i need advice

When it comes to grammar, the discussion is alsways needed on this board! For that age, I recommend Primary Language Lessons. She’s at the perfect age to start. It takes 2 yers to go through, is gentle, yet thorough CM style, short lessons that can be done mostly orally if you prefer not to do all of the writing opportunities and I recommend getting the Teacher’s GUide.

You can go the cheaper route and get the hardback book, the TG from Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Primary-Language-Lessons-Emma-Serl/dp/0965273512/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280794450&sr=8-1 for less than the LBC one and have her write into her own notebook. Or you can get the Living Books Curriculum version that you can write in, but you’d still need the TG and would be looking at higher cost, so that’s up to you. Personally, we did most of it orally and for us would have been a waste to buy one to be written in so much. Here’s the LBC version so you can take a look at it:http://www.livingbookscurriculum.com/product/368.html

Here’s a review, too from Cathy Duffy:http://www.grovepublishing.com/grammar-composition/primary-language-lessons.htm

and Old Schoolhouse:http://thehomeschoolmagazine.com/Homeschool_Reviews/reviews.php?rid=679

HTH,

Rachel

Sounds like we need to clarify what exactly we’re talking about when we say “Grammar.” That term means different things to different people. 

3littlegirls, are you thinking about parts of speech (noun, verb, preposition, etc.)? Or are you thinking about correct usage of words in sentences (is/are, was/were, etc.)? Or are you thinking about parts of a sentence (subject, predicate)? Or word studies (like homonyms, synonyms, etc.)? 

Charlotte taught the two parts of a simple sentence to children around grades 1-3, meaning (1) subject and (2) what is said about the subject. Obviously, that concept wouldn’t take three years to teach. So you can include it wherever you’re comfortable during those years. 

Then in grades 4 and up, she introduced parts of speech, parsing, and analyzing. She included some word studies and expected that, by age 12, the student “should have a fair knowledge of English grammar.”

So maybe it would be helpful to know which parts of Grammar each of the above recommended resources cover.

I’m using Simply Grammar by Karen Andreola this year, which is a revised and expanded edition of CM’s First Grammar Lessons.  Catherine Levison, in her book More Charlotte Mason Education, said that she has her students go through Simply Grammar three times, with a year or two off in-between.