Any advice for teaching Latin? I've heard that learning this can help kids with a lot of other things down the road. I'm leaning toward using this book, English from the Roots Up, Vol. 1: Help for Reading, Writing, Spelling, and S.A.T. Scores based on friends' recommendations.
By the way, has anyone tried the Pimsleur Language Program
Peggy says
Oh – and we’re doing Rosetta Stone Spanish, because here in TN, you can’t use Latin, Greek or American Sign Language as foreign language credit.
Ann Marie @ CHEESESLAVE says
Wow I can’t believe they don’t accept Latin. That’s crazy!
Stephanie says
Peggy, I am also in TN and Latin is accepted as a foreign language. I just doubled checked to make sure. Hope this helps!
Peggy says
We did English from the Roots Up, but if it was around then, we would have done Visual Latin. Veni, Vidi, Velcro (I came, I saw, I stuck around) is forever emblazoned in my memory after visiting their table at the last homeschool conference.
My high school senior is so enamored with the English language, that she wants to take a full-on Etymology course. Whoa. Not sure where I’m gonna find THAT.
Becky says
We used English from the Roots Up and then Vocabulary from Classical Roots, but for vocab, not foreign language. For Latin as a foreign language, we started with Memoria Press Latina Christiana then switched to Latin in the Christian Trivium.
Our Small Hours says
We’ve used Power-Glide Language Adventures for Spanish. It’s been okay. I’m interested in Rosetta Stone.
Kara says
Oh, if you like them, there is also a company who sells pimsleur CD’s and offers rebates if you return or exchange CD’s in good condition for another language.
Kara says
I have tried pimsleur and rosetta stone for myself. Pimsleur is essay better in my opinion. (i am in no way fluent yet, but I have been bad about sticking with it, life gets in the way.) Disregard stone would basically say or show you a word in a foreign language and give you 4 pictures to choose from. It was a guessing game. I didn’t retain anything, I was confused and felt like there was little to no instruction and it would teach random words as opposed to conversational language (manners, asking directions, things you would actually use if visiting a foreign country). Pimsleur suggests listening to a 30 minute lesson every day. The method will introduce you to new words or phrases and reviews them in increasingly longer spaced intervals. Basically it says if I teach you “hello”, then introduce it 15 seconds later, reintroduce 60 seconds later, longer and longer until you remember it. It uses native speakers so you do not learn to speak with an American accent. It is interactive because it will ask you to say a word or phrase and want you to come up with it from what you have been taught. It will have you speaking in conversations in the first lesson. I only struggle because I do not use it every day, and even if I do, I sometimes have to repeat lessons. I still believe it is probably the best way to learn a language, other than knowing a native speaker and being immersed into a foreign culture. Although I am not fluent, what I have already learned, I definitely retain.
Amanda says
Latin for the youngest – Song School Latin or I Speak Latin. SSL gently introduces some latin vocabulary in thematic chapters and has cute songs and free coloring pages. I Speak Latin is more immersive and has a physical component to it. (ie: they stand when they learn the word stand, etc)
Latin for the older – a grammar-based program is the way to go to learn Latin in a way that improves English vocabulary. Latin Alive by Classical Academic Press is a good one as is First Form Latin by Memoria Press.
If you’re just looking for a Latin roots program, then the one you mentioned or Vocabulary from Latin Roots is good. There’s also the rummy roots game too.