Just a quick note — Latin discussion at one of my homeschooling moms’ group and the question came up:
Why Latin? What are your end goals?
My answer:
My end goal was simple: for my kids to develop an appreciation for Latin since it’s where the Romance languages came from…
- So that, should they decide to learn any of those it would come easier to them. When we lived in Italy for a bit it was fun for them to learn Italian kasi many of the words were already familiar to them
- So they’re comfortable whenever they attend any Mass where Latin is spoken/sung
- So that if at some point they’d want to read any of the Latin documents of the Church they wouldn’t be intimidated and might even have fun with it
- For a better grasp of the English language and grammar
Beyond those, whatever they want to do with it. There are people in my kids’ circles who are Latin fanatics.
One of my daughter’s best friends was an atheist who used to compete in national Latin competitions. Side note, he is now an agnostic — rapidly becoming Christian in his thinking — and has even started reading St. Augustine. Pray for him!
Our family’s favorite Latin materials:
Lingua Angelica:
Latina Christiana:
Prima Latina:
Henle Latin:
500 Latin Verbs:
Minimus Latin (though this is NOT ecclesiastical Latin)
Our 14-year-old also used the course Visual Latin and enjoyed it.
The book that helped me to decide to include Latin in our homeschooling curriculum:
Climbing Parnassus
(For some reason my Amazon links are not showing up, so I’ve edited so you at least see the names of the books.)
7 Benefits Latin Offers Today’s Students
Oh, and lastly, my PERSONAL reason for incorporating Latin into our homeschool: I just LOVE botanical names! 😀
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