Guest TaylorIrby Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 I'm a mama to 4 children, ages 9, 7.5, 3.5 and 2. We live in Bosnia and my oldest two go to a Bosnian school that gets out very early (around lunch time) While they are learning a lot in mathematics, they are getting no English Grammar. My 7.5 year old boy is hesitant to read (although I know he can...he is just overwhelmed with many words on a page). But he LOVES to be read to (will sit and listen to us read for hours, and has listened to the entire recording of the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings) My 9 year old girl took off in reading from the very beginning, reading the Secret Garden in 1st grade, and has read many books since. My question is how do I start after school? I want to teach them grammar but I'm confused with what books to get, what to do, etc, especially with 2 younger children around. I have made a list of books I want them to read alone and books I want to read aloud this year using Sonlight's reading lists for their grade levels (girl is going into 4th grade, boy is entering 2nd) Help! Thanks :) Taylor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwik Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Being in Bosnia I guess PDF or ebooks would be best, I prefer to avoid international postage myself. For grammar you could try First Language Lessons from Peace Hill Press {link on the Well Trained Mind home pae}. You could also try "The Sentence Family" which is available from Currrclick or GrammerLand which is a vintage text which can be downloaded free. There is also KISS grammar which is free if you do a web search. Another publisher you could look at is Brookdale House as they have PDF grammar progammes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwik Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Just came back English Lessons through literature is more complete and available through lulu as a PDF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bocky Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 I started homeschooling when my 2 girls were 2nd and 4th grades. I used First Language Lessons level 2 http://peacehillpress.com/index.php?p=product&id=166 forboth together, and loved it. The lessons are short and engaging. It is totally open and go, so you just have to read the script and follow the directions, which is great if you don't have much English grammar background. My bright 2nd grader retained the material very well. She can still recite all the poems and chants now in 6th grade. Your younger children will probably enjoy the poetry selections. And it's not grammar, but at those ages we also loved Story of the World with the Activity Guide. I love to use Sonlight's reading lists too. I have bought the guides too in the past (last year I had the history guide for Eastern Hemisphere from Bookshark, Sonlight's secular twin) but typically find it better to just read the books. I have found some of the selections a bit easy for my strong reader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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