(To Learn Through Teaching)
Latin ~ One of the foundations of a Classical Education. Sounds scary, doesn't it? And yet it is one of my favorite subjects. Yes, I realize we are learning very elementary Latin, but we are LEARNING LATIN. Even Leif has memorized full prayers in Latin.
Prima Latina is a program designed for early elementary students, and very simple to teach, even for an adult with no Latin background. In just one year, we are covering:
- Recognizing English and Latin Verbs
- Invisible Verbs
- Nouns, Proper Nouns, & Pronouns
- Prepositions
- Adjectives
- Adverbs
- To Be Verbs
- Present and Future Tenses
- First Conjugation
- First Declension
- 125 Latin Vocabulary Words
- Approx. 150 Latin Derivatives
- 25 Latin Sayings
- 4 Latin Prayers
- 4 Latin Hymns
- 12 Constellations
- Latin Numbers 1-10
Or why teach Latin to elementary students? Read here.
I am enjoying learning the Latin phrases (mea culpa, quo vadis, stupor mundi), and I recently came across a very fun (and long) list of Latin quotes and phrases. I'll have to memorize some of these, such as:
Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium.
(Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence. ~Seneca)
(Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence. ~Seneca)
Or possibly some of the more light-hearted translations:
Luke sum ipse patrem te.
( Luke, I am your father.)
( Luke, I am your father.)
OR
Aspice, officio fungeris sine spe honoris amplioris.
( Face it, you're stuck in a dead end job.)
( Face it, you're stuck in a dead end job.)
See, Latin is fun.
Salve Heidi,
ReplyDeleteQuid agis?
We're learning it this year too! I looked at Prima Latina and was a little intimidated, in part because I had a 3 year old son (now 4) who would be right there with us. I went with Song School Latin and we all love it, especially my younger boy. I will be using Prima Latina in the fall (because now I'm not intimidated!). We listen and practice at the dinner table. So much fun.
Vale,
Celia
This is a great post Heidi! Goodum Luckum!
ReplyDeleteI like "ancora imparo" :)
ReplyDeleteI see this series on our horizon, but we've already established it's iimportance. In Apologia Science, we've learned that all animals have a scientific name in Latin, ? Why because the language is dead and doesn't suffer changes from modern usage. My son loves to say 'Kingdom Animalia'... love... Latin! Amas, Amat, Amos! (that's all I remember from highschool Latin...)
ReplyDeleteAny websites for kids?
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