MyLittleBears Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Ds loves vocab from classical roots. I literally have to tell him to move on to another subject because he can't spend the whole of his school day on one subject. :glare: We've been talking about our plans for next year and he tells me he would like to study Latin. This is my child who has impaired range working memory and processing speed. I would love to grant his request but I can't see how we could possibly fit it in. The few subjects he does do take most of the day because of his issues and we have therapy (OT and SLP) once a week plus I wanted to add some linguisytems stuff. He still has a hard time with grammar and writing. How do I meet him where he is but still allow him to pursue such an "academic" subject? I don't want to squash his dreams but he does not seem to understand his own limitations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Ran into this with DS. He wanted so badly to study Latin. It didn't work out and it crushed him. But I think if I had to do it over again, I would have started him with Song School Latin as a gentle introduction, then moved on to Lain for Children only in very small increments.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 If Song School Latin isn't too young for him, that's easy to do 2x/week and the songs can be listened to in the car on the way to therapy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLittleBears Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 Does SSL sound babyish? He's 14 and hates programs that have kids singing, but he may go for it since it seems to be one of his special interests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 The songs are preschoolish but the singers are mostly adults. My then-5th grader thought it was too babyish and would groan when I put it on for her little brother but YMMV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wapiti Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Given the grammar difficulties, I don't know whether this would work, but you might take a whack at GSWL. I wonder whether translating from Latin could possibly provide a little different perspective on the grammar concepts (or not). It's definitely "real" Latin but the lessons are very short - we did it orally. Takes about 15-20 minutes per lesson. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLittleBears Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 Could you tell me what GSWL stand for? thanks! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSinNS Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Getting Started with Latin. I'm using it now with my kid with ASD. He loves it. It's short and has a TON of review, which is great. We do it orally. I've also got S to make posters for the different noun endings and verb endings and make flashcards-that was maybe overkill. You could even divide some of the lessons in 1/2 if they were getting long. There's really no rush. And it's not at all babyish. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbutton Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 If you opt to not do a full Latin program, you could continue to feed him terminology that involves Latin and Greek roots. Anatomy: http://www.ilekt.med.unideb.hu/kiadvany/4latineng.pdf Botany: http://www.biosciencecommunications.dk/botanical/A-K.pdf Math: http://www.pballew.net/arithmet.html Geometry: http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/mathematics/a/061210EtymologyGeometryTerms.htm I am sure you'd find lots of this in nearly every scientific discipline, and it would be neat to see the overlap. Being a descriptive language, sometimes things that seem unrelated will still have similar names based on appearance and such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLittleBears Posted March 2, 2015 Author Share Posted March 2, 2015 Getting Started with Latin. I'm using it now with my kid with ASD. He loves it. It's short and has a TON of review, which is great. We do it orally. I've also got S to make posters for the different noun endings and verb endings and make flashcards-that was maybe overkill. You could even divide some of the lessons in 1/2 if they were getting long. There's really no rush. And it's not at all babyish. Hey, flashcards are a great idea! 15 minutes a day sound doable. Maybe it could replace his vocabulary program. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLittleBears Posted March 2, 2015 Author Share Posted March 2, 2015 If you opt to not do a full Latin program, you could continue to feed him terminology that involves Latin and Greek roots. Anatomy: http://www.ilekt.med.unideb.hu/kiadvany/4latineng.pdf Botany: http://www.biosciencecommunications.dk/botanical/A-K.pdf Math: http://www.pballew.net/arithmet.html Geometry: http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/mathematics/a/061210EtymologyGeometryTerms.htm I am sure you'd find lots of this in nearly every scientific discipline, and it would be neat to see the overlap. Being a descriptive language, sometimes things that seem unrelated will still have similar names based on appearance and such. Great links, thanks! I think if I show him greek he would want to study that because it looks similar to elvish. (hence feeding his Lord of the Rings obsession) He also shared with me the other day how he would also love to study Japanese or Chinese because he finds the characters interesting. This kid is language obsessed. :svengo: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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