PentecostalMom Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 My 11yo dd (currently 5th) would like to start Latin. This will be her first year in a foreign language. She prefers a video component in addition to text, audio, etc. I am considering Latin for Children, any other suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3girls4me Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Visual Latin!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue plaid Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 My fifth grader and I are doing Visual Latin together. Only 6 weeks in, but so far we both really like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PentecostalMom Posted April 23, 2017 Author Share Posted April 23, 2017 Visual Latin!! My fifth grader and I are doing Visual Latin together. Only 6 weeks in, but so far we both really like it! I read a review on this that said it was a little heavy for 5th grade, and that if you "missed a day" you would be lost. We school four days a week, pretty much year-round. How is this working for you? I read the review on my phone. If I can find it, I will post the link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue plaid Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 We just finished Lesson/Week 9 and are still very happy. My kids do an enrichment program one day a week so we are only doing it four days a week and it hasn't been a problem at all for us. I imagine in the next few weeks the cumulative effect of all of the things we are learning will ramp up the difficulty; we shall see. My fifth grader did Junior Analytical grammar this fall and probably having done that is a big help (we hadn't done much serious grammar previously.) So maybe that is why the reviewer you mentioned thought it was heavy for a fifth grader? I know the Visual Latin website suggests it for fifth grade and older. My guess is that if your student is fairly solid on identifying parts of speech as well as very basic parts of sentences (subject, verb, indirect and direct objects, predicate adjectives and nominatives, and prepositional phrases) then it would not be too heavy. When we started it, I decided to try the monthly streaming option -- pay by the month, cancel anytime, for $8/month. So that is a fairly inexpensive way to try it out without a big financial investment if you are so inclined. Hope this helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PentecostalMom Posted April 23, 2017 Author Share Posted April 23, 2017 We just finished Lesson/Week 9 and are still very happy. My kids do an enrichment program one day a week so we are only doing it four days a week and it hasn't been a problem at all for us. I imagine in the next few weeks the cumulative effect of all of the things we are learning will ramp up the difficulty; we shall see. My fifth grader did Junior Analytical grammar this fall and probably having done that is a big help (we hadn't done much serious grammar previously.) So maybe that is why the reviewer you mentioned thought it was heavy for a fifth grader? I know the Visual Latin website suggests it for fifth grade and older. My guess is that if your student is fairly solid on identifying parts of speech as well as very basic parts of sentences (subject, verb, indirect and direct objects, predicate adjectives and nominatives, and prepositional phrases) then it would not be too heavy. When we started it, I decided to try the monthly streaming option -- pay by the month, cancel anytime, for $8/month. So that is a fairly inexpensive way to try it out without a big financial investment if you are so inclined. Hope this helps! Yes, that is helpful! She is working through Getting Started with Latin right now and has been using FLL, so I am hoping it will be a good fit. That price to try it is awesome! Thanks so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PentecostalMom Posted April 24, 2017 Author Share Posted April 24, 2017 Visual Latin!! My fifth grader and I are doing Visual Latin together. Only 6 weeks in, but so far we both really like it! We just finished Lesson/Week 9 and are still very happy. My kids do an enrichment program one day a week so we are only doing it four days a week and it hasn't been a problem at all for us. I imagine in the next few weeks the cumulative effect of all of the things we are learning will ramp up the difficulty; we shall see. My fifth grader did Junior Analytical grammar this fall and probably having done that is a big help (we hadn't done much serious grammar previously.) So maybe that is why the reviewer you mentioned thought it was heavy for a fifth grader? I know the Visual Latin website suggests it for fifth grade and older. My guess is that if your student is fairly solid on identifying parts of speech as well as very basic parts of sentences (subject, verb, indirect and direct objects, predicate adjectives and nominatives, and prepositional phrases) then it would not be too heavy. When we started it, I decided to try the monthly streaming option -- pay by the month, cancel anytime, for $8/month. So that is a fairly inexpensive way to try it out without a big financial investment if you are so inclined. Hope this helps! I found the review. Tell me what you think?? http://seejamieblog.com/visual-latin-review/?platform=hootsuite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue plaid Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Wow, thanks for that link! Hmm ... so maybe for us ignorance has been bliss :). We just jumped in with the lessons, which tell you to do the appropriate worksheet at the end of each section. I tonight for the first time realized there was a teacher's guide with suggested schedule (though I had downloaded a schedule for adding in Latina Lingua since I purchased that for my own use.) Their schedule does look rather intimidating, though the blog review is for the high school schedule and the elementary/middle school one is a little bit lighter. I think I might agree though that their schedule as written could be a bit heavy for a fifth grader -- I think if we were doing it as written my son's enjoyment of the subject would likely come to a quick end. (Who knows, maybe not?) We have just been doing a video and a corresponding worksheet, one per day. We watch the video together, do the worksheet independently, and then compare our answers. A few weeks ago I realized there were quizzes, so now we are doubling up on them every fourth day until we catch up. I have planned on adding in more vocab study/ memorization when things get more difficult, but I just checked out the quizlet link for the lessons which seems pretty good so maybe we will go ahead and add that in. So at the moment I am thinking I will probably keep with our basic schedule rather than the suggested one but will add in a little vocab/memory work each day. I am glad to have this new info, but since my son is only in 5th and we aren't needing "real" high school or other credits I think I am fine with using the material in a way that suits us and not worrying too much about following the suggested schedule, at least as long as our own schedule continues to work. (You can download the teacher's guide, worksheets, etc. for free from the website if you want to take a look yourself.) Thanks again for sharing that review! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal_Bear Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 If you are thinking about LFC A, CAP has the first three lessons up on their online version of LFC A. Essentially that is the course, just online/self-paced. I am opted to enroll in CAP's Schole Academy class for LFC A for the fall plus signing up for Headventureland for Latin practice. You can try that out as well. http://thinkerscap.com/moodle/ http://headventureland.com/moodle/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cintinative Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 We liked Latin for Children. I would just make sure you have plenty of drill built into your day using Quizlet or whatever works best for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue plaid Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Coming back to say I may have overreacted at seeing the Visual Latin schedule for the first time. Really it probably is not much different than what we are doing with some extra practice. I introduced my son to the visual latin Quizlet today and he loved it. I am probably a little over sensitive since we tried Spanish for Children a couple of years ago which was a ton of memorization with little practice and my kids hated it and are only now showing an interest in languages again. So I am trying hard to not overwhelm them and to encourage their interest. Of course kids who are happy to memorize and interested in languages are in a different boat than us :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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