Latin, Greek, Classics for Elementary School Students

[pensmama87]

My first grader wants to learn Latin.

(No, really.)

There’s tons of resources out there for modern languages at this age level, but I’m striking out for classical languages. Similarly, he’ll start Spanish at school next year, but Latin won’t be an option until middle school. But I figure it doesn’t hurt if I can find something fun for him over the summer, at least.

Any suggestions?

 

[bitterhope]

If you are looking for something online you can check out YouTube videos. There are several Latin for kids videos there. They also have Latin and Greek courses on this website. Not sure how good they are or what ages they are made for though.

headventureland.com/moodle/course/index.php?categoryid=1

 

[bitterhope]

I also found this if you would rather not do it online.

memoriapress.com/curriculum/latin/

 

[pensmama87]

Thanks for the suggestions!

I have to say I love the appeal of a prepackaged curriculum. It suits my temperament very well! I’ll have to think that over, but in the meantime I’ll go over some free resources and see how my son does with them. He does tend to stick to a thing once he decides he likes it.

 

[wild_thing]

I second Prima Latina.

 

[venite_adoremus]

Novus Ordo missal. The Latin Vulgate Bible.

 

[KnitNut]

For Greek, you might like Hey Andrew, Teach Me Some Greek.

For Latin, there are many options. First, decide whether you want ecclesiastical Latin or classical Latin. Here’s a useful comparison chart of some of the many options out there.

FWIW, my now-8yo announced last year that she wanted to study languages, starting with Polish. I couldn’t find a suitable tutor for her (because Polish is waay far from my wheelhouse), so we renegotiated…she’s just finishing her first year of Old Norse & loving it.

Also, check your area for language clubs - they may have children’s programs. And your local homeschool community may have additional opportunities. We have non-HSers join our activities pretty regularly, no big deal.

Good luck!

 

[radiaz]

Hi there! As a starting point there is also a freebie PDF vocabulary study by Harvey Bluedorn called “Vocabulary Bridges - from English to Latin & Greek”. I think it does a good job initially tying Latin & Greek words to English. The document comes with brief instructions, you can find the PDF here:

https://homeschoolfreebies.s3.amazonaws.com/VocabularyBridges.pdf

Hope this helps!

 

[chevalier]

Any suggestions?

Asterix comic books hands down.

Unless the young gentleman is the type to enjoy Winnie the Pooh, then that’s been translated into Latin too.

 

[jaimeleglise]

Amazon has Cat in the Hat, Winnie the Pooh, Harry Potter and several other novels plus tutorials in Latin. Do keyword search Latin children’s books and Latin kids’ books.

 

[jaimeleglise]

Schoenof’s Foreign books online has The Littke Prince in Latin.