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March 17, 2008
Greek!
We've finally taken the plunge, and have started learning Greek.
My wishes are to teach the boys Attic and/or Homeric Greek. However, I've bombed out in my Homeric Greek course. And after a great deal of thought, I figured that it's better to use the easy Koine course I can buy, than the difficult Attic or Homeric course I'd have to work out myself. And so, we have started Elementary Greek.
For those of you who are considering Greek but are afraid, be of good cheer: Elementary Greek is easy. The lessons are short. Very short. Which is good. So I can give my kids very short lessons in Greek, and feel that we're doing Greek. I'm totally fine with that.
The downside is that all in all, the program is a bit dull, on the same level as Latina Christiana: It's mostly vocabulary and grammar, with little translation. I would prefer something more on the lines of Galore Park's Latin Prep series, but no such thing exists. Galore Park is working on a Greek program, but it will not be available in the near future. So.
The other downside, from our perspective, is that Elementary Greek specifically teaches you to read the Bible. All the memory work is Biblical. That's fine, I want my children to be familiar with the Bible. However, alongside the Bible verses, I think we're going to learn some of these. Look at that list. There are 147 of them. Ten Commandments are certainly easier to remember.
And hey! We're learning Greek!
Posted by lynx at March 17, 2008 10:25 PM
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I've been thinking of using this: http://www.classicalacademicpress.com/gfc_primers.html
but I only just realized it's Koine. I really want to use classical Latin & Greek with the boys (you know, in 5 years), as opposed to Ecclesiastical/Koine. But if you're ok with the latter, maybe it would be more interesting?
Posted by: McMama at March 18, 2008 11:03 AM