When I took Latin in high school, I just loved it (ok, I’m a Latin geek) because it was like a wonderful puzzle that allowed me to chip away at the English language. With each new piece of vocabulary, I was gaining a key to the kingdom, so to speak, for my own language. Each Latin root word provided me with exponentially more English vocabulary. In a nutshell, that experience served me well. As a teacher, I have tried to pass it along to my students and to my own kids.

I created this graphic organizer for folks to use with their kids. I’ll be using it with my 9 year old this summer (or sooner). It will be available as part of my free summer e-course, coming soon!

- Heather

PS – I just edited this blog entry to include a link to the .pdf version of the Word Genealogy Tree graphic organizer – hope it helps!