We are beginning Unit II (Summarizing from Outlines) and I am beginning to introduce “dress-ups”. Do I need to work through all 6 dress-ups and 6 sentence openers before moving on to Unit III?
Emphatically, NO! DO NOT wait to teach all 6 dress-ups before moving on to Unit III. This is probably the most common error parents and teachers make, and it’s understandable, since when Andrew presents it in the seminar, he does present all the dress-ups right with Unit II, and before Unit III. As he explains on the DVDs, he does it “wrongly” in the seminar. Remember, you have to do what he says, not what he does. To review: The speed of introducing new “dress-ups” is determined by mastery. You should introduce a new technique when what you’ve already taught has become easy. (Easy means that “the child can do it without much help, and it doesn’t sound too goofy most of the time.”) For a second grader, it may take a year or more to introduce all the dress-ups, whereas for a sharp high school student, it could be presented all in one week. Progress through the units is determined not by mastery, but by your schedule and calendar. Since we recommend (for children grade 4 and up) that you
