Does everybody still teaches Latin? If yes, at what grade do you start teaching Latin? I've read in some articles that you should start teaching Latin from 1st grade. Input & advice appreciated..

My daughter is still 4, so I'll have time ...

thanks, Ina

We started Prima Latina last year. My sons are 9 and 7. They loved it and would get upset if we didn't "have Latin".

I teach Latin in the 7th - 9th grades using Latin Road to English Grammar.

I tried Latina Christiana when my boys were 3rd, then 4th, then 5th... We just never made much headway. I finally decided that 1) I needed to learn Latin myself and 2) time in the younger grades was better spent on English grammar, spelling, penmanship, arithmetic, reading, etc.

I know plenty of people advocate starting earlier, but we have made more progress by waiting.

My $.02.

Blessings,

I tried Prima Latina in 1st & didn't have much success. Tried it again in 2nd & my son sailed right through. This year I have him (now in 3rd grade) and my 5th grader finishing up LCI. My 7th grader is about half-way through Henle Latin I and I really struggle to stay up with him. LCI & II both required almost nothing from me, and I don't have any Latin background.

Latin really is fun - in a wierd kind of way.

Thanks everybody for the input. Ina

And no, everybody doesn't teach Latin. We're teaching Spanish to two of the kids, and German to the other.

My oldest is in third grade, and is language-gifted, so I bought Prima Latina for him, and we're doing it orally together. His face really lights up when I bring out the books.

I wouldn't start this young with a child that didn't enjoy it. I'd do a grammar/Latin program when he or she was in fifth or sixth grade.

Peace--
Julie in AZ

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Originally posted by mamacarr:
Does everybody still teaches Latin? If yes, at what grade do you start teaching Latin?

We started with my dd when she was 8, but my son is starting at 10.

For my dd we used 2 years of Latin for Children, and now we're almost finished with the first year of Latin Prep. For my son, we're going to use Lively Latin, and it looks great. I'd have used it with my dd if it had been available 3 years ago.

http://livelylatin.com/

If you started it when you begin Year 1 again (4th grade?) it would mesh well.

we've tried a few times but it always falls to the side.
Lisa

My daughters have finished Prima Latina and Latina Christiana Levels I and II taught on DVD by Leigh Lowe. They could do it pretty independently although I took Latin in High School (40 yrs.ago LOL)and could help when needed. They are now in 5th and 7th and we just started Wheelock's Latin. It is more challenging particularly the pace so we do one lesson over 2 weeks. After my oldest graduated from Spelling Power last year I had her start Vocabulary from Classical Roots which includes Latin and Greek. For SAT prep there's nothing like a strong foundation in Latin.

We've been doing Latin for the whole of our homeschooling - 10 years and more. I'm not sure how we'd do a good education without it! It helps solidify the English grammar we're learning, it expands vocabulary tremendously, it helps my boys think in logical, linear ways (memorizing the declensions and conjugations really helps with that!) and gives them a real sense of accomplishment as they're able to actually read stories in Latin. We started with Latina Christiana, took it slow and easy for the first few years, and have moved on to Henle.