Does anyone have a grammar program/curriculum/etc that they use?  I have "first language lessons," which we like, but I feel like I should have something more formal... I don't know.  Maybe I can just use Mad Libs.  

I was thinking about getting Singapore English, though I am not sure if it's supposed to be for english as a second language?  The samples I saw online seemed good.  If anyone has used it, I would be interested to know what you thought!

Hi Alexis. I believe English is the official language of Singapore, so I wouldn't think their English program would necessarily be geared towards English as a second language, but I'm not sure.

As for grammar recommendations, Eric, as you know, is a grammar lover (he gets it naturally, as his mom's undergrad degree is in linguistics   ), so I don't know if these suggestions will help you any, but here are a few books we've enjoyed:

Nitty Gritty Grammar (and More Nitty Gritty Grammar) by Edith H. Fine and Judith P. Josephson
Eats, Shoots, and Leaves by Lynne Truss
Painless Grammar by Rebecca Elliott

For schoolwork, we tend to towards less is more. There is a very no-frills book we use, for about 5 minutes every other day, doing one page each time, called "Daily Guided Teaching and Review" by Wanda C. Phillips. We got it from Rainbow Resource. Instead of having Eric write anything down, we just sit together for a few minutes and do the pages out loud, with Eric telling me where he'd put commas, or what that part of speech a word is, or how to capitalize something. Even for a grammar lover, it's sort of boring to sit down and rewrite sentences with proper grammar.

Hope this helps!

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I believe English is the official language of Singapore

wow, blushing!  I know so much about other countries...     

Elizabeth, all of this helps a lot!  Thanks for the tips.  Maybe I need to not worry about it so much.  The sample Singapore pages actually looked not TOO boring, but I think my interest in them was more out of fear that I wasn't doing "enough."  I loved "Eats, Shoots, and Leaves" myself, and Hov loved the kid's version when we checked it out of the library.  I need to buy it so we have it here.  And we listen to the Schoolhouse Rock Grammar Rock songs, and I wasn't kidding about Mad Libs, so maybe we are doing better than I thought.  

I am going to check out the Nitty Gritty Grammar book you mentioned.  Is that geared towards adults or kids?