Author Topic: Teaching Latin to Children (Read 3798 times)

MaterDominici · « **on:** January 31, 2015, 01:37:55 PM »

Does anyone here teach Latin to their children?
At what age to you begin?
What books or program do you use?

We just attempted to start using a very basic program called Song School Latin, but the pronunciation is frequently inconsistent or incorrect.

Ladislaus · « **Reply #1 on:** January 31, 2015, 01:48:06 PM »

I haven't used this myself, but this seems to be very well reviewed on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0979505100/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0979505100&linkCode=as2&tag=httpwwwchanco-20

Cantarella · « **Reply #2 on:** January 31, 2015, 01:53:35 PM »

Prima Latina / Lingua Angelica / Latina Christiana

From Our Lady of Victory:
http://www.olvs.org/shopcart/InvList.aspx?a=33

Jaynek · « **Reply #3 on:** January 31, 2015, 01:55:39 PM »

I use Memoria Press Prima Latina starting at around 7, whenever they read English fluently. I am using it with my oldest grandson now.

It has pronunciation CDs but I don't use them. I don't like their accent.

I find it really helps to have the children learn their basic prayers in Latin. They can memorize them without a detailed understanding. Then, as we learn grammar and vocabulary, we go back over the prayers and see how it fits. Memoria Press is a Christian (though not explicitly Catholic) publisher so they introduce a lot of the prayer vocabulary.

This is the same thing that Cantarella linked to.

2Vermont · « **Reply #4 on:** January 31, 2015, 01:59:46 PM »

I'm actually thinking I might like to find a Latin class for myself.