Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes

[liftsboxes]

I'm going to be starting my two daughters on their Latin lessons this summer.  It's been a long time since I've done anything with the language, but I think it's valuable because it forms the basis of some many other languages and it helps to de-code the existing legal system.

Does anyone have recommendations for material?

[EthanLeeVita]

Is there a thing such as over-education? I mean a true education, not a statist brainwashing like you have today.

[liftsboxes]

Only in cases of paralysis by analysis ...

[Discipula]

How old are they? We use Latin for Children with our daughter. It's designed for 3rd graders and older, and we started when she was seven and starting 3rd grade. http://www.classicalacademicpress.com/
It's a great program. I don't have any previous Latin experience and I'm learning with it as well. My mother takes Latin for something having to do with her church and she wants this program to suppliment her own education. It's pretty lighthearted and has a good sense of humor. Definitely get the whole kit though, and not just the books.

[D Stewart]

Why, Kennedy's RLP of course... http://www.amazon.com/Kennedys-Revised-Primer-Benjamin-Kennedy/dp/0582362407

For generations it has been the pre-eminent text used by elementary school Latin dons everywhere.

[Kat Kanning]

Wheelock's Latin

http://www.quasillum.com/study/latinstudy.php

[Praeteridiot]

Didn't like Wheelock when I was in college (or the way any of the languages were taught at that school) but my high school had Jenny's Latin and I loved it:

http://www.amazon.com/Jenneys-First-Latin-Charles-Jenney/dp/0133193284/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259693124&sr=8-2