pitterpatter Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 I just stumbled across Grammar-Land and I think DD would get a kick out of it. The Amazon version says it's suitable for ages 10 and up. Can it be used with younger students? I would read it to DD, who will be seven by then. We studied grammar this past year and she seems to already have a good grasp of the parts of speech, pronouns, past tense, subject/predicate...the basics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 I think any time between 7ish-12ish could be suitable. The topic is basic in some ways - just parts of speech, so if an older child has had extensive exposure to that, it would be boring. However, it's also much more in depth about parts of speech and overlaps between them than other materials for young people, so it could be hard for some younger students. The characters and story are cute, which leans younger.... But the assignments from the judge are really long for a young student, and sometimes a little tricky. Anyway, that's all slightly conflicting advice, but we did it age 8 and got a lot out of it, though some of the finer points were lost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitterpatter Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 Thank you...maybe I'll hold out then. I think any time between 7ish-12ish could be suitable. The topic is basic in some ways - just parts of speech, so if an older child has had extensive exposure to that, it would be boring. However, it's also much more in depth about parts of speech and overlaps between them than other materials for young people, so it could be hard for some younger students. The characters and story are cute, which leans younger.... But the assignments from the judge are really long for a young student, and sometimes a little tricky.Anyway, that's all slightly conflicting advice, but we did it age 8 and got a lot out of it, though some of the finer points were lost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 We did it when Shannon was in 4th grade. It was perfect. I'm holding off with my 7 yo, we will do it in 3rd or 4th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 We did the first few chapters a year or two ago. (So maybe ages 7 and 6) It was as much for me as them - to inspire me to actually start teaching grammar. After the first few chapters my boys were lost. I plan to redo the whole book when they are older. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirstenhill Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Sentence Family is cute too, and I think is more accessible at a younger age. (Sorry, I'm on my ipad so it is hard to make it link, but I think it should come up if you google it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitterpatter Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 Thanks! If anyone has a link, I'd love to read more about it. I couldn't get it to come up right off. Sentence Family is cute too, and I think is more accessible at a younger age. (Sorry, I'm on my ipad so it is hard to make it link, but I think it should come up if you google it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Sentence Family is on Currclick: http://www.currclick.com/product/41915/The-Sentence-Family?it=1 I haven't used it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyful_Journey Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I used Sentence Family with my 8 year old at the beginning of the school year. She absolutely loved the story and still mentions the characters. It really made the parts of speech "stick" for her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I think you could easily do it with younger students if they have a good grasp of language and are accustomed to being read to out of good literature. I am doing it with my dd8 this year, and she is doing fine with it. But she is very good with language, so YMMV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfamily Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 We also read this in 4th and we added the books by Ruth Heller to some of the chapters. My daughter really enjoyed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 The older language of the vintage Grammar Land text makes it difficult to assign a recommended age. I prefer to use Sentence Family first if a family can afford to do that. Another free grammar curriculum is the ORIGINAL Montessori. https://archive.org/details/montessorielemen027888mbp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Just to throw out another option, but I think we might start with Lively Language Lessons (which just covers nouns, verbs and adjectives) using the Ruth Heller books. We will probably modify it a bit. Then move on to Sentence Family. THEN move on to Grammar Land. :D :D That's the plan, anyway. :p I think it'd help to have an understanding of the basic elements of grammar before trying to put them into a story structure... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaConquest Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Another option are the Brian Cleary grammar books. http://www.brianpcleary.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitterpatter Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 Oh, neat! We love Ruth Heller's books for science. Had no idea she wrote ones for language arts too. Hmm...might have to figure out to work this into our LLTL 2 studies. Thank you!! Just to throw out another option, but I think we might start with Lively Language Lessons (which just covers nouns, verbs and adjectives) using the Ruth Heller books. We will probably modify it a bit. Then move on to Sentence Family. THEN move on to Grammar Land. :D :D That's the plan, anyway. :p I think it'd help to have an understanding of the basic elements of grammar before trying to put them into a story structure... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitterpatter Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 Totally digging these...thanks! Our library has a bunch of them too. Yeah!! Another option are the Brian Cleary grammar books.http://www.brianpcleary.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitterpatter Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 Who would have thought a simple post about Grammar-Land would lead to so many wonderful ideas and resources? Thank you all, so very much!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanikit Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I am doing Grammar land with my 6 year old and she is managing - though we do discuss the part of speech in a simpler way before we reach it in grammar land. She likes the story and asks to do it though some of the assignments she has needed some help with. I am just using it as an introduction to parts of speech - thanks for the other resources, they will be useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftymama Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 We did Grammar Land at 7. We went very slowly...I think I broke a chapter up over a week. I also mixed in the Cleary books with it to reinforce. The assignments were a little tough and we did end up doing some of them on the board, but the take away was good. We followed up with FLL 3. It was the right time for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratford Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 We used Grammar Land at the end of 3rd grade (after finishing FLL 3 and needing something to do for the end of the year.) It was a hit with my kiddo, and a nice review of our grammar that year. Some lovely mom out there put together printable worksheets for each chapter - they were really nice to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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