Story 1

 I have begun to write a few little stories in Greek. 

The children also have written a few sentences of their own. I have found that they want to use their newly learned vocabulary words and making little stories is a great way to do that. Vocabulary is quickly learned this way. 

Story 1 

I will probably break this story into smaller sections and update this post later.

Reading Exercises

I made a large print version of 1 John 1:5-6. I  underlined the dipthongs ( 2 letters that make one sound) because it is at first hard to see diphthongs. 

We are taking turns reading the passage at the meal table. We have been slowing sounding out the word, a letter or diphthong at a time. We have a go at making the syllables and then the word. When we learn to read English we have the advantage of recognising the word because it is already in our spoken vocabulary not so in Greek. But by listening to the recording on the Mounce CD Rom, the words are becoming more familiar. Ds 10 years will stagger through the sounding out of the longer words and then  he recognises the word from listening to the CD and then is able to say it fluently.

We are almost ready to move on the the next few verses in the reading exercise. It is getting easier

I am letting the pace be set by my youngest student ds10. Ds12, Dd 13 and Ds14 are also learning as well as their mother!

I found this today!

The beginning of a resource for kids learning Koine Greek using Mounce !!! Wow!  Dr. Bill Mounce himself is writing the website with Ed Taylor. Looks like I have been reinventing the wheel.

 

However at the end of first lesson I found this invitation

“At the end of every lesson we will have a page like this one. If you have created a user account, you will be able to leave your ideas, add to the comments of others, etc. If you are familiar with the concept, this is a “Wiki” page (much like Wikipedia uses). Please share your insights with others. This is a great way to build a community around our mission. Thanks. And please include your name at the end of the idea.”

I am excited about an online community. Perhaps something I am doing will be helpful to others I am excited about many home education families encouraging each other to learn Koine Greek. 

At the moment I am having trouble logging into the Kids’ Greek site

Transliteration

It is essential to learn the Greek alphabet well.  Wenham  uses transliteration to help master the Greek alphabet.  We have been using transliteration exercises, here is an example and another.  I am  making these exercises using the 1 John 1:5-2:5 passage from Chapter 4 of Mounce.  

This will help to prepare us for the reading exercise on the CD Rom. You can make your own from the website below which has the Greek Bible transliterated. http://www.bibledbdata.org/onlinebibles/greek_translit/

If you don’t have a Greek Bible  to check your answers , there is one online : http://www.greekbible.com/index.php

I added my own little conventions (underlining digraphs and dipthongs and  including the breathers). I made a transliteration chart. Not all the children enjoyed the exercise, one of them writing in Greek letters a message to me in English (another transliteration) about how he did not like the exercise.  I guess it worked! I think his frustation was that when he put the lesson into Greek letters he still could not read it. Another option would be write something in English using Greek letters.

Welcome and the Alphabet

My children  and I are learning Koine Greek using  Mounce. We also have a number of other books and resources (I’ll mention them as I go).

Some printable sheets I have made to help my children learn the Koine Greek Alphabet. (updated  20/4/09)

 If they also learn to write the name of the Greek letters ( on the sheets) they will learn the Greek capitals and also they can practice sounding out Greek words reinforcing the letters sounds.