Friday, January 22, 2016

Age range of readers and workbooks. And what about Digging Deeper?

Question of the day:

What age range is suggested for the Olim, Once Upon a Time in Latin readers and workbooks?
Suggested for grades 2 - 6+
And what about the Digging Deeper sections in the workbook?
Suggested for grades 4+, might need help from mom.

More details:  These Latin readers were written with young children in mind.  Children as young as 2nd grade will enjoy and benefit from the Latin presented in these fun stories.  If a child is a good reader, they can enjoy them by themselves but reading as a group or even with one other person adds to the fun.  We have found that children through the 6th grade love to read and re-read the stories.

The readers can be used without the workbooks but why would you want to miss out on the extra learning experiences: translating Latin to English, English to Latin, matching  Latin words to meanings, filling in the blanks, doing word searches?

Digging Deeper sections teach deeper and more detailed grammar.  You can skip these all together if the child and/or you aren't ready.  But think of the adventure of trying them.  If you decide to skip them, you can always go back later if you want to.  It will be like doing the workbook over with new ideas!  The Digging Deeper sections will likely need a mom's help though some 4th, 5th, or 6th grader might just surprise you!

Have fun.  Please let me know what fun you are having.
Here are some ideas:  We have acted out the stories making our kitchen table the house that the little pig built.  Can you imagine what fun it is to hear your child, as the wolf, proclaim: "Volo Intrare" "I want to come in".
Read them over and over for more retention.  Sometimes we just read, sometimes we translate a sentence as we go.  Sometimes I have them look for a certain word.
Grammar idea:  Have them look for the subject and underline it once.  Make sure they are finding the right word.  You can ask them "What or who is doing the action?"
Have them look for the verb (remember that often the verb is at the end of the sentence in Latin).  Make sure they have found the right word and then have them underline it twice.  You can ask them "What is the subject doing?"

Talk with you soon.
m.e.

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