Dart 2025-2026

Bringing literature, grammar, and joy together

Jumpstart your writing program with delight! The Dart invites kids ages 8-10 to enjoy literature while learning grammar, spelling, punctuation, and reading comprehension.

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

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

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

Start any time. Enjoy the published Darts in any order. You will receive all nine by April 2026.   

2025-2026 book list:  

• August: Painting the Game by Patricia MacLachlan
• September: Sidekicks (book 1) by Dan Santat 
• October: Ra the Mighty: The Crocodile Caper by A. B. Greenfield
• November: Book Uncle and Me by Uma Krishnaswami 
• December: Winterfrost by Michelle Houts
• January: The Lighthouse Family: The Storm, The Whale, The Eagle, The Turtle by Cynthia Rylant
• February: With Just One Wing by Brenda Woods
• March: Heartwood Hotel: Better Together (book 3) by Kallie George
• April: The Land of Roar by Jenny McLachlan

Swap one! When you purchase the year-long program, you may swap one handbook in the program for a handbook in the Literature Singles collection. Find the swap form in your account after purchase.

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

Delivery: The Dart is delivered to your Brave Writer online account once per month on the 15th. 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!

Want a print copy? Go to the front of the line at the Homeschool Printing Company with a special Brave Writer offer. Order here.

Note: The Dart is one part of the Emerging Writers Bundle. Get all three parts of the Brave Writer program in one bundle!