Greek Alphabet for 11yr old and 7yr old xpost

[Flowergirl159]

I was using Greek Code Cracker during our Morning Basket time, and to start with everyone was enjoying it.

 

We are nearly half way through and it isn't working out too well. My DD11 is finding that we are moving too slowly for her liking. And DD7 is getting frustrated because we are moving too quickly for her.

 

I am contemplating moving the Greek Alphabet out of group time and adding it to their independent work. 

 

Is there anything else I should add or change? I like the look of Hey Andrew for my youngest.

 

If you had the same issue, what would your plans be?

 

I really have no idea where to go after Greek CC, just thought we would start with the alphabet.

[Milknhoney]

I would definitely let them go through the book at their own pace. I didn't have your problem, but my son did the whole book on his own before school started because he was motivated. And now, my daughter's turn... she went from being unenthusiastic about starting Greek to bugging me to do more Code Cracker because she is so anxious to find out whodunnit. I say, if kids want to keep moving forward and they can do it on their own so no extra work for you, then why not let them? Nothing beats self-motivation - never squash that!!

 

With my son, we started Code Cracker in 3rd and then moved into Elementary Greek. I highly recommend it. Perfect bite-sized chunks, small enough that you don't get overwhelmed, but still challenging. 

 

Now I'm starting my 2nd grade daughter with Code Cracker, but since it's a year earlier than my son was, we're going to do Song School Greek this year, and start Elementary Greek next year.

[KrissiK]

We did Codecrackers and moved into Elementary Greek. We're starting Year Two this year. I'm doing it with two kids as well, but they're only two years apart. Yours are farther apart in age. Even though it's hard, I would separate them and let them go at their own pace.

 

FWIW, both kids have had Latin, and that helped a lot understand the Greek language paradigms. I think MP does a wonderful job explaining conjugations and declensions. So, my kids knew what they were coming in to Elementary Greek, which I don't think does a great job explaining them. If we weren't already doing Elementary Greek, I would really look into MP's First Form Greek. It looks really good.

Edited July 28, 2016 by KrissiK

[Ms.Ivy]

I have used Hey Andrew levels 1 and 2 with my kids to learn the alphabet. After trying a few other resources, Hey Andrew is my favorite, and at just one work page a day, it is very easy and painless to add to our day. I would start an 11 yr old in the level 2 book. It teaches the alphabet at a faster pace than the level 1 book, but gives more attention to it than does the beginning of other programs (like Elementary Greek).

 

We use Elementary Greek after Hey Andrew 2. I got really confused in Hey Andrew 3. That was maybe just me and not a specific fault of the book though.

Edited July 28, 2016 by Ms.Ivy

[KrissiK]

One thing I loved about Codecrackers was the Greek Alphabet Song and the Diphthong Song. We kept singing those long after we were done with Codecrackers. You can still access the files with the password.