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I know somebody who used this book and said it was great:

I recommend that you start a couple of weeks earlier to be more advanced and be able to offer guidance to your child.

Also, I highly recommend finding a list of famous Latin expressions and using them as an entry point into the language. They usually have a little story attached to them that you can explore and play out.

For instance, quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi can give tons of material for debate and sharing of stories. You can play it with toys, you can do all sorts of things.

It feels like there’s an influx of polyglots on the blog, which is a welcome development.

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    Avi

    Learning Latin at an early age is an excellent idea. The language is as challenging as chess-playing and once your child has reached basic proficiency there are lots of free materials available on the Internet.

    The Minimus book is a fantastic resource for children. Cambridge University Press has a wealth of textbooks for later levels: The Cambridge Latin Course is a four-level course leading to full proficiency in the language and is we one used in my school.

    It is worth investigating UK-based home-schooling web-sites because Latin is still a compulsory subject for children (8 to 11) wanting to sit the competitive entrance exam for prep schools leading to Public Schools which, in England, is what they call the top private schools in the country – a very select club of around 125 schools.

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    Anonymous

    Thank you both for this!

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    We use Song School Latin from Classical Academic Press for our intro to Latin. The kids like the short videos and songs. We found a book at the library that had nursery rhymes and short fairy tales that we used to practice translation. A good Latin/English dictionary is key for the adult.

    My knowledge of Latin is limited to church phrases and studying Greek and Latin roots with the English derivatives (which I also highly recommend for understanding vocabulary and spelling). There are a number of programs available now.

    My older kids have now surpassed me as they head into high school and no longer require my regular assistance but learning alongside them in the earlier years wasn’t too challenging.

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