Very Young Learners
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Very Young Learners
I was curious if there are any Classical Greek textbooks designed for younger learners (below age 10)?
I am about to bring up a toddler in Japan and she will be able to read both the Roman and Japanese alphabets and speak English and Japanese fluently. I want to introduce both Latin and Greek into her extra-curricular studies and thought it best to begin with Greek so that there is less confusion with her English and Latin (seeing as they use the same alphabets).
I studied Greek and Latin at University but I doubt the textbooks I am familiar with will be appealing to her.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Many thanks,
Bronwen
I am about to bring up a toddler in Japan and she will be able to read both the Roman and Japanese alphabets and speak English and Japanese fluently. I want to introduce both Latin and Greek into her extra-curricular studies and thought it best to begin with Greek so that there is less confusion with her English and Latin (seeing as they use the same alphabets).
I studied Greek and Latin at University but I doubt the textbooks I am familiar with will be appealing to her.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Many thanks,
Bronwen
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What about attempting to speak Greek with her? 日本人?????ん?り?幼稚園?行??り?テレビを見?り??を??ら????ん?自分????るよ???る???????家?日本語??ゃ?る必?????も知れ?。??ら?家?英語?ギリシア語??ゃ?る?????ょ?? I believe Ancient Greek Alive has speaking exercises for 10 chapters and it contains some Arab folk tales which might be appealing to children. Morice's Stories in Attic Greek could also serve as bedtime reading.
Good Luck! If I ever have children I'd like to raise them in Greek as well, for the benefit of future parents, maybe you could keep a log? Thanks!
Good Luck! If I ever have children I'd like to raise them in Greek as well, for the benefit of future parents, maybe you could keep a log? Thanks!
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I think other users here have suggested W.H.D. Rouse, A Greek Boy at Home and Peckett and Munday, Thrasymachus, which are both reading-based texts. You can do a forum search for more comments on them.
IPHIGENIE: Kann uns zum Vaterland die Fremde werden?
ARKAS: Und dir ist fremd das Vaterland geworden.
IPHIGENIE: Das ist's, warum mein blutend Herz nicht heilt.
(Goethe, Iphigenie auf Tauris)
ARKAS: Und dir ist fremd das Vaterland geworden.
IPHIGENIE: Das ist's, warum mein blutend Herz nicht heilt.
(Goethe, Iphigenie auf Tauris)
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I still think an immersion based approach would be best for your toddler. Grammatical rules are still too abstract before age 9 at least. Even if you hadn't studied spoken Greek at college (who in the modern world has? ) you can work through the speaking exercises in Ancient Greek Alive or even Sprechen Sie Attisch if you know some German.
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There is a great Koine Greek program that would work well for children (it also works well for grownups) it's called Greek to Me by Lyle Story.
It uses pictures to help learn paradigms and vocab. The transition to Classical after studying Koine isn't too bad. I've learned to read Classical rather well, but Koine is still my strong suit.
--Matt
It uses pictures to help learn paradigms and vocab. The transition to Classical after studying Koine isn't too bad. I've learned to read Classical rather well, but Koine is still my strong suit.
--Matt
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Yes sort-of like that, I think.Kalissa wrote:Kinda like the read-along tapes I had when I was a kid?
Let the little one listen to the Audio track while offering the book to follow along with?
You might be interested to know also that William James Sidis taught himself Greek and Latin from a copy of one of Homer's works and the Civil Wars and with a "pony" translation in English when he was 4 years old.
http://www.sidis.net/Story5.htm