What if Latin were his primary language?

Patrick, looking at John (the 6 week old), asked me this morning, "What if I taught him Latin now? What if Latin were his primary language? Then it would be really easy for him to learn other languages."

It made me laugh, but Patrick had a point. Learning languages early helps you retain them, right? So what if I start folding the younger kids in with the older ones during their language study time? Maybe we'll try it. Mostly though, I was entertained that Patrick spends time thinking about what it would be like to teach his baby brother Latin.

We're lucky this year to finally have friends for whom Spanish is their primary language. Sure, it means that James comes to me and says, "My friend taught me a bad word in Spanish," but I'm hoping that they'll learn some regular words too.

Here are the sites/resources that we use for language learning:

www.classicalacademicpress.com

http://www.headventureland.com/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/