Latín para niños, clase semestral: niveles combinados de latín 3 y 4 (de 9 a 13 años)

This is far from a typical Latin class! The kids welcome learning at a natural, gradual, comfortable pace. They make the Latin language relevant to their daily lives and make numerous connections with English. Options exist to incorporate writing, art, and drama. And they enjoy age-appropriate humor to help make Latin grammar and vocabulary their own.

In this highly interactive semester class, learners will continue speaking using classical pronunciation and writing the ancient language of Latin. This is a fourteen-week class that meets twice per week. It builds onto my "Latin for Kids, Semester Class—Combined Latin Levels 1 and 2 (Ages 9 To 13)."

Through lively discussions, vocabulary lists I will provide, visuals, optional note taking and creating drawings, and imitating my speaking, students will create and translate sentences relevant to their everyday world—many of them funny. Because about 60% of English has Latin in it, the kids will also see how roots from Latin words in class connect with many English words they already know, plus they will increase their English vocabularies. 

The material will include nouns, verbs, adjectives, prepositions, four noun cases, three noun declensions, imperatives (commands), verbs in the present tense plus an introduction to the imperfect past tense, and a few high-frequency words. Each day, the learners will have ongoing opportunities to speak and write Latin sentences, as well as to demonstrate learning through optional product or project possibilities according to interest and learning styles! 

I will provide each learner printable material consisting of vocabulary, some in flashcard format for optional independent review. There will be numerous opportunities for optional homework plus informal assessment throughout.

In addition to increasing Latin vocabulary and working with Latin roots in English, here are specifics on what students will do each week (depending on overall learner readiness and the flow of class from week to week). They also will have an ongoing opportunity to create examples of their growing mastery in the form of optional oral, written, visual, and/or kinesthetic products:

I look forward to seeing you!