Is Brave Writer enough for grammar? Bonus: How to know what’s covered in the Darts & Arrows.
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If you've wondered if Brave Writer is enough as a complete homeschool language arts program, you're not alone! We have used this program for 2 years and will stick with it for next year as well. I'm sharing why I think it's been enough for me (for grammar), how it's different than Masterbooks Language Lessons For A Living Education level , and how to tell if your book guides are covering enough.
I talk about how the more book guides you do, the better this program is and more well rounded I think it is.
Bonus! I've made a blog post for you with lists of exactly what grammar points are covered in each Brave Writer Dart and Arrow that I own! We don't pick books based on this info (it's also not available on their website) but I do find it helpful to see a list from each Dart so I can see what we've covered and which grammar gets recycled. See it here: blueandhazel.com/brave-writer...
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This is incredibly helpful. I was concerned about not having a logical structure with Dart as with Writing with ease, for example. You mentioning using the right number of darts a year makes sense. I'm really hopeful to give it a try
Glad this helped and hope you will like your 1st dart! I always recommend getting 2, because i almost quit with our 1st and the 2nd was much smoother. You got this!
Are the books meant to be read aloud or are they personal readers for the student to read themselves?
Also, All about Spelling is releasing a color edition for levels 1 and 2 soon!
So exciting they are making a color print for All About Spelling! The Brave Writer books that accompany the book guides are chapter books that are meant to be read aloud and discussed (I read them, but we’ve done audiobook before to lighten my load.) My oldest could read them to himself now…so that’s also an option for the future. Buuut, my other kids wouldn’t get in on the family style so for now I want to read it out loud so all can listen in. Once we have kids in two levels reading two diff books (say darts and arrows or darts and boomerangs) I have NO idea how this will work 🥴. Maybe the bigs will read the books on their own and I’ll read the dart books again to my littles. Time will tell!
@@LizBlueandHazel that makes sense! I think I’m going to try a few of the Dart guides this upcoming year with one of my kids but use the book as a read aloud for all of us as well! That’s a great idea. Thank you for sharing 😊