5LittleMonkeys Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Just wanted to mention how much we are loving Grammarland by M.L. Nesbit so those who aren't familiar with it can look into it. It can be found on Amazon, librivox, google books, and probably many other places I haven't come across. I have seen more retention and carry through to her writing and even Latin in the first 4 chapters than I did in half a year of a formal grammar program. We are doing activities to go with each chapter (those suggested in the story as practice for the children in Schoolroomshire) and have also been creating a grammar lapbook. It is wonderful and makes me cringe to think of going back to a formal program next year. Anyway just wanted to share! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverFamily Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 I had never heard of grammarland. Thanks for sharing!:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warneral Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Cool, I have it on my iPad as well as sentence family to read over the summers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagira Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Thanks for the tip! Question: do I need to have the actual text to look at (illustrations?) or listening to it could suffice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5LittleMonkeys Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 Thanks for the tip! Question: do I need to have the actual text to look at (illustrations?) or listening to it could suffice? I think listening would be just fine. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunnyDays Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 I hadn't really looked at it before, but it seems interesting!! Two questions... 1. What ages would this be best for? I have an advanced 9 year old. He loves Life of Fred and Grammar Island, and this seems quirky like those, and therefore right up his alley!! 2. Does anyone have the Kindle version?? Would that be missing anything you get in a hard copy? (I see that above you say it would be fine to listen to it, so I'm guessing the Kindle version would also work fine.) Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelli Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 I have it on my Kindle and it works great! Here are some worksheets that go along with the book. There is also part two and three on her blog as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristenR Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 I have it on my Kindle and it works great! Here are some worksheets that go along with the book. There is also part two and three on her blog as well. Thanks for posting those! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 I have it on my Kindle and it works great! Here are some worksheets that go along with the book. There is also part two and three on her blog as well. Those are great. There are also some Grammarland related printables on hslaunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssexton Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Aime, You are the second friend of mine to rave about GL. I may have it on my kindle--guess I need to get it out and look at it! What ages do you think? I'm afraid it's probably too young for my 7th grader and too old for my 1st grader... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5LittleMonkeys Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 Aime, You are the second friend of mine to rave about GL. I may have it on my kindle--guess I need to get it out and look at it! What ages do you think? I'm afraid it's probably too young for my 7th grader and too old for my 1st grader... I think late 2nd, 3rd and a 4th\5th with no prior grammar would do best with it. IMO late 2nd\3rd being the prime audience. It all depends on the dc too. However, it is a cute story and I caught dd12 doing some stealth listening in the other day.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloggermom Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 These worksheets look amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama25angels Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 I have this on my nook and I think I really need to give it a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalmia Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 We love Grammarland too! If the OP is looking for something similar in style for next year check out MCT's Grammar Island/Town/Voyage series from Royal Fireworks Press. Does anyone know if Grammarland's author is related to Edith Nesbit of Five Children and It fame? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunnyDays Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Great, thanks for the worksheets!! At that price, I may have to get the Kindle version and try it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelli Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 (edited) We love Grammarland too! If the OP is looking for something similar in style for next year check out MCT's Grammar Island/Town/Voyage series from Royal Fireworks Press. Does anyone know if Grammarland's author is related to Edith Nesbit of Five Children and It fame? This is my plan exactly. We are working through The Sentence Family right now and pulling the parts of speech as we learn about them from our WWE sentences. I write the sentence on our white board and dd uses our colored Expo markers to underline the part of speech that we are working on and the parts of speech we've previously covered in the sentence. Once we finish up WWE and the Sentence Family, then we are going to move on to Grammarland and the worksheets as a fun review before starting MCT Island for 3rd grade. Then continue through Town and Voyage. After that, I have no plan! :tongue_smilie: Edited February 29, 2012 by pw23kids Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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5LittleMonkeys Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 We love Grammarland too! If the OP is looking for something similar in style for next year check out MCT's Grammar Island/Town/Voyage series from Royal Fireworks Press. You know I looked at this at the beginning of the year and was a bit frightened of it since I had only ever done formal grammar with my oldest. I think now that I've discovered this style of doing grammar, and it seems to be a wonderful fit for dd9, I will definitely revisit MCT. Thanks for the reminder! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatmansWife Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 I got Grammarland from Rainbow Resource (it's listed there as Grammar-Land). It's only $8.75. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2Cs Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 We are working through The Sentence Family right now and pulling the parts of speech as we learn about them from our WWE sentences. Once we finish up WWE and the Sentence Family, then we are going to move on to Grammarland and the worksheets as a fun review I'm doing exactly the bolded parts. I'm using The Sentence Family along with Ruth Heller and Brian Cleary books, and then we'll do GrammarLand with the worksheets, although I like the lapbook idea too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elfknitter.# Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 (edited) Nm. Edited February 29, 2012 by elfknitter found my answer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 I hadn't really looked at it before, but it seems interesting!! Two questions... 1. What ages would this be best for? I have an advanced 9 year old. He loves Life of Fred and Grammar Island, and this seems quirky like those, and therefore right up his alley!! 2. Does anyone have the Kindle version?? Would that be missing anything you get in a hard copy? (I see that above you say it would be fine to listen to it, so I'm guessing the Kindle version would also work fine.) Thanks!! Yes, I have the same 9 yo, only the female version :D and she adores grammarland. We are finishing it tomorrow, and she is so sad! We use the Kindle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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