalog. After previewing the samples on CBD and the Common Sense Press website we ordered the curriculum.
I can not praise this curriculum enough! It uses choice selections from children's literature to teach language arts in a gentle, fun, engaging manner with stories and activities.
The teachers manual is a dream come true! It is so well organized you can literally pick up the manual and begin teaching.
I give this program an A+!
4.5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Shaunna (Kyle, Texas), July 21, 2004
This is a wonderful program. It does assume that your student isn't reading (mine is), but we remodeled that by having him read to me when the instructions were "read such and such story to your student." The activities that are included to cover topics like character development within a story and grammar skills are well worth having to manipulate the lessons somewhat for students already reading. You could also cut out Day 2 altogether (where most of the phonics lessons are) and do a 4 day week. My only complaint would be that it does not cover spelling very well.
4.5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Michelle Clark (Browns Mills, NJ), February 11, 2004
A very well thought out program for young children. It starts from scratch, and eases the child into reading on his/ her own. It also includes plenty of handwriting practice.
The only drawback is that there is no formal
spelling practice.
3 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Vanessa (Dumont, NJ), December 11, 2002
The LLAL series was highly recommended to me by a parent of an older student so I admit that my expectations were high. We have enjoyed many of the lessons, esp. some of the related activities, the "readers," the Aesop fables, and other stories (ex. Caps for Sale) that are included as lessons. However, I was somewhat disappointed that the Blue Book assumes that the student is NOT reading (my student IS reading). Many of the lessons for the "readers" have you read the story to your child a couple of times that week and then at the end of the week the child reads it himself. For this reason, I've had to skip many lessons and supplement things that this program boasts it covers (like Spelling -- hardly does). I recommend it but I don't endorse it as an all-in-one resource.
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