This book was published at just the correct time for us. We've just completed 3rd Language Lessons by the same author and I felt that my 3rd/4th grade daughter was not where I expected her to be in her actual writing skills. So nice to read this book and have my concerns eliminated - composing a thought in one's head is NOT automatically related to getting that thought down on paper correctly. It takes copywork and dictation and guidance to get it right. This book helps with all the steps in helping your child get it right; going week by week for 4 years covering what your child should be working on. This is the actual book NOT the student workbook; if you just use this book you will need to find your own sources for the copywork and the dictation work. If you don't want to do that yourself, the workbooks have all of it already done for you; there's a workbook for each of the 4 levels. If your child is above 2nd grade, please read the book first before buying any of the workbooks so that you don't buy one for a level too low. I'm very pleased with the results already and we've only been using it for a week. I plan to use it from the start next year with my youngest when he starts First Language Lessons.There will be 2 follow-up books. This one, Writing with Ease, is for years 1 to 4, Writing with Skill is for years 5 to 8, and Writing with Style is for years 9 to 12.