English from the Roots Up, Vol. 1: Help for Reading, Writing, Spelling, and S.A.T. Scores

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.

Several months ago I purchased Volumes 1 and 2 of Joegil Lundquist's English from the Roots Up. Since then my son and I have been studying Volume 1 at home. In using this book, we find that learning word roots greatly increases the number of new vocabulary words we can learn in a given period of time. In the book, roots are presented individually along with many example words and a wealth of information about them. This makes for a fascinating study, bringing the words to life as we learn how they were used in the past. There are notes for the teacher on every page. These are written a personable style allowing us to imagine that Mrs. Lundquist, herself, is right with us, sharing her vast knowledge of history and the roots of the English language. You get the feeling she really cares about her readers and how they look at things as they learn. In a week's time we are able to cover two or three new roots and find it satisfying to note how rapidly our ability to decipher new words multiplies with every page we turn. Volume 2 is a continuation of Volume 1, packed with additional, interesting tidbits of information and suggested related activities. I wholeheartedly recommend this series for young and old alike. For us it has been money and time well spent.

this book has 100 greek and latin words(together) Each root has a list of words that us kids will know, for example, the word video visum( means see) has the word television (machine for seeing things that are far away) and other words that we under stand, it will stick because whenever they hear the word television, they will probally remember the words video visum. it's easy and fun. just write the words on index cards and you kid could learn greek and latin in no time(oh and it's supposed to help for reading, writing, spelling and SAT scores)

My daughter's school used this book to teach Latin and Greek roots to third graders. On a comprehensive exam at the end of the school year, my daughter correctly matched all 100 Latin and Greek roots to their English meanings, and was able to provide English words derived from 70 of these roots. She seemed to enjoy learning Latin and Greek during the year, and even looked forward to taking the weekly tests. She has even used this knowledge to figure out the meanings of new words outside of class. I have never looked through the book itself, but my daughter enjoyed the program and the results were successful. What more can you ask for?

This book truly does help reading, writing, spelling and S. A. T. scores! And, you have fun in the process! I have homeschooled for 6 years. We have thoroughly enjoyed learning about the origins of our English language. The author is very knowledgeable and convinces you that you can be successful with this program! My daughter especially liked making the flash cards to go along with the curriculum.