Do/Will you teach Latin?

[elfinbaby]

I am curious as to how many families are going to teach Latin.

[Radish4ever]

I'm not planning on it

[swellmomma]

we are, we dabbled in it last year and kids loved it, so this coming year we are going to get really into it.

[Hsmomto4]

Latina Christiana is what we use.

[Ester Maria]

Yes. Mine will be formally 6th and 7th grade, and we've been doing it basically from the beginning (though for the first few years not very seriously), so we will simply continue.

[athena1277]

We are learning Spanish right now, but I plan for my dc to learn Latin at some point in maybe jr high or high school. I'll have to see closer to that time exactly when we will start it.

[nukeswife]

I have contemplated and even bought a few curriculums but in the end it's just not for us.

[pie]

we are going to try French this year and see how that goes... my hope is that we will do 1 - 2 years of French, then add in Latin... I never have taken either language so I really don't have any clue as to how this will turn out!

Pie

[tjo]

We have tried, but it never seems to happen.

Latin and science were always last on my list. Children are now taking science once a week with an amazing teacher and everyone is so happy :-)

Latin is probably not going to happen unless I can find a good outside source.

[BarbaraL in OK]

Definitely doing Latin. We're a Latin-centered curriculum kind of family, and start the day with math and Latin.

 

My ds13, starting 8th grade, will continue in Latin Book One (a 1930s textbook); we've been working through this for 1 1/2 years now. My ds9, starting 4th grade, will get back to Latin with Latin Prep I / So You Really Want to Learn Latin (can't figure out the real title from all that's on the cover, LOL!). In second grade he did Prima Latina and then Minimus; last year we never really did much but play with the Latin from PL and Minimus. Onward!

[Satori]

I do not think we will. My major in college was Spanish, and that has helped me figure out many other non-Spanish words, so I'd rather spend time getting fluent in languages my daughter will actually use. I'd love her to learn at least 2-3 foreign languages she can use.

 

I have to teach my DH some business Spanish this week in fact.

[Bee]

I waited to start teaching oldest dd Latin until she was in 5th grade and by then it was too late. She was highly resistant to it and said she didn't see the point of it all. I'm starting my 3rd grader with it and she doesn't fuss at all. In fact, she asks to do it first.

[Brindee]

I have contemplated and even bought a few curriculums but in the end it's just not for us.

:iagree: Same with our family.

[shinyhappypeople]

No, probably not. The girls are learning Spanish right now. We'll continue Spanish indefinitely and add in a 2nd foreign language in a few years, maybe Arabic or Chinese.

[blessed2fosteradopt]

I'm not sure. I have contemplated it several times but I have challenges with my son just getting the three R's done on a daily basis. I am using First Form right now for myself and may give it a whirl with him eventually.

[brehon]

Definitely doing Latin. We're a Latin-centered curriculum kind of family, and start the day with math and Latin.

 

 

:iagree: Ds8 began Latin 2 years ago and dd6 will be starting this fall. Ds8 will begin learning the Greek alphabet this fall and start Greek itself probably after Christmas.

[Shelly in the Country]

I decided to do Latin with the kiddos because I took Latin myself in high school and I think I scored well on the Verbal section of the SAT because of the Latin I had. I read widely as a teen, but most of the unfamiliar vocabulary I ran across on the SAT I ended up deducing from roots. I know one can just study roots, but I really think the Latin language study helped me. Of course, I took the SAT before all the changes. I don't even know if it is structured the same way anymore. I heard in my psych testing class in college that the test was renormed in 1995 or 1996? And now I hear there is a writing section of some kind. I guess I need to research it a bit more before my kids get there.

 

Plus, I just LIKE Latin.

[elise1mds]

My plan - for now - is to do Latin till third grade, just to get some of the basics down, and then let it be up to my DS whether we continue or not. Whether he continues with Latin or not, he'll be working on a modern spoken language beginning in third or fourth grade.

[Sunshine State Sue]

I taught ds Latin for 3 years, then he worked with a tutor for 1 year, and now we are doing no foreign language until high school. The choice of which foreign language in high school will be ds's. I would have liked ds to continue, but it wasn't worth the battle anymore.

