Regarding the Dorothy Sayers stages of learning model, while it may not be the traditional model of classical education, would you agree that per subject it makes sense to begin with memorizing basic facts, then learn the relations between those facts to reveal systems, and then learn to express and create with the mastery gained? I believe this is the model you use for Latin instruction, which begins with memorization of basic forms and rules, then application of those forms in translation exercises, and finally to fluent reading of original Latin texts. Am I correct?
Does Memoria Press have a curriculum that uses Greek instead of Latin? I love what I am hearing but I would be more interested interested in teaching my son koine so he can read the New Testament and Septuagint.
We do have a Greek program that follows the same grammar first approach as First Form Latin. www.memoriapress.com/curriculum/greek/ We typically start Latin in 2nd or 3rd grade and Greek in 7th. We are using Latin to teach grammar and vocabulary in the younger grades. Greek offers many of the same benefits as Latin, but the Greek alphabet adds another layer of complexity that slows down young students.
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Regarding the Dorothy Sayers stages of learning model, while it may not be the traditional model of classical education, would you agree that per subject it makes sense to begin with memorizing basic facts, then learn the relations between those facts to reveal systems, and then learn to express and create with the mastery gained? I believe this is the model you use for Latin instruction, which begins with memorization of basic forms and rules, then application of those forms in translation exercises, and finally to fluent reading of original Latin texts. Am I correct?
Does Memoria Press have a curriculum that uses Greek instead of Latin? I love what I am hearing but I would be more interested interested in teaching my son koine so he can read the New Testament and Septuagint.
We do have a Greek program that follows the same grammar first approach as First Form Latin. www.memoriapress.com/curriculum/greek/
We typically start Latin in 2nd or 3rd grade and Greek in 7th. We are using Latin to teach grammar and vocabulary in the younger grades. Greek offers many of the same benefits as Latin, but the Greek alphabet adds another layer of complexity that slows down young students.