“Latin doesn’t feel like work!”
My 9 year old daughter just said that as she put The Critical Thinking Company’s “Word Roots” software in the computer. She went further, “it feels like a totally awesome computer game,” (okay, my daughter likes hyperbole, but still.)
This is what a parent loves to hear, a child diving into learning, knowing it’s learning, but loving it like a game. My daughter loves Indiana Jones, and this game helps her pretend she is an archaeologist, but she’s digging up words instead of treasures.
From the back of the CD box:
In the late 5th century A.D., many Roman cities are destroyed by earthquakes. The ruins are buried and lost for centuries. A brilliant archaeologist (your student) comes along and finds documents written in Latin that explain how to rebuild city. Your student must learn Latin word parts, assemble words from parts, and apply words in context in order to decode the documents and rebuild.
This is our first product from The Critical Thinking Co. and surely not our last.
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