A Greek Hupogrammon: A Beginner's Copybook for the Greek Alphabet with Pronunciations

I just got the book today & had a look through it. My father was Greek and my sister & I were sent to Greek school for 1 yr after a summer in Greece to visit our Grandparents & other relatives. My father didn't speak Greek to us at home, which my sister & I truely regret, like other children with Greek parents. My mother, sister & I are Australian so we spoke English at home. I want to brush up on everythig we leared at Greek school andl earn to speak Greek fluently. I still remember some of what we learned and I can read Greek and am good with the pronounciation, albiet slowly. So far this book looks good. The only negative thing I have to say is that the pronounciation of a lot of the letters and words are wrong and are translated to be pronounced like an English person speaking Greek & not the true Greek pronounciation. This was disappointing.

I have been using this to teach my two sons (8 and 10)an intro to Greek this past year. We have loved it. They have really learned both the Greek letters and their sounds, along with what the breathers, dipthongs, etc sound like. They can now sound out most anything in Greek-not understand it yet, mind you, but sound it out. It is fairly self-teaching, but I stayed pretty hands-on, as I want to learn it as well. We used it along with Bluedorn's book "Alphabetarion," and while I wouldn't say it was absolutely necessary to learn with this book, it was very useful, especially as we got into the end of the book and wanted to be positive we were pronouncing things correctly.I highly recommend this as a "kindergarten" book for learning Greek. Just as kindergartners have to learn how to recognize and sound out letters before they can go on to read words with understanding, that is what this book will do for you.

The book was a gift for my 9-year-old nephew who wants to learn Greek. This book is a great beginner book.

My 7yr and 5yr old seriously do Greek in their free time over and above their scheduled lessons because they just love the layout of their workbooks. Best of all, Dad and I are also learning alongside them.

This is a perfect exercise book - the large format makes it easy to get the handle on the unfamiliar characters.

If you are planning on teaching your kids ancient Greek, this copybook will prove very useful. A Greek Hupogrammon is a consumable workbook that gives the beginning student generous practice in writing Ancient Greek words, marks, and sentences. Though designed to correspond with A Greek Alphabetarion (also by Harvey Bluedorn), the Hupogrammon is comprehensive enough to be used alone. However, the two books do compliment each other quite nicely, and the student would gain extra benefit by using them together.Each exercise in the Hupogrammon begins with an example of a capital and lowercase Greek letter with a corresponding scripture. The student then finds the letter in the sampling, practices writing the letter in a given chart, and concludes the lesson with underlying English letters that have the same sound as the practiced Greek letter. Greek letters are reviewed through a matching exercise, where the Greek phonetic spelling is paired with its corresponding English word. Also included is a section devoted to writing out verses of scripture in Greek (the English translation is conveniently provided).The material layout is organized, and the bold large type makes this non-threatening and student friendly.This format works! The Hupogrammon is a very practical way to enhance your child's Greek lessons. Your kids will find this type of copy work fresh, fun and challenging. My 10-year-old son is breezing through this and retaining what he's learning without difficulty. Ancient Greek has suddenly become his favorite subject-I never saw that coming!

I haven't read the book yet and won't purchase it unless i can see a bigger sample. The current sample needs to be increased to enable a prospective buyer to make a decision. One question i have about it is the phonetic spelling which the author uses.

I'll admit, that when I had first decided to teach my children Greek that I was very daunted by the thought of the task that lay before me. How would I do this? I know nothing about Greek! But after looking at A Greek Hupogrammon by Harvey Bluedorn, I feel much more confident...at peace even.This book is called 'A Beginner's Copybook for the Greek Alphabet', but truly that description does not do this book justice. In this book your child (and you!) will not only learn how to write the Greek alphabet, but you will learn so much more. You will also learn about marks, obsoletes, and and breathers. There is practice for the sounds of each letter, along with vowel combinations. Now before actually seeing this book, just the idea of markings and breathers would have had me nervous. But Mr. Bluedorn has done a phenominal work in the set up of this book. The lessons are done up well in bite sized chunks so as not to overwhelm, and there is review after each 4-6 lessons.The book is divided into three parts. Part 1 is learning each letter, how to pronouce and write it with reviews. Part 2 is where you'll learn about vowel combinations, diphthongs (proper and improper), and also with a review. Part 3 is called Chrestomathy where the student practices writing phrases in Greek, while learning how to do some beginning translation. The translation even gives numbers superscript to show the English 'word order'. I especially enjoyed learning the Greek number system...I had no idea they used the letters themselves in a certain order, very interesting! The book includes a full answer key in the back.I highly recommend this book, and will definitely be using it myself when I begin teaching my children (and myself!) beginning Greek. This book corresponds with A Greek Alphabetarion also by Harvey Bluedorn. However, it is also a comprehensive stand alone, or supplement to another beginner's Greek text.

This book is great for beginners and just what I needed. The book seller "House of Treasure" notified me with the tracking Information as soon as the book was sent and the Book arrived on my Birthday, which I didn't expect, but was a great surprise.