Re: Powerglide for Children (Classical Sources Message Board)

Re: Powerglide for Children
Author: Penny	April 17, 2000 at 00:19:40
in reply to: New here & to the Classical Approach. I have several questions for all you veterans!* posted by RobinS. on April 15, 2000 at 10:55:13*

>. I had thought about Power-Glides' Series for young children in Latin. Any comments, pro or con?
> I'm so glad I finally found this forum! Where have you all been all my life???? (heehee).
>
> Thank-you for your input.
>
> Blessings, RobinS.

Hi RobinS,

I took 4 years of Latin in highschool. Fortunately there are many wonderful programs on the market. There are two types of Latin programs on the market, inductive (parts to whole) and deductive (whole to parts) programs. Inductive programs help a child learn Latin from memorizing many translation examples so children can begin to see the language patterns for themselves. Powerglide for Children, and Rosetta Stone (a modern language program) are inductive programs. We have used both the Powerglide Latin for Children and the Rosetta for beginning Chinese and French. The advantage of the inductive programs is that the Grammar stage child does not need to know the details of English Grammar to use them. They try to teach the language by a kind of immersion into the language. Remember no one teachs a 3 yr old grammar to speak English. They learn inductively. In the adult version of Powerglide I was told they eventually do teach the Latin grammar. A deductive program like Matin Latin or Wheelock, which I have looked at, but not yet used teachs more English grammar rules as it relates to Latin. Then your translate based on the rules. It was not unusual for the early forefathers of this country Washington, and John Quincy Adams to go to a Latin school and used the deductive method. But in those days children already knew how to read and were probably already in the Logic/dialectic stage. It appears that the deductive method is well established in classical education. Thus, if a child knows English grammar he could use a deductive method. But there are many factors in choosing a Latin program. If you do a search of this site or Well Trained Mind Discussion on Onelist you will get tons of information. My 9 yr old daughter liked Powerglide Latin for Children because it was fun. The translation is combined with an adventure story. She is a very auditory learner and she did it in 5 weeks. She picked up a lot of vocabulary. I did not need to coach her in this program. We will probably do Matin Latin 1 and 2 next because she does Shurley Grammar. We will finish with Powerglide the adult version because she really likes their format. She says its fun. Unfortunately Powerglide is expensive $85-$120 but you can sometimes find it used on vegsource.org. You may e-mail me for more details.
Sincerely,
Penny Andrukat

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> >. I had thought about Power-Glides' Series for young children in Latin. Any comments, pro or con? > > I'm so glad I finally found this forum! Where have you all been all my life???? (heehee). > > > > Thank-you for your input. > > > > Blessings, RobinS. > > Hi RobinS, > > I took 4 years of Latin in highschool. Fortunately there are many wonderful programs on the market. There are two types of Latin programs on the market, inductive (parts to whole) and deductive (whole to parts) programs. Inductive programs help a child learn Latin from memorizing many translation examples so children can begin to see the language patterns for themselves. Powerglide for Children, and Rosetta Stone (a modern language program) are inductive programs. We have used both the Powerglide Latin for Children and the Rosetta for beginning Chinese and French. The advantage of the inductive programs is that the Grammar stage child does not need to know the details of English Grammar to use them. They try to teach the language by a kind of immersion into the language. Remember no one teachs a 3 yr old grammar to speak English. They learn inductively. In the adult version of Powerglide I was told they eventually do teach the Latin grammar. A deductive program like Matin Latin or Wheelock, which I have looked at, but not yet used teachs more English grammar rules as it relates to Latin. Then your translate based on the rules. It was not unusual for the early forefathers of this country Washington, and John Quincy Adams to go to a Latin school and used the deductive method. But in those days children already knew how to read and were probably already in the Logic/dialectic stage. It appears that the deductive method is well established in classical education. Thus, if a child knows English grammar he could use a deductive method. But there are many factors in choosing a Latin program. If you do a search of this site or Well Trained Mind Discussion on Onelist you will get tons of information. My 9 yr old daughter liked Powerglide Latin for Children because it was fun. The translation is combined with an adventure story. She is a very auditory learner and she did it in 5 weeks. She picked up a lot of vocabulary. I did not need to coach her in this program. We will probably do Matin Latin 1 and 2 next because she does Shurley Grammar. We will finish with Powerglide the adult version because she really likes their format. She says its fun. Unfortunately Powerglide is expensive $85-$120 but you can sometimes find it used on vegsource.org. You may e-mail me for more details. > Sincerely, > Penny Andrukat
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