From what I have seen, the first light units in LTR are review and more gentle but then it ramps up a lot. So even if it feels below level at the start it ends up being way above level once you finish it and the rest of the grade 1 reading units! I believe they purposely start off gentle and pick up the pace.

Don't be too concerned if they fly thru it..that's a good confidence booster..they are still so young

I loved the booster cards too. If I recall there were some pages suggesting to write the words on an index card so that the child can play a little game and read the words from the index cards and not from the booster page.

We love CLE, used it with two of my 4 children so far.

We are switching also. You validated all my thoughts. Grateful for your videos. :)

Ok!!! Now makes sense! I’m so happy I came across this video mamaa!!! I’m going to purchase this as well and kinda mixs them like you did love the gentle approach…❤❤❤❤❤ love how you actually stoped the video and payed attention to your child ❤❤❤❤ right on!! Don’t be sad not all curriculums works for all kids !! I was so happy when you told me the price of them !! BONUS!

Thank you, this validated the same concerns I’ve been having! We are in TGATB LA 2 and I feel the same way about the reading, as well as the spelling. I’m nervous about switching though, because it would be difficult to match up where he’s at and what sounds he’s already mastered etc. It’s also hard because we both like it, but I know he’s not mastering things as well as he could be. I’ve already switched my older one to CLE, but he was past the learning to read stage.

I felt the same way about the good and the beautiful. I wanted to love it too. But cle is so much better.

Thank you so much for sharing! Appreciate you opening up about this!❤

Excellent video!

My biggest challenge with cle is my sin is more artsy and he gets bored of the book work practice but I will implement what you are doing like crossing out what I know he has mastered and getting drawing books..praying your helpful tip works for us

We switched from level K TGTB to CLE for my son as well. CLE reading has just enough printing practice and letter repetition to make it effective.

This was a very helpful video. I am currently trying to find a new Language Arts program for 3 of my children. Thank you!

We love cle too! I enjoyed this video and totally helped me confirm our choice to switch back to cle from the TGATB.

I am thankful for this review. I was eyeing the level k for my incoming kindergartener. We tried the old level k with my older one and it didn't work. I think we will just stay with All About Reading this first year and focus solely on phonics (I was feeling unsure about the reading plus all the other stuff in TGTB).

This was very helpful! I used tgatb for my oldest and we’ll be using the new level 2 course but I have been considering Abeka instead even though I already bought level 2! He’s reading just fine but I feel like there’s something missing. 🤔 Then for my second I am considering Abeka or CLE. We are using CLE kindergarten I right now and loving it and I think we’ll get kindergarten II and see how that goes. Thanks again!

We are finishing up TGTB k and honestly it’s been like passing a kidney stone. We are just rushing through it now because my daughter is over it. I purchased CLE and I feel like a weight has been lifted! My daughter does not care did the art or geography at all. 😭The reading booster cards are not convenient for us at all, so now I think I’m going to purchase learn to read with cle. Along with hooked on phonics and alpha phonics.🥴🥴 hopefully once we get her settled we can go back and review the reading booster cards and things.

I JUST found your channel today! I have a little guy who's struggling with reading. We've been using The Good and the Beautiful, and I feel the exact same way about it! Thank you so much for the very thorough walk through of these. I'm definitely going to check CLE now. Thank you!

I can see how it would be memorized if you worked on it multiple times without practicing in sentence form. We just went over the CK card once and then I made a decodable sentence using the CK phonogram for her to copy. And I had her read it and then highlight the /k/ sound as in CK. And I just keep adding copywork like that for her. Along with the workbook. And just swatting at the CK phonogram with a fly swatter and other games. And then just practicing reading. I definitely moved a lot slower through though. We Also planned to only do half this year and that has been working great for us. It’s give us time to grasp the new concepts. I can see how it would be way too much for a kIndergartener doing the entire level in one year though. Thanks for sharing! 😊

I gave TGTB a try a couple times with different levels for both LA and Math- and it didn’t work for us. It’s beautiful and it weaves in other subjects but it jumps around too much. It doesn’t set a good foundation. For math I’ve noticed we prefer mastery because jumping around didn’t help when some of the advanced concepts were taught but the other concepts weren’t solid. I wished it would’ve worked because it’s beautiful and affordable.

