home4school Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 I just can't see my boys sitting down to watch them. MUS was a big flop here just bc they didn't want to watch the lessons on TV. They do like TT for math, but don't really care for watching lessons on TV. Are they essential or just nice to have? Thanks! Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Well, I have girls, but they absolutely love the DVDs. It's what makes LFC so fun. The book alone is clear and logical--I have learned a lot from it. Here's what the DVD adds: For each chapter, 4 kids follow the chanting of the teenage daughter of the author. She chants a maxim, they repeat. She chants the grammar chant (say, present tense conjugation of sum, esse), they repeat. She chants the vocabulary list, they repeat. My dds like watching the kids. They laugh at the boys (no boys around here, so it's like observing a foreign species). The chanting portion takes a couple of minutes and we watch it every day. After the chant, Dr. Perrin does a grammar lesson that may be about 10 minutes long. I learn a lot from it--it helps me teach better. We watch that portion only on Mondays. Then after the lesson there is a silly segment at the end. The girls' favorite are the weeks they show "How the West Was Unus". They act out a continuing saga with little dolls and they intersperse Latin vocab. My kids make me fast forward to this every day. When the silly segment is not How the West Was Unus, it might be a segment introducing one of the chanting kids or someone doing something silly. LFC has been one of our top subjects this year and I think it is primarily due to the DVDs. We use SFC too and we were struggling with it until they came out with the DVD. So the DVDs are very much worth the expense to us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 I have the older set of DVDs. On that set the video teaching is less than 20 minutes and we would watch the DVD on Monday only. My ds enjoyed the DVD, it was short, and we only watched on Monday, the rest of the week we used the CD or simply chanted with him repeating after me. I found them to be essential for me as I had no Latin background. I needed the help with pronunciation and they way they did the chants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 I have the older set of DVDs. On that set the video teaching is less than 20 minutes and we would watch the DVD on Monday only. My ds enjoyed the DVD, it was short, and we only watched on Monday, the rest of the week we used the CD or simply chanted with him repeating after me. I found them to be essential for me as I had no Latin background. I needed the help with pronunciation and they way they did the chants. :iagree: Hearing how they chant the chants helps to make the chants stick in your mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karenciavo Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 My boys hated the LFC dvds and we ditched them 1/2 way through Primer A, we did fine without them for the remainder of A, B, & C. The thing is that they sell the audio cd with the dvd only, :glare: I like having the audio. I bought the dvd for B just for the audio and for Primer C we went without both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
home4school Posted May 20, 2009 Author Share Posted May 20, 2009 Thank you! I wish they had a sampler DVD to try before you buy, bc I just don't know if my 2 will watch it or balk. They're 10 & 12, you know, and just to cool for many things now.:glare: Maybe I need to keep looking for Latin programs.:( We tried Lively Latin, which they did enjoy, but only made it halfway thru. I couldn't keep up with the printing and copying. I am soooo tired of printing and copying. I like the looks of LfC, especially since there are real books. Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissa123 Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 My daughter loved the LfC Primer A DVDs (the revised ones.) We're using Primer B this year, but she still goes back and watches "How the West was Unus" from the Primer A DVDs. I e-mailed CAP about their plan to revise B&C - per customer service, they're hoping to have revised chant CDs (YAY!), but not revised DVDs (which is okay.) For B&C, the chant CDs currently have the vocabulary, but not the weekly chant. Unfortunately, my 40+ brain needs to hear the chant over and over again...The chant is on the DVD, but it would be so much easier to have it on the CD. Just thought I'd share that for anyone who might opt not to get the DVD/CD set because the CDs weren't quite the same as Primer A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karenciavo Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Why not print out all of LL and get it bound at Staples or some other office supply store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Thank you! I wish they had a sampler DVD to try before you buy, bc I just don't know if my 2 will watch it or balk. They're 10 & 12, you know, and just to cool for many things now.:glare: Maybe I need to keep looking for Latin programs.:( We tried Lively Latin, which they did enjoy, but only made it halfway thru. I couldn't keep up with the printing and copying. I am soooo tired of printing and copying. I like the looks of LfC, especially since there are real books. Kim I sent you a PM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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