Teach your kids Latin! (why? see my classical education references)
Here you may read what's working for us -- how I use Latina Christiana from Memoria Press with a third/fourth grader (who learned the roots in English From the Roots Up in second grade).
| Latin Curriculum Reviews (which are my personal opinions, only) |
| Tips for Self-teaching Latin |
Each LC lesson lasts 5 days, divided as follows:
| Day 1: Student copies saying, vocabulary, and grammar forms onto lined paper for notebook. Written drill of all forms learned to date. |
| Day 2: Introduce grammar portion of lesson. Dictation of lesson from Latin to English. |
| Day 3: Review and reinforce grammar. Derivative work (I make my own multiple choice worksheets). |
| Day 4: Oral cumulative review. LC worksheet. |
| Day 5: Go over anything that caused trouble in oral review. Do cumulative review worksheet (made by me). |
| Thursdays: Student reviews independently with CD, copies the lesson onto CD exercise forms, and practices all vocabulary cards. |
Daily Routine:
| "Oremus." Recite the Pater Noster and the Table Blessing. |
| Chant all grammar forms learned to date. |
| Drill current vocabulary. |
| Drill English grammar concepts of first, second, third person, singular and plural (as needed) |
| Lesson work. |
| Student drills vocabulary and forms independently (10 minutes). |