[LeeAnn Balbirona]

Yup. This will be our third year doing Latin. Also primarily using LCC even though I plan to afterschool this year. My oldest child has gone through Prima Latina, LCI and 3/4 of LCII. This year I'm starting her and my next one on CLAA's Grammar I. One of our big accomplishments this year was that everyone (but the 3yo) finally memorized the Pater Noster! Woo hoo! We love Latin.

[JudyJudyJudy]

We haven't decided for sure. We're doing Spanish now because dh is a native Spanish speaker. We had planned to do Latin later, but we've almost decided for sure that we'd rather teach another modern language (probably Mandarin Chinese) instead.

[kckamy]

We used Song School Latin in 2nd Grade, LFC A in 3rd grade and will be going on to LFC B this fall (we will be using Cambridge Latin Course level 1 book for additional reading).

 

I definitely think learning Latin is time well spent. I am already seeing how it increases ones vocabulary.

 

Amy

[Alphabetika]

I taught it (I say "taught" loosely, as I was learning at the same time :)) for about two years, and now my dd is heading into her 2nd year of an online course, with plans to take a third year, too, Younger dd isn't interested in Latin but is chomping at the bit to do Greek, so that's what I'll do with her. I will also give her some experience with Latin roots, even if she doesn't take full-blown Latin at any point.

[Paula in PA]

We are. We've done Minimus and Secundus over the last 2 years and have started Latin Prep this year. We enjoy it.

[tdeveson]

We're doing Minimus: Starting Out in Latin this year. It's for 7-10 year-olds. We've played around with it for the past year and my son (10) loves it. This year we'll begin it formally. There's a CD I like for pronunciation (classical).

 

We've been doing Spanish (Rosetta Stone Home School Edition) for a year. He already understands Spanish -- we're using it to help him with vocabulary and pronounciation.

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[J'etudie]

We're trying a partial LCC approach this year and starting with Song School Latin, then maybe Prima Latina for the grammar aspect (waiting on formal English grammar til 3rd/4th). I just finished The Great Latin Adventure Level 1 myself as I don't know Latin. Loved it! Can't wait to order Level 2. I think I'll move on to Wheelock's after that. I'll have the kids do GLA starting in 4th, and then decide if they're ready for slow Wheelock's or will need something else in between.

 

That's the plan at least! ;)

[Donna T.]

Honestly, I'm not sure :001_huh:. I know all the advantages. I want to. I hope we do... eventually. We dabble in it a bit every now and then.

 

We are doing Koine Greek and that will remain our priority.

[OrganicAnn]

We are going to try. I don't know if it will be successful or not.

[prairiegirl]

I have tried teaching my children Latin with Minimus and LC but my kids are dyslexic and they just can't handle it right now. I am hoping that when they are older, we will be able to jump into it again.

[NancyNellen]

Yes. My oldest 2 are beginning their 4th year. We completed LfC and are beginning Ecce Romani in the fall.

[Matryoshka]

We're working seriously with German and Spanish, and dabbling in Mandarin Chinese. Latin roots will have to suffice here!

[skaterbabs]

The boys will start Latin in January; Dot may start Sept '10 or I may hold off until 3rd grade (Sept 2011.) For now, the boys will begin German in Sept and we will do oral French with Dot. In January the boys will begin Latin, Dot will begin written French and oral Spanish.

[Danestress]

I tend to like to teach things that are "mastery" oriented. Math, Latin, Violin. I drop the ball more on the stuff when I have to decide what to include and what to ignore. So latin is pretty rewarding for me to teach. We did LC I and LC II and then in 5th grade did Henle Units I and II and structured by Memorial Press.

[buddhabelly]

This will be our fourth year of Latin. Not sure what we'll use yet....still winding up LFC "C". I do have Henle on hand.

