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alexfam
06-25-2008, 02:29 PM
Ok this is what we are doing this year.

1. Word Study workbook (more vocabulary than grammar)
2. Sentences to Paragraphs
3. Grammar Practice 2
4. 1st English grammar

This is our first year homeschooling and this is just what I got for this year b/c I just couldn't decide. I will go ahead and do these books this year, however I don't think they will last but half this school year.

What does everyone use for teaching grammar?

DS6 - 2nd grade
Kathy-TX
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summer
06-27-2008, 01:39 AM
I used BJU in the begining and then eventually, Easy Grammar. I liked both. I have seen a few other programs that I thought looked good too so it would depend on what you really want in a program.

Michelle in MO
07-01-2008, 06:54 AM
comprehensive grammar program in either Rod & Staff (which has books for all ages, up through 10th grade in high school) or Abeka. Supplementing it with a writing program like Classical Writing would cover virtually anything you would need. R&S and Abeka cover writing (I would skip Abeka's writing in the grammar-stage years), diagraming, outlining, research, parts of speech, usage and mechanics, punctuation and capitalization. They are both very thorough!

NicksMama-Zack's Mama Too
07-01-2008, 07:12 AM
I fumbled around with grammar programs for a whole year after we finished FLL . I could have saved my child and myself a lot of time (and me a lot of $$$) if I'd just gone with Rod & Staff. After using FLL for K & 1, we finally settled with R&S and it was a very easy transition (child already knew parts of speech, prepositions, helping and the "be" verbs!).

For vocabulary we just listened to vocabulary-rich books on tape/read-alouds. I added Rummy Roots and Megawords later.

K