Davidius
Puritan Board Post-Graduate
I know a few families who are trying to incorporate Latin into their children's homeschool education but none of them seem to be doing a very good job. This may be because the parents don't read Latin but it may also be because the textbooks they're using seem pretty terrible (to me at least). How many of you who homeschool your children are incorporating Latin and how effective have you found it to be? Which textbooks do you use?
When I read about men in the Reformation and post-Reformation era, the studying they did at home and how much they were able to learn (Jonathan Edwards was doing well with both Greek and Latin at age 7) it seems to me that homeschooled Christian children these days are lagging behind what they have the capacity to do even though they do better than children in the public schools. I'm just curious to know what others' experiences have been because I would like begin considering these things before I have children and implement my own homeschool cirriculum.
Also, speaking of textbooks, does anyone use Latin in the Christian Trivium? I've only looked through it on Amazon but it seems better than others I've seen.
When I read about men in the Reformation and post-Reformation era, the studying they did at home and how much they were able to learn (Jonathan Edwards was doing well with both Greek and Latin at age 7) it seems to me that homeschooled Christian children these days are lagging behind what they have the capacity to do even though they do better than children in the public schools. I'm just curious to know what others' experiences have been because I would like begin considering these things before I have children and implement my own homeschool cirriculum.
Also, speaking of textbooks, does anyone use Latin in the Christian Trivium? I've only looked through it on Amazon but it seems better than others I've seen.