 

Julie

[Paintedlady]

I voted I don't know. We've been studying Latin & Greek roots for the past year and will continue for at least another year or two. We'll be starting Spanish this year and maybe somewhere down the road we'll try Latin. I'm not convinced we need to delve all the way in, and for now are content to wade in the shallows. ;)

[s.z.ichigo]

We start our day with Latin, and do it again in the middle of the day as well. I definitely put a priority on language.

[busyrobin]

We study Latin, used/using Prima Latina, LCI and LCII.

 

Dd also learns French.

 

We're looking at doing basic Greek somewhere along the line.

 

Ds said he wants to learn Japanese.... :001_huh:

 

Emily.

[Haiku]

My dd is in 2nd grade and my son is in 1st. I plan to start Latin with my dd in 4th grade, using Latin for Children and eventually moving into Latin Prep. I don't know yet what I will do with my son.

 

Tara

[JumpedIntoTheDeepEndFirst]

Using Latin Primer series right now. It is working remarkably well.

[LoveBaby]

This will be our first year. We are using Lating for Children Primer A. I bought enough materials for my DD and I to do it together. I also bought song school latin for my 2nd and K'er.

 

I'm setting up our day in a LCC framework, so math/latin/recitation will be at the top of our list, so hopefully it will get the attention it deserves.

[amsunshine]

Although I would love to have my dds study Latin, I think it's going to be just Latin roots for us. I teach them French, as I know it and am comfortable teaching/speaking it, and I do not know Latin. My dds also take a fun Spanish class once a week in a coop. I'm not sure if they will continue the Spanish, but for now, 2 additional languages are enough. (They are 7 and 6.) If an opportunity opens up for Latin in a coop, we would jump on it. So I voted "I don't know."

[HRAAB]

I don't know. We are two time Latin drop outs. Will the third time be the charm? I'm going to try to fit in Latina Christiana this fall. We'll see.

 

Janet

[freeindeed]

I plan to start after Christmas, using Prima Latina.

[elfinbaby]

This is a first year in Latin. We'll be using LC I and the Roots of English. I'm really excited! The poll says a majority here will/do teach Latin. Do you think that's true of most Classical homeschoolers?

 

For anyone who has used Henle at the elementary level - how did that go? The Henle books have a rep of being really tough. It sounds like they may be doable for younger grades.

 

April

[Moni]

I set up the student for Independent Learning of Latin, but yes, Latin is studied here.

 

:seeya:

[jenadina]

Last year we went through Minimus. This year, I'm using Wheelock's for myself (taking the Mom's Latin Class offered at Beth's Bookshop), and teaching my son with the Big Book of Lively Latin. We will definitely move on to BBLL2 when we finish. After that, I don't know what we'll use, but we'll definitely continue our study of Latin. We will also add in Greek at that point. Spanish is being learned in an informal way by playing with the neighborhood kids (and hubby is trying to remember to talk to him in Spanish more and more.)

 

Ds has a long list of languages he'd like to learn, so we'll see what we move on to when he has a couple of years of Greek under his belt...probably Arabic and/or Persian, since our scriptures are originally written in those languages.

[Greta]

We're doing a mostly-LCC approach. I eased us into Latin last year (3rd grade) because I wasn't sure if my dd was ready. This year, we'll be devoting a bigger part of our day to Latin (30-45 minutes compared to 15 minutes last year), following the recommendations for 4th grade in LCC. We're using Latin Prep from Galore Park, and dd loves it.

[rhrice3]

Yes, I taught (and learned) Latin with my ds in 5th grade. We did everything that Memoria Press offered including the Henle Latin. Then he finished the 1st 1/2 of Wheelock's on his own mostly in 8th grade. At that point, I asked him to choose what foreign language to study in high school. It was between German and Spanish. Spanish was chosen, and he was thrilled when he discovered how easy it was after Latin.

 

We visited Spain and Portugal during his 8th grade year, and I was amazed at how much I understood just from the Latin we had studied together.

 

I will start my 4th grader on Latina Christiana this year and go through a few years of it with her before getting serious about Spanish in 7th/8th grade

ReneeR

[Aurelia]

I plan to, because I took it in high school and found it helped with both vocab and understanding the Latin-based languages.