https://www.homeschoolbuyersco-op.org/old-western-culture/ Expires 11:59 p.m. 11/30 - that's tomorrow! I'm selfishly hoping this gets to 40%! Really great deal on a fantastic product. I love that this will allow all my kids to enjoy Wes Callihan's teaching, even if there are years that we can't afford a live discussion class. (Is anyone using this currently? Would love more feedback! I'm 90% committed to using this for history/lit for high school.)

We moved to Rod & Staff, and it's fine. Boring, but gets the job done.

:iagree: love this!

Absolutely - I love that Latin is going waaaay faster now. But for some reason, my girls loved the DVD, so they're disappointed that we're not using it now.

Agreed. I need to read these! Please keep me posted on the status of this list. I think it would be beneficial to many.

Yes! I just noticed this. For those using Prima Latina, definitely get the Latina Christiana flashcards. There are more than you need, but all the PL words are in the LC cards somewhere. You just have to find them. And the accents are all written on the card. My girls have been using the flashcards themselves, so I hadn't even seen them until we did review yesterday. Good point. I'm very encouraged to hear positive reviews on First Form Latin, because I planned on using it. I want to re-iterate that Prima Latina is a great, gentle introduction to Latin, IF you can learn the pronunciation yourself AND get your hands on the Latina Christiana flashcards.

Yes, I am with you. I am concerned about this, as well. I agree with all of you above who say that it doesn't really matter how you pronounce it - to a certain extent. I'm not talking about the difference between classical and ecclesiastical Latin. There are standards within each pronunciation that are fairly easy to follow, if you know the rules; I'm just wishing Leigh Lowe followed the rules that she taught. My kids actually caught it before I did. Children are very sharp when they are presented one set of rules and then hear a variation. I will probably just look for a book that can guide my pronunciation as I teach the kids. I just didn't expect to have to do that after buying the DVD and the CD.

It's good to hear that First Form Latin has good pronunciation. I feel stuck as to what to do this year, though. I am teaching a 2nd grader and 4th grader together, so I need to stay at the Prima Latina level. It's frustrating because conceptually, it's a great little Latin program. But the pronunciation errors are a huge flaw that I'm not sure I can get over.

Anyone else bothered by this? Leigh Lowe pronounces the words incorrectly both on the CD and the DVD. She introduces the vowels correctly, then goes on to say them wrong. Some examples: -ambulo: she says "ahm-byoo-lo" (shouldn't it be "ahm-boo-lo?") -laboro: she says "luh-bo-ro" (should be "lah-bo-ro") -supero: she says "soo-pee-roo" (should be "soo-peh-ro") She also is inconsistent on syllabic emphasis; is it SOO-peh-ro or soo-PEH-ro? A lot of it is just American laziness in vowel pronunciation, which is fine in everyday speech, but not when modeling Latin pronunciation! I've dropped using the CD and DVD, but now I feel like I have to master Latin pronunciation myself. My biggest issue is with syllabic emphasis; I don't know Latin very well (besides all the Latin I learned in singing) so I can't always remember/figure out where the emphasis goes. Anyone else bothered by this? I'm leery of continuing with Memoria Press Latin programs at this point.

:iagree: We skipped a lot of stuff and tweaked others and still got the discount. Call them; they are wonderful.

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It drives me nuts, but all of my kids are fidgety at 4-5, boys and girls. Boys move more, in my experience, but my two girls (7 & 9) still can't sit still. One thing that works for me is making sure the child can sit in a chair that is his size (feet flat on the floor, bottom comfortably on chair). I am short and find that even I fidget more when I can't touch the ground. I have to move my body all sorts of strange ways to get comfortable.

My girls have loved it and I plan to read them to all of my boys (who are young still). My 4yo son LOVES Farmer Boy.

We switched from Singapore to Math Mammoth for exactly this reason. I am very happy with it. We will likely be using CWP, though.

Mine don't know them all, but they could with a little refresher.

I've been ProClicking everything. Works great for Math Mammoth, especially.

We just finished our first day doing the full curriculum with everyone. (We did math and grammar last week.) It went very well, all things considered. My 4th grader didn't finish until 2:30, and we started before 9. But I think it will move faster as we get used to it. There was a lot of new stuff for us, as this is our first year using MP. It was fairly teacher intensive. I didn't spend much time with my little three, aside from setting up puzzles, nursing, and mediating fights once in while. I hope to sneak in more time to read and play with them as the girls get used to the new curriculum.

Thanks so much for this!

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Thanks for the feedback. I'm nervous, as this is our first year with MP, but I guess jumping in is the best way to figure it out. We started math and some misc this week, and will do the full curriculum next week. If it were just my girls, I would have no trouble if it were very teacher-intensive. But I also have three young boys, so things get a little insane. Just doing math today was pretty hard with my wild card 2yo wreaking havoc!

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Thank you for this! I wanted to bump this so everyone knows that it's still worth checking your local Office Depot for a good deal on a ProClick P50. I just bought one today for $54.99. I added a box of 25 5/16" spines ($7.99) and 25 1/2" spines ($11.99) and one $0.05 pack of erasers to bump my total to $75.02 :). Then I used the $15 off $75 coupon. Great deal! Also, the 5/8" navy ProClick spines are on sale for $5.09 at MyBinding.com! I ordered six boxes and used the coupon code 5OFF to get $5 off, which almost gives you free economy shipping.

I want to hear more about this. We are doing MP 2nd & 4th grades this year, tweaked so that they can do Astronomy, Christian Studies I, and Prima Latina together. I was hoping for more independent work from my 4th grader, so I would love to hear more feedback. Are other people finding MP quite teacher-intensive?

My eldest, who just turned six, is reading like a fiend. I can't keep her supplied in books. I'm running out of stuff that is challenging, yet contains appropriate subject matter for a six-year-old. Can you help me? She has read a lot, so I won't list it all here. (For example, she'll read through one Little House book, by Laura Ingalls Wilder, during her 1-2 hour afternoon rest time.) I'm thinking there are others who would benefit from a list like this, so suggest away.