Well, it seems this is our year to have a language arts/grammar focus. After some research, thought, and prayer I’m trying out two new programs and wondered if anyone here has used these before for similar ages? Here is what is coming to my house:
For my 1st grade daughter and 2nd grade son Queen’s Language Lessons for the Very Young Volume 1. I like that this will be gentle and rotate between grammar, picture study, narration, and copywork (that is centered on poetry and often related to a picture study subject like owls). I think they both are ready for this level and will enjoy it. With all the medical challenges we have going with Mason and the many appointments for him it also gives them something fun and independent to do.
For my 6th grade daughter I really struggled between Queen’s Language Lessons Elementary 2 and something more thorough. I ended up choosing Analytical Grammar. I like that it does not need to happen all year, but is very thorough. We will break it into 3 seasons over 2-3 years as suggested. 10 weeks, 7 weeks, and 17 weeks are the length of each season. They look at grammar as a finite body of knowledge to master instead of a decades on end repetitious curricula like Easy Grammar or others.
What about you? Have you used any of these before?
