Greek/Latin for 6yo

[craft_media_hero]

So my girl has been eye-ing Greek ever since I took my class at the college, and our charter approved funds for us to buy materials for Greek and Latin.

I just want easy-peasy age-appropriate stuff. I know we want Song School Latin and stuff like this.

Does anyone else have experience with a more "curriculum" type resource that would be okay for a not-yet-independent-reader? We will be going really slow, so I'm looking at stuff that may last us a while.

Any suggestions for the Greek? I was just going to do one letter a week or thereabouts and a word that starts with the letter. We also are ordering the Hey Andrew . . . Greek books tho I don't know how much we'll rely on workbooks at this age.

I also have a copy of Modern Greek Rosetta Stone (but I have to get my cd-rom fixed on pc bleh), and I don't think it will be too much to do modern and ancient at the same time---the pronunciations are just different and some ancient words are no longer used. She also like the poissonrouge pages with greek words.

BTDT or WTDT moms, what do you think?

**Oh, I meant to say, what is that Latin/Greek roots resource book? I've heard it mentioned here before, and now I can't remember what it was.

[dotnetdiva]

I am not a BTDT mama yet, but I'm just learning Latin myself right now so I am better prepared to teach it soon.

I've got Song School Latin lined up, Minimus Latin for later, and Vocabulary from the Classical Roots for grade 3-4...

[MyLittleWonders]

For a not-quite-yet reader, I would probably go with Song School Latin. It's a very nice beginning for Latin, and then next year you could move onto Latin for Children A (or Christiana Latina or even Prima Latina). Classical Academic Press also has Song School Greek (I think that is what it is called). We are using SSL now, and my older two will move on to LfC A next fall. But, even with SSL and doing the chapter lesson page each week, they are expected to be able to read a bit (I read the directions to them and they do the work - ds#1 is a late reader, though almost up to grade level and ds#2 is reading at a beginning 1st grade level).

[craft_media_hero]

OOoooh! Song School Greek! Off to find this online somewhere . . .

Thanks MLW!

I wish I could find more children's fairy tales in Greek; seems like they're all over Amazon in Latin.

[MyLittleWonders]

Originally Posted by craft_media_hero

OOoooh! Song School Greek! Off to find this online somewhere . . .

Thanks MLW!

I wish I could find more children's fairy tales in Greek; seems like they're all over Amazon in Latin.

Just in case you didn't find it yet, here is Song School Greek. My boys want me to buy Dr. Seuss in Latin. They think that would be quite a bit of fun. I can imagine that Greek stories would be so much harder to find. Do you have a Greek Orthodox Church nearby? They might have some language resources. (A close friend of the family's dds were taking Greek for a while, IIRC - their father is Greek. I thought it was somehow through the local Greek Orthodox Church.)

[lach]

Originally Posted by craft_media_hero

OOoooh! Song School Greek! Off to find this online somewhere . . .

Thanks MLW!

I wish I could find more children's fairy tales in Greek; seems like they're all over Amazon in Latin.

There is a really amazing foreign language bookstore near me called Shoenhof's. They stock a ton of stuff, but the people who work there are really nice and they can source all sorts of the most random foreign language stuff. I have gone in there for some truly obscure stuff and they have been able to help me. If you're looking for something specific like that, they might be able to help you if you call. (Plus, I like helping to support independent bookstores!)

http://www.schoenhofs.com

[Materfamilias]

Check out Bolchazy-Carducci

I think it's www.bolchazy.com

[craft_media_hero]

Originally Posted by Materfamilias

Check out Bolchazy-Carducci

I think it's www.bolchazy.com

That site has the "English from the roots up" whose title had escaped me earlier! I would like that one; maybe we could just look up some words whenever dd asks "what does ___ mean" as she often does.

eta***that site^ is a treasure trove, too

I think I may have found a gold mine here The books are kind of pricey! Do you see the super-cute "My First Picture Dictionary" in Greek and English? That is a must-have; I wonder if we can find a similar product for Latin.

I'm thinking Song School as our spine and then familiar/bilingual children's stories. I'm just going to take a really artistic approach to the Greek letters--like form drawing style, and make up some sandpaper letter cards for dd.

The Latin is where I feel like I need more guidance. I took one semester in high school, but none of it really stuck with me.

Now that she knows we're "officially" doing Greek, she joyously spent about an hour scouring through the Greek stuff on poissonrouge. I think this is going to be a way better fit---Spanish and ASL just wasn't working out for either of us.

[MyLittleWonders]

We have First Thousand Words in Latin and really like it.

[AngelBee]

[kittywitty]

We are using English From the Roots Up, Rummy Roots, and Papaloizos Greek for kids. The Papaloizos I got inexpensively on Amazon. My daughter likes it. It has a text, workbook, and CD. I got the very beginner level and level 1 for her and she says it's easier than French.

For the primer level of Papaloizos, I don't think reading is really necessary. You will need to learn the letters but at 6 years old, it shouldn't be as big of a feat as, say, my previously 4 year old who decided she wanted to learn as well (she does still tag along with my 9 year old when she does it).

It may be important to note which *type* of Greek you want to learn. Different programs teach different kinds. I don't know how big a difference it makes, but I have seen them labeled Koine/New Testament/Modern, etc.

Also, iTunes has Greek podcasts for beginner Greek. Not too many of them, but my daughter enjoys them.