I need a few families to test some grammar materials

[jenn&charles]

I'm designing a grammar unit on prepositions that is very hands-on with a variety of activities to help student retain the material. The unit comes with lessons written to the student (or that can be read by a parent if you have younger children), workbook style pages for practice, games, and more. The unit reviews nouns, verbs, helping verbs, and pronouns. It also teaches students about prepositions, the object of a preposition, and the subject / verb of a sentence. There is also some copywork and a small bit of writing included in the unit.

 

Here are some screenshots:

 

 

It will be about a month or so before I finish the unit up, but I need families to test it out and look for errors, give feedback, etc.

 

I may create an entire year's worth of grammar that is released unit by unit and then put together in one bundle / download. My goal is to create a grammar program that is actually FUN to use and doesn't bog kids down with endless workbook pages, but rather breaks things up with activities. I always thought grammar was so boring to teach with only a few exceptions. I want to provide something that livens it up a bit. ;-) It's also my goal to create something kids will RETAIN. 

 

If you are interested in testing this unit on prepositions, please post below, and I'll PM you when I'm ready to send the materials (via PDF). 

 

Thanks for reading!

 

 

 

 

 

 

[lanalouwho]

My kids aren't quite old enough for this yet, so I won't volunteer to test. But those sample pages are freaking adorable. I want to play with Beowulf.

 

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[knitgrl]

My daughter is 6, soon to be 7. Your examples look pretty and well designed. I would be happy to let you know how she likes it and if I find any errors.  I work at a library and am good at nit-picky details.

[Um_2_4]

We'd love to test! I have 2 1st graders, 1 4th and 1 7th. I am doing interactive notebooks for grammar this year and this looks like something we could work in right along side it :)!

[Ariston]

Would love to try it out with my 10 and 12 year old. They've only done grammar land and I really need to find some more resources this year.

[My4arrows]

I'd try it out with my K, 2nd and 4th graders. We haven't been able to find a grammar program that has stuck with my old kids.

[SnMomof7]

I did booooring workbooks with DD1. I'd like to spice things up and be a bit more fun with the younger dc. They are 10 and 8.

[natalie]

We would love to try this out!  

[silver]

If you need any more testers I'd love to help out.

[JRmommy]

I'd love to try it with my 10 yr old. I just posted yesterday for suggestions for learning prepositions because our current curriculum doesn't address prepositions.

[Kathleen.]

That looks so fun. I would love to try it out with my 10yo and 12yo.

[FawnsFunnyFarm]

This looks awesome and unique! We would love to try it out and give feedback.

[Myeightkiddies]

I'll be happy to assist you.  Looking at the samples it seems well-suited for my son.

[lucckie]

I am very interested. I would love to try and review your curriculum. It looks very interesting. My oldest son is 8 and my middle is 4.

[Emba]

Not sure how many testers you need, but I have a 10 yr old DD who hasn't retained very much grammar and could probably really benefit from an approach like this, because hands-on activities really help her remember things.

[Maus]

I think it would appeal to both of my girls (6 & 11), so we'd love to try it.

[Staysea]

That looks awesome. I would love to try it out.

[Vanchy]

My son is 10, and he has dyslexia. I am interested to try this because he has a hard time with lots of colors in his books. I usually have to make black and white copies of materials that we use. Your samples do not have lots of bright colors, and maybe that could work for him.

[rebot]

This looks like so much fun.  We would love to try it out.  I have a K and 3rd grader.

[alisoncooks]

I'd love this for an 8 and 10 year old who've done very little grammar.

I'll be keeping an eye out for whatever you come up with!  I think it's a great idea and looks very promising!

[rmtzc2009]

I'd love to try this out with my two older boys, 10 & 12. This looks great! We are trudging through workbooks with little retention.

[mama27]

Holy cow! This looks awesome! I'd love to try this with my kids.

[justasque]

I'd love to play with Boewulf and his box!  Sadly, no one here is of the right age.  But I think you've got something special here.  I love the hands-on aspect, and I love the gentle drawings.  And I love, love, love paper models that need to be put together.  

[Shred Betty]

Yes I'd like to test please with my dd soon to be 8!

[Vida Winter]

I'd love to help you test this out!

[TKDmom]

Me me me! I think both my 7yo and 11yo would enjoy this.

[waa510]

I'd love to test this out with my youngest, 7 yrs old who's about halfway thru FLL3.  Did you use FLL's preposition list or some other resource (like R &S)?

[jenn&charles]

I'd love to test this out with my youngest, 7 yrs old who's about halfway thru FLL3.  Did you use FLL's preposition list or some other resource (like R &S)?

 

I consulted a variety of resources to come up with my own preposition list. :-) I included prepositions that I believe kids this age will come across fairly often. I made sure to let students know that my list does NOT include every conceivable preposition, something that annoyed me with other curricula. My kids would read the list(s) and think they knew every preposition that existed on the planet, lol. NOT TRUE! ;-)

 

Here is the list I came up with:

 

aboard, about, above, across, after, against, along, among, around, at

 

before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, but (meaning except), by

 

down, during, except, for, from, in, inside, into, like

 

near, of, off, on, onto, out, outside, over, past, since

 

through, throughout, to, toward, under, underneath, until, up, upon, with, within, without

 

That's the basic list I introduce, but I will also teach that some prepositions consist of more than one word, like "in back of", "because of" and so on. 

 

I want kids to get the concept, but I also want them to understand that they are going to run into things they have NOT studied, and that learning grammar is a journey, not necessarily something that can be digested via just a workbook. ;-)

[jenn&charles]

Thanks to everyone for the replies!! Since I got such a great response, I'll be holding a drawing to choose some of you to work with. Everyone else will get a coupon for the final product. It's not to late to let me know if you are interested (or to get the future coupon, lol). :-) It will still be a little while before I have anything ready to test. 

 

Thanks again!! You all are so awesome!! 

[CAtoVA]

YES, PLEASE!!!! Sign me up! : )  I have a grammar-disliking 3rd grader that I would like to have try this. I also have an advanced 5 yo (doing 1st grade).

 

 

[friscomom]

This looks great! I would try this out with my Kindergartner and my 5th grader. Although I don't homeschool, we do a lot of afterschooling and grammar is one of the subjects that I always address!

[SEGway]

If there's room, I'd like to be added to the drawing list of possible testers. It looks fantastic!

Thanks!

[jenn&charles]

An update: I didn't get anything done in the time frame I thought I would! We moved to a different state and were staying with family for awhile, etc. Anyway, I finally got back to work on this! I also decided to create an ENTIRE grammar curriculum, instead of a unit on prepositions, so needless to say, things are taking me a lot longer than I anticipated, since I'm illustrating everything myself. If anyone is interested in being a proofreader, please follow my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/guesthollow/ . I'll be posting something about it soon. Proofreaders will get a free final copy. :-) I'll still be randomly drawing a list from replies in this thread for "beta testers" and feedback, but it's going to be awhile before I have a final draft ready to go. I'm aiming to have it completed by this fall!

I hope this post doesn't break the forum rules. I had another post having to do with Guest Hollow stuff taken down. ;-) I'm not complaining at all, though!! I love this forum and wish I had more time to just hang out, like I used to. 

[hands-on-mama]

We would try these out! I have a 2nd and 4th grader!