A complete beginning grammar text that uses copywork, narration, picture study, and other classical techniques to develop the young student’s language ability.
Scripted lessons give the teacher direction and confidence, while exquisite pencil reproductions of great paintings are used to encourage children in oral composition. Originally published as a single two-year volume, Level 1 (Grade 1, this book) and Level 2 (Grade 2, available separately) have been redesigned as two separate simple-to-use one-year programs. Grade Recommendation: Grade 1. Black-and-white illustrations
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Jessie Wise, a former teacher, is a home education consultant, speaker, and writer. She has decades of experience as a classroom teacher, elementary school principal, private tutor, and educational consultant, and is the co-author of the best-selling The Well-Trained Mind and the groundbreaking elementary grammar text First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind. She lives in Charles City, Virginia.
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Jessie Wise, a former teacher, is a home education consultant, speaker, and writer. She has decades of experience as a classroom teacher, elementary school principal, private tutor, and educational consultant, and is the co-author of the best-selling "The Well-Trained Mind" and the groundbreaking elementary grammar text "First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind." She lives in Charles City, Virginia.
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112 of 114 people found the following review helpful
By Michele
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I purchased these lessons to use with my 1st and 2nd grade daughters. We had not done any formal grammar lessons so I started them both together at this first level. They enjoy working through the lessons together. This is a teacher workbook. Students do not write in this book so it can be used again and again with multiple children. Any writing that needs to be done requires lined paper. There are 100 lessons in all. Each lesson is a separate lesson which builds on the previous one. This allows you to work at whatever pace you want. We work through the lessons 2 days out of the week completing 2 lessons at one sitting, which is very doable, the lessons are quite short. Your child will gain a solid understanding of nouns, pronouns, action verbs, abbreviations, beginning capitalization, and the four main types of sentences. All throughout there are poems to memorize and narration and copywork exercises to go through. I am very grateful to have found a simple and effective way to go through the basics of grammar with my young ones in a way that is not overwhelming but actually interactive and enjoyable.
30 of 30 people found the following review helpful
By Becky Forbes
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I ordered this book based on a recommendation from a friend that had also been homeschooling. I used this book AS WELL AS another language arts program for phonics. We really enjoyed using this book. It only takes a few minutes to go through a lesson, and there is a lot of review to help remember the concept that has been taught. I just finished this book with my Kindergarten age daughter and she can explain what a noun, verb, and different sentence types are. My daughter enjoyed memorizing the poems, doing the activities, and learning the lessons. It is basic English put in a simple format that 5 year olds can easily understand and use. I will definitely be going on to use level 2 with her.
29 of 30 people found the following review helpful
By K. Anderson
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I hesitated to order this after seeing other reviewers complain about it being repetitive. I am glad I took a chance. There is a lot that repeats, but in a reinforcing way. The lessons are a great supplement to the other things we are doing. It is a little too scripted for my personal taste, but workable and I do enjoy the precise scripting when I have not had a lot of time to prep our lessons for the day. Also, my boys seem to enjoy the lessons and that makes a big difference. It is a great value too since it is not a workbook to write in, you can use it for more than one child.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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I have finished all four levels of First Language Lessons with my now 4th grader. She loves to memorize all kinds of poetry after "getting her feet wet" with this series. My 1st grader has done all of Level 1 and started into Level 2. The older one was more amenable to the the boring repetition of this series (not without complaints now and then). The younger one dismissed the series about halfway through Level 1. I've had to preview each lesson and sneak it in somewhere else in our daily lessons. However, we do follow the ideas of the text day-by-day and memorize all the poems. She has become much more agreeable about the memorization and dictation. My 4th grader is now just reviewing all the concepts she learned in this series...from a 7th grade grammar textbook! It may not be flashy, and your family may resort to mockery of those memorized definitions, but this series definitely gets the job done.