We like this but I’m with you on the not enough practice and also going to the books and she wouldn’t recognize the words. I needed up getting booster b cards because she moved so fast though booster a and I have level one language arts but thinking about using it for the summer and getting cle for first grade in general. I keep hearing good things about them.

Im new here…thanks for this I want to see an Abeka & CLE side by side…first year homeschool mama and I did TGATB bc I was exhausted doing so much research and didn’t want to spend so much money without doing due diligence …but I definitely want to make a switch now I’m on the fence We do CC as well so we are just looking for LA curriculum

I have done Learn to Read and it worked great with my oldest, but decided to try the TGTB Kindergarten with my youngest. The booster cards and books are suppose to be separate stand alone. It is the reading program. The course book is just to reinforce what was already learned from the booster cards. You aren't suppose to move forward in the course book without mastering the booster cards first. There are the little icons at the top telling you to stop in the course book if you haven't yet mastered a certain booster card. I did use the booster cards differently. I put them on flash cards and played games. I would use letter titles and have her build them then read the word to me. We read all the books multiple times. She would read the current book and then we would pick a previous story to read again. I know a lot of people use the the free download from All About Reading and make games using the booster card words. Several of the booster cards suggest games. I would also take a sentence out the books write it on my dry erase board and have her read it me. Then she would use that sentence as copy work. Other times I would make up a sentence on my own with the booster words. It really didn't take that much time or effort on my part. If we were doing an activity or game with the words we wouldn't use the actual booster book. After a week or I would bring out the booster book and she would go through the list. Most of the time she mastered the words. We have gone though the booster cards really fast and the course book is just review. In fact we still have course work yet we are working Booster cards and books B.

Yeeessssss!!! I have been having the same struggle with TGTB this year! It seems like there is way too much jumping around and not enough practice on one concept before introducing something new. I have actually been pre-reading weeks of lessons at a time in order to highlight all of ONE concept to work on for a week or so, and then go back and highlight a different concept with another color…and do that concept the next week…if that makes any sense! It’s been frustrating, but I love the beauty of the TGTB curriculum, so I haven’t wanted to move to something else. 😕 Now I’m considering CLE for this coming year. Thanks for being honest and kind in comparing these!

We are having the same problem with TGTB level K. So I usually close the course book and keep practicing the concept until mastered then move on and it’s working. However I am interested in CLE just in case we hit another road block and tgtb ends up being not for her. So my questions are, is there a teachers manual and do you use it? I ask because I don’t see any instructions in those units you showed. Also, is the reading program a phonetic program? I’m torn bc I love TGTB.

Thank you for sharing 🙏 I just wondered...are the reading books necessary to buy to go along with CLE learning to read program? You showed at the end of the 10th unit that it does incorporate stories?! I looked and the price of each book is like $6 or $7 and you need like 5 of them 🤦🏼‍♀️ Just wondering 🤷

Ok so I c why you said skip the first ones … makes sense!

This is a great explanation. Do you still use alphaphonics? If so, have you completed the book?

I'm going through a very similar experience with TGATB right now. I so badly wanted to love TGATB, but it's just too much, too fast, and there's not enough explicit instruction on each phonics concept. I actually hate the Booster Cards, 😂 but agree the "readers" are fantastic and worth keeping.

***** Could you kindly speak to: Is CLE Charlotte Mason Inspired? * (Coming to you from a new homeschool mama.)

In your opinion how far ahead grade level are tgatb new editions?

What about the math? Will you continue the math with good and beautiful?