Foreign Language Resources for Homeschooling

Lively Latin

After years of teaching Latin to homeschooled students with existing curricula and doing a lot of adaptation, Catherine Drown decided it was time to create her own program for teaching Latin to students in the elementary grades.

There were a number of elements she decided were essential for her ideal program:

- Study of English derivatives so students "could use their Latin knowledge to become more articulate and attentive to meaning in their own language."
- History of Rome incorporated into the course with related activities such as maps, timelines, internet links, and review.
- Use of traditional methods for learning Latin—recitation, chanting, parsing, and translating, but with a bit more fun and variety than in other programs.
- An online component for students to play vocabulary games and connect with other students.
- A program that is easy for both parents and students to use—requires minimal preparation and presentation time from the teacher and allows students to do a great deal of their work independently.
- Assumes no prior Latin study by the parent.
- Allows you to choose either ecclesiastical or classical pronunciation.

All of this available at an affordable price without having to purchase extra components!
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