First Form Latin: a good thing

[Old Dominion Heather]

A plug for Memoria Press and their new Latin coming out this summer/fall First Form. My son (9) is in the beta group.

 

We have gone into this from LCI and I am so pleased with it. There is a student text and separate student workbook. The workbook contains about 10-15 exercises for each lesson. There is a heavy emphasis on the grammar and less on the vocabulary, though ds is having no problems retaining the vocab.

 

We are completing one lesson a week. and will be working on it over the summer. Due to the amount of writing, I would say that it could only be used with grade 4 and up and only then if they are reading/writing VERY well, though they do suggest completing some of the workbook oraly if it is too much writing.

 

I am so pleased with this and can't wait for second form to come out. *I* finally understand the principal parts, and so does ds. :001_smile:

[5knights3maidens]

Ds is doing LC1 right now. He will be in 6th grade next year. So, should I skip the LC2 and use first form "first"? ;)

By the way, He loves latin!

[KIN]

Yes, MP recommends going from LCI to First Form if the student is in 4th or older. I will be moving my ds from LCI to First Form next fall.

[Old Dominion Heather]

KIN is correct. First Form would come next and is more rigorous, at least as far as the grammar is concerned.

[5knights3maidens]

Thanks so much!