Dart Collection One

Bringing literature, grammar, and joy together

Imagine your child being excited about grammar lessons! Imagine them calling out when they see literary devices "in the wild." Imagine them being delighted to play with punctuation! 

The Dart Collection One invites your kids ages 8-10 to enjoy literature while learning grammar, spelling, punctuation, and reading comprehension with engaging lessons that stick.

Our year-long program is delivered in nine month-long lesson plans.   

Each handbook features a novel and immerses your child in the world of:

• stories
• literary devices
• grammar
• punctuation
• spelling
• and book club parties

Discover how easy it is to teach writing using literature!

Our program uses the time-tested practices of copywork and dictation as key tools to teach punctuation, spelling, and grammar naturally in context. Don't worry—we'll show you how. 

Each handbook contains:

• Notes to go with a selected read-aloud (book not provided)

• Four passages taken from the novel for copywork and dictation, one per week

• Easy-to-follow instructions to teach writing elements found in the passages

• Playful and effective grammar and punctuation activities that kids love

• A delightful writing exercise to apply what they have learned 

• Nine comprehension questions

• Book club party ideas

• Copywork passages on separate printable pages
  

• Skills Tracker and Weekly Planning pages
  
  

• Four-color design that looks gorgeous on tablets or printed at home

Collection One Book List:  

• September: Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
• October: Heartwood Hotel: A True Home by Kallie George
• November: Book Uncle and Me by Uma Krishnaswami
• December: Mr. Popper's Penguins by Florence and Richard Atwater
• January: The Very, Very Far North by Dan Bar-El
• February: Ways to Make Sunshine by Renée Watson
• March: Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake
• April: Big Foot and Little Foot by Ellen Potter
• May: The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne

Want mentorship to learn how to use Dart? Join our Brave Writer Training Program! 

The Dart is delivered to your Brave Writer online account. Each handbook (40-50 pages) is a non-consumable PDF and can be used with multiple children in your own family—no need to purchase additional copies.

Join the thousands of families that have made Dart the #1 Brave Writer program!

Note: Dart Collection One is one part of the Emerging Writers Bundle One and the Dart One/Partnership One Bundle.