madteaparty Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 We afterschool, and this summer I would like to focus on math and Latin. I have no ambitions of teaching my son (who will be just over 7) Latin but I do think it's important to learn the basic words (the ones that serve as roots). I never formally studied these myself, but know quite a bit due to being fluent in Italian. (so, I may learn as I go along as well). He's already in a Frech program, for what that's worth. Is there a good book/resource you recomend for this limited purpose we have? Many thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madteaparty Posted October 18, 2010 Author Share Posted October 18, 2010 I just wanted to add that I am not specifically interested in Christian Latin or anything like that (unless that also happens to be the best resource for our purposes). Many Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 If you have no interest in studying Latin, just roots, you might want to look at the MCT vocabulary books (which lean heavily on Latin roots)... If you want just a fun intro to the idea of Latin along with a few derivatives, etc, you could consider just reading through Minimus for fun... (You could still do the MCT books later on.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denise Allen Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/easy_find?Ntt=english+from+the+roots+up&N=0&Ntk=keywords&kw=english_from_the_roots_up&event=PPCSRC&p=1018818&cm_mmc=Google-_-Homeschool-_-english%20from%20the%20roots%20up-_-english%20from%20the%20roots%20up&gclid=CNWs7fiZ3aQCFQFoKgodPxMtJw English From the Roots Up covers the latin & greek roots. You can use just the book or order cards. It has the root "photos" = light and a list of words derived from that on the back. It is great if you are only interested in the etymology and not learning the latin language itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 I agree; you are looking for English from the Roots Up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leann_in_tx Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 Getting Started with Latin by Linney? http://www.gettingstartedwithlatin.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momling Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 Minimus was just right for a 'taste of Latin' for my (then) 7 yr old. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katilac Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 The MCT vocab books are root based, and my dd10 is LOVING Ceasar's English. As in, no, no more, honey, that's enough vocab for today, lol. English From the Roots Up was a bust for us, couldn't sustain any interest on my part or theirs. My dd12 likes the Vocabulary from Classical Roots books pretty well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madteaparty Posted October 21, 2010 Author Share Posted October 21, 2010 Many thanks everyone, appreciate all the suggestions and have updated my amazon wishlist accordingly ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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