Re: Grammar, any suggestions? (Classical Sources Message Board)

Re: Grammar, any suggestions?
Author: Kayleen	August 27, 1999 at 00:38:12
in reply to: Grammar, any suggestions?* posted by Lisa on August 22, 1999 at 18:13:20*

I, too will put in my 2 cents. I personally am using Shurley Grammar, and have at least 1 other friend that also uses it, and frankly we like it quite a bit. Other than the price, which may not be nearly so intimidating when the homeschool version comes out next year, I have found nothing particularly unnatural, stilted, or jarring about it. True, hearing a whole class of kids doing this complicated sounding chant for the first time could be sort of intimidating, but trust me, you don't learn it all at once. I have a 1st and 3rd grader, and both of them like chanting those sentences and definition jingles. Over the years we have learned a plethora of factoids (can bible verses be considered factoids?) to little tunes, rather casually most of the time, and we're very normal people. I have found it to be delightful on the whole. Especially for auditory learners, if you happen to have them. My oldest is, and I have a two yr. old who definitely is. I don't know how many hymns he knows (along with the tunes), and he started chanting the 1st graders grammar sentences at the dinner table the other night, but my point is, some kids LOVE this kind of thing. Who cares if Brenda Shurley uses it in a classroom? I don't. It's very thorough, and a lot of fun, unless you happen to be a person who thinks singing and talking back and forth is unnatural. I don't know...most of us do it all the time, BUT if you happen to be one of those --- there are plenty of other programs out there to choose from.

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> I, too will put in my 2 cents. I personally am using Shurley Grammar, and have at least 1 other friend that also uses it, and frankly we like it quite a bit. Other than the price, which may not be nearly so intimidating when the homeschool version comes out next year, I have found nothing particularly unnatural, stilted, or jarring about it. True, hearing a whole class of kids doing this complicated sounding chant for the first time could be sort of intimidating, but trust me, you don't learn it all at once. I have a 1st and 3rd grader, and both of them like chanting those sentences and definition jingles. Over the years we have learned a plethora of factoids (can bible verses be considered factoids?) to little tunes, rather casually most of the time, and we're very normal people. I have found it to be delightful on the whole. Especially for auditory learners, if you happen to have them. My oldest is, and I have a two yr. old who definitely is. I don't know how many hymns he knows (along with the tunes), and he started chanting the 1st graders grammar sentences at the dinner table the other night, but my point is, some kids LOVE this kind of thing. Who cares if Brenda Shurley uses it in a classroom? I don't. It's very thorough, and a lot of fun, unless you happen to be a person who thinks singing and talking back and forth is unnatural. I don't know...most of us do it all the time, BUT if you happen to be one of those --- there are plenty of other programs out there to choose from.
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