Sentence composing with grammar (Kilgallon)

[Annie N]

I thought the idea of the sentence composing was very interesting, but when I heard they taught grammar with this method, I began to drool....

However, now that I have looked at the sample chapter, it doesn't really seem like they are teaching very much grammar in those books. Am I missing something, or would I need to use something else for "real" grammar?

Thanks very much :)

[matroyshka]

I don't know the curriculum you're referring to, but here's another one that says it uses sentence combining to teach grammar - perhaps it's more what you're looking for?

http://www.drwhimbey.com/index.html

Oh, wait, you said composing, not combining... :tongue_smilie:

[Amy from WT]

Hi Annie,

Kilgallon's Sentence Composing books are wonderful!

For what age are you thinking of using it?

The answer is no, it does not teach grammar as well. Depending on your child's age, you'll probably want to add in grammar.

But I have used the Sentence Composing books, and been very very pleased with them. They're absolutely terrific.

Hope this helps!

[Annie N]

Matroyshka,
Those books look great for what I need :)

Amy,
They have some other books out which use their sentence combing method to teach grammar. It just didn't seem like there was a lot of grammar in the samples that I looked at. I just need a lot of grammar! (Well, not me, but my children).

Thanks very much, both of you!