First Language Lessons Level 4 Student Workbook: Student Workbook: 0

This is a complete grammar curriculum. It's very thorough. The workbook is plain, no business to distract kids. I find this to be highly effective over all compared to other grammar curriculums I've used. The teacher manual is a must.

I am a believer in a strong grammar eduction, and this course definitely provides it! I have been homeschooling for one year, and my children have learned more from "First Language Lessons" than they had learned in all their previous schooling. Some highlights: - This course covers all the parts of speech, has copious diagramming, and provides both narration and memorization practice. (The poem selections are excellent: they are poems that any classically educated child should know, like "Ozymandias".) - The course has an "open and go" design: the teacher does not need to do any prep work! Simply read what is written on the page. - It uses English the way that I learned it in a mostly-classical grammar school. Two quick examples: (1) the plural of "fish" is "fish" (not fishes), and (2) the proper way to use commas in a series (I detest the new AP style that omits the final comma before the conjunction). There is only one (relatively minor) thing that I dislike: the extremely repetitive nature of the exercises. If your child is a fairly fast learner, then this book can be a bit "drill and kill". That being said, I still love the course. I just make some small adjustments (skipping over some sections that they know solidly) so that my kids don't get too bored.

We are currently using level 3 of this series. They have learned way more then other curriculums I used in the past, it is not as much work for me, I am able to combine my 3rd and 4th grader, and it is fun. As part of the grammer my children have memorized several poems, state of being verbs, linking verbs, helping verbs, and personal pronouns. Since I never memorized these in school I have memorized them now to. There is also a lot of diagramming which the kids are walked thru at first and able to do. My oldest has come to love diagramming. When she saw level 4 and how it has longer diagrams she was thrilled and can't wait to start it. This series emparts an enthusiasm for language.

This resource could be effectivelyused to augment school curricula which no longer include formal grammar training or for the home schooling parent. As a parent of a learning disabled, dyslexic child, and as a psychiatrist interested in effective interventions for dsyslexic and gifted children I highly endorse the works of Wise and Bauer as rich resources for teaching.

This is the second level of this we’ve tried. It is an easy to master grammar curriculum that helps teach grannar and sentence diagramming in smaller steps. Includes many property selections for memorization, as well. Short, sweet, and feels “easy@ to teach and students say to complete for learners. Effective tool.