Over the last few days I’ve been dramatically reading stories to my kids in Attic Greek, translating after each sentence. So far, Cara has picked up the noun “ploion” (boat) and the verb “horao” (I see). Hmmm… it does make me wonder whether it’s worth introducing them to the language in a more consistent and thoughtful way. Ed Ball, at uni, suggested I should get them onto Latin first – but honestly, the eastern patristics are just so much more chic than the western patristics right now, so I’m sticking with Greek. Of course, I won’t force it – the kids are welcome to opt out of Greek when they turn 18…
Teaching 2 and 4 year olds the gospel Part Deux: Introducing Greek
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I started teaching my daughter the Greek and Hebrew alphabets when she was 2 (she’s 4 now) and she picked up both pretty quickly. However, with three more kids born since then, it’s been hard to keep it going. We do, however, have a small quilt hanging on the wall with the Hebrew alphabet on it, so I quiz her on it occassionally!
Hey that’s very cool… but yes, I can imagine this being something that will be hard to keep up!
If the British Empire has taught us nothing else, it’s that learning Latin and Greek from an early age constitutes a great education, and with these languages under one’s belt one can quite literally conquer the world. With Latin and Greek. Well… Latin, Greek, and guns. Since y’all live in Nottingham, I’m expecting great things.
Well I occasionally use pig-latin around the kids, so I guess that with the Greek, that makes them two-thirds of the way toward world domination!… nice