Here are the reasons why I want my kid, you, and your kids to know at least some Latin:
1. Up to 90% of multi-syllable words in English are of Latin origin. Latin will make our kids comfortable with long/important/scary words. They won't bat an eyelash when they hear 'ostentatious' or 'edifice.' Once they have learned the Latin verb 'scire' - 'to know,' they won't make mistakes spelling 'science'!
2. French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese – these are poor relatives of Latin. If you have some basic knowledge of Latin, all Romance languages are a piece of cake. I've never learned a word of Spanish, but I understand it quite well. Hurrah for ancient Romans!
This book teaches Latin the traditional way - in a highly non-traditional presentation. Every page is bursting with color and overflowing with funny illustrations, silly humor, surprise captions, and recurring Latin-speaking animal characters and Roman statues...
Sona si Latine logueris! (Honk if you speak Latin!) This is a book of English-to-Latin translation and sentence building exercises, an optional companion to the Latin for Kids textbook. It is the essential first step toward active use of Latin.
"My Dragon Speaks Latin - Draco Meus Latine Loquitur" is a 15-chapter companion reader to the "Latin for Kids" textbook. This light-hearted story is set in imperial Rome and on the banks of the Rhine where Roman legions wage war against Germanic tribes.
In this book I introduce the absolute beginner basics of Latin grammar and morphology that explain many features of English spelling. I also offer bits of conversational Latin (just for fun and bragging rights!) and some thematic study of Latin words whose roots produced lots of derivatives in English (body parts, food, house, nature, and personal qualities)
