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Willa, Cleo, anyone?
We have Greek and Latin roots, and just started Latina Christiana II.
Has anyone found/used/loved a Greek program/course? I've heard good things about Elementary Greek but would love to hear 4Realers' opinions....
Thanks!
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I just want to tell you about the 2 greek programs I have bought. I am not sure what age level you are looking at...
Hey Andrew Teach me some Greek--we got the St. John's Gospel copybook and also the workbook/worktext. The work text was pretty slow (copy the alphabet).
I love the St. John copybook though, because you are getting letter practice, translation practice and you feel like you are doing some REAL WORK. I'd recommend this for any age (with reading and writing fluency) learning greek.
I also got Basic Greek in 30 minutes a day, it is okay, not easy on the eyes. Does not give a ton of explanation
I'd be very interested in hearing about these other programs, since I'm looking for something different for me and my kids.
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Thank you! I'll post again when I decide...
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I read around and decided on Elementary Greek because so many people said that Hey Andrew! went rather slowly. I have not yet got it though, so I can't tell, but perhaps the Latin Classical Ed Yahoo list might have some opinions!
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I'm going to combine Elementary Greek with Hey Andrew. My oldest dd (11)is half way through EG and we have to go back and review the alphabet a lot more than I expected. So for my other children I am going to start them in Hey Andrew, and I'm thinking the second book since the first one moves too slow and then work through both series. Someone from TWTM board suggested this. I also like the looks of the St John copybook. For my 6 yodd and 8 yods I am going to have them start memorizing the Gospel of John in English so they can start the copybook in next year (or however long it takes them to memorize it.
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We use Elementary Greek
www.OpenTexture.com
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Classical Academic Press, the same folks who do Latin for Children, are coming out with a Greek for Children program. It's supposed to be released sometime this fall.
I'm curious as to how this compares to Elementary Greek (Open Texture). So far, I've liked Elementary Greek better than Hey, Andrew. I'm just curious how Elementary Greek and Greek for Children would compare.
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You can start Hey Andrew on the third book, I think... at least that's where my 13 yo started. He had a short course earlier with Basic Greek in 30 Minutes.
With my other child, age 10, I put him in Book One because I thought it would double as handwriting/fine motor control in a fun way -- he's bright but still has trouble with the fine motor.
I liked Basic Greek -- my older child used it too. It was a bit difficult to do independently.... I usually had to help the two who used it get through it.
I haven't seen Elementary Greek. Is it this Open Texture one? Pricey...yikes.. I guess Hey Andrew is too, once you've worked through all the books.
The other two I have a bit of experience with are Machen's New Testament -- my oldest used this in junior and senior year. Very good but basic, no frills or concessions to the modern attention span -- sort of like Harvey's Grammar.
And Mounce -- which is the standard for Protestant seminaries... my brother used it and my father is using it now. It's designed for college level but a highschooler could probably use it.
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I saw that someone suggested Greek for Children. I just wanted to say that while I have't seen or used it, we just finished our first chapter of Latin for children and LOVED it. When we move on to Greek, I can't imagine we'd use anything else!
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We use Athenaze! which is published by Oxford University Press. There is a textbook, workbook and we use the Oxford Grammar of Classical Greek. We started Greek in Jr. High age range, along with Logic.
It's a challenging program, but my oldest is hoping to go to school abroad (either Cambs or Oxford) for Biblical Archaeology and wanted a rigorous program. Classical Greek is very useful for Biblical studies.
I'd love to preview "Hey Andrew". It seems like a very popular choice.
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