15 years later & it's STILL working!!

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	• English from the Roots Up: Help for Reading, Writing, Spelling, and S.A.T. Scores: Greek Latin, Vol. 1 Joegil K. Lundquist Cune Press, 1998 - 125 pages average customer review:based on 14 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

One a day for good vocabulary

At the end of each of our homeschool opening times we would learn one word. I used this with my tenth, sixth, and third grader. I used no cards but would simply "flash" the word at them with my hand covering the answer. After we discussed each new word we'd go back to previous ones to review, everyone shouting out the answer if they knew it. Sometimes I'd let them be the teacher and I'd "play" along. My tenth grader claims she learned more valuable information from doing this for about seven minutes per day than she did from her Latin course. Ouch! Then there was the constant reinforcement almost daily as we would encounter these words in other subjects and life.

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Wish I had this

I homeschool and this is working great for my 3rd grader. I've stuck mostly with a 1 word/day schedule. The flash cards are so good, you almost don't need the manuel. Oh if only my motherly hadn't been lazy and did this for me!

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Great Resource!

I have purchased both volumes 1 and 2 and love them. We create word games for our children to help them learn Greek and Latin roots. The information these books have about the different roots is helpful and my children find it interesting. A must-have for homeschoolers!

15 years later & it's STILL working!!

We were homeschooling before it was 'vogue' and one of my first purchases was _English from the Roots Up_. Since I was so new & unsure of myself, I figured some sort of instruction of the basic language structures would be the way to go.....I wasn't disappointed! In the simplest of forms, a word or portion of a word is introduced, defined, and it's origin explained. The red or green border (or as my kids say 'red for roman, green for greek') causes a visual trigger that makes it easily remembered!

We've had two graduate with 'good - to - very good' SAT scores and both said they got through the grammar / language style questions with the knowledge they had solely gleaned from this book.

NOW - they've got the flashcards!! I must admit though - when I see the cards the eldest two made with their crude red or green outline, I kind of wish they hadn't come out with the cards!!

Anyway - a definite plus to a Classical homeschooler and I would highly recommend its purchase!

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