20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
By Jenn_19
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I like that this book is constantly reminding my son what he has already learned, that there's memorization work,and that the lessons are quick and simple. However, I'm only on lesson 10 and I can tell you that I do have a few complaints. We learned what a noun is right away by memorizing that it is a person, place, thing or idea and repeating that several times. We were not given examples of each type of noun used in a sentence or any kind of worksheets so that my son could really start to pick them out. A few lessons in we are introduced to pronouns. I would have liked to work just on recognizing nouns in a sentence first. I printed up some worksheets offline and we did it ourselves, and even though my kiddo was spitting back what we were memorizing, it did take him a sheet or 2 before he was able to easily pick out the nouns and apply the knowledge. Like I said, we're only a few lessons in and maybe that will be worked on more later on, but I don't like the idea of just telling somebody what something is without really showing them what it is. Their other products seem to be effective so I am going to keep trying this for a little while longer, but I feel that we may need to look into another product or keep printing up worksheets. I don't know if I feel that this is enough on its own.
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By jesfrs
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I have tried several language arts programs, and this is by far my favorite. I am using level 1 and 3. I wish I would've found this program from the beginning! It takes a classical approach, is very easy to teach (no prep time!), and my son is thoroughly enjoying it. It reinforces concepts so he can master them without becoming discouraged. I would highly recommend using it with Writing With Ease. It is just perfect for this age with 2-3 lessons a week, about 10 minutes each.
10 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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When I briefly looked through this book at the bookstore followed by reading SWB's description in WTM I thought it would be a good first start. In practice, though, we're three weeks into our fall semester and while we did go through a few lessons during the summer, we're already at lesson 29. My son memorized the definition of a noun according to the book back in the summer and asking him to keep repeating the definition is becoming t.e.d.i.o.u.s. I'm not finding the repetition meaningful for him and while I appreciate that the lessons are short and scripted, this isn't going to last all year and I'm beginning to wish it were a bit more substantial.
My son is average as average can be and I can see where he will lose interest in this quickly. As for the poem memorization and picture study? I would have appreciated it if they had skipped it. We're already getting this through other areas of our curriculum which means there are even fewer lessons in the book that apply to us.
I'm just not impressed and not relishing the idea of starting the search for a grammar curriculum all over again.
My son is average as average can be and I can see where he will lose interest in this quickly. As for the poem memorization and picture study? I would have appreciated it if they had skipped it. We're already getting this through other areas of our curriculum which means there are even fewer lessons in the book that apply to us.
I'm just not impressed and not relishing the idea of starting the search for a grammar curriculum all over again.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
1.0 out of 5 stars
Waste of Money if your child can read by himself!
I don't recommend this book to anyone who has a child who is already reading. This is more geared to children who need an adult to read them through the lessons. Read more
Published 28 days ago by Jon Davis
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love this
I really loved this lesson set. My 6 year old learned easily and happily as we went along reciting the poetry and repeating the terms. Great product.
Published 1 month ago by K. Hatch
2.0 out of 5 stars
Very basic and too much about nouns!
This is my curriculum of choice, and the other books we've done well with...but this one missed the mark BIG TIME. More than half the book is about nouns! Read more
Published 1 month ago by Meg
5.0 out of 5 stars
excellent
So glad we decided to switch our 1st grader to First Language Lessons. She loves it and is eager to learn each day.
Published 3 months ago by Thorpe5
5.0 out of 5 stars
Easy to follow and enjoyable
I have been really impressed with these lessons. My daughter (4yrs) really enjoys the activities ( poem memorization, stories, small writing exercises). Read more
Published 4 months ago by Nathalie Hawkins
1.0 out of 5 stars
Too Repetitious
I like this author's other products, but this one is just too simplistic and repetitious. The definition of a noun takes up about half of the book; I think this can be learned in... Read more
Published 4 months ago by EJCRDan
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great start for classical learning
These lessons are exactly what I needed for my 6 year old son. They are very short, so even the most distracted child will be able to sit threw these lessons. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Nikki
5.0 out of 5 stars
Part of the big Picture
One of the reasons why I enjoy going over the daily lessons with my three children, ages 5-7, is because of the quality time I spend with them as they are learning. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Veronica Lira
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very helpful
It's specific instructions for parent and student make it a great resource to have. My son is really enjoying the activities it has him do as well as the poem memorization and I... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Charles E. Beem
5.0 out of 5 stars
We BOTH love FLL!
I began FLL Level 1 with my first grader this year and we both enjoy the lessons! They are short and concise, easy to teach and understand, and they really focus on full mastery... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Jessica S.
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