I just received my Homeschool Kit for The Five Finger Paragraph and WOW! WOW! WOW!! I'm really going to like this program. I've struggled with how to go about teaching my kids how to write. I'm not the world's best writer and I sure wish that I had been taught how to write using The Five Finger Paragraph method! I had to take Writing 101 in college and I didn't learn as much in one semester as I did in 30 minutes of looking through the Teacher's Manual today ... honestly!

The product is for grades K-12 and covers teaching "the basic structure of paragraphs and essays." Because I have not begun this instruction with my kids yet, we will start at the beginning with the 3 Weeks of Lesson Plans geared for initial introduction to grades K-1. It will NOT be 'too easy' for my 4th and 6th grader. The activities can be done by any grade level. I expect us to go through the 3 weeks quicker than that because my kids are older.

After this introduction, we'll begin working on writing the Five Finger Paragraph for a week or two (2 weeks of Lesson Plans). Then we'll move on to writing a Five Paragraph Essay (2 weeks of Lesson Plans)  .... all in all, and because my kids are older, we will probably be done with the basic instructions in about 6 weeks or less. Then, we'll just spend the rest of the year perfecting what we have learned. The kit includes well-laminated forms to use with dry erase markers so the kids can practice before they put pen to paper.

I'll review each stage after we've gone through the lessons, so keep watching for updates!

... Kris ...