I'm a latin drop out....

[HollyDay]

I have tried:

Latin for Children (older version)

Matin Latin

Latin Road to English Grammar.

 

Of the above, I liked Latin Road best, but it was teacher intensive. I do not want a beta or download program. I want hardcopy. I also do not know latin (other than what I learned from the above). Is there something easy, relatively inexpensive, fun, effective?

[Allearia]

Lively Latin if you buy the hard copy, though that is more expensive. I knew zero latin before we started. It was pretty easy to just pick up the book, have ds do 1-2 pages, and be done. I had him put together the flash cards, that is the only thing that isn't open and go, but it is hard to get around that.

[TKDmom]

I really like Lively Latin. I haven't tried the others. DD tends to do it independently, although I usually try to look over her shoulder and talk about it some. At $125 for the hard copy, it is a little pricey, though.

[Susan in TX]

Prima Latina with the DVDs. I have been a Latin dropout...more than once. Prima Latina and Latina Christiana w/DVDs are the only Latin programs that we have ever completed.

 

Susan in TX

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We are currently using Prima Latina and it is just right. I have never taken Latin, my husband has never taken Latin...and I was VERY worried about the Latin thing being overwhelming.

 

I can't remember how much I paid for it, but you have to buy the student manual and the TM. It was relatively cheap, though. I think I got it on www.christianbook.com . The TM comes with a CD and that has a lot of samples, pronunciations, and some recitations of prayer. I also googled "latin pronunciations" and there are a bunch of websites with audio clips.

 

Oh, I'm using it with a 7 yro and a 8 yro. The 8 yro absolutely loves it and is able to write the vocab and stuff. The 7 yro is struggling slightly and I have to review the vocab every day with him. He also can't remember how to correctly spell the words, but his English spelling is awful right now, too.

 

Good luck! I don't know what to do after Prima Latina, though! :confused:

[Melissa in CA]

I'm a drop-out too. I don't think I have the energy to even try again....there was just not enough interest there for either of us.

[JudoMom]

You might want to look at Getting Started With Latin as a gentle, quick, cheap introduction. After that, if you want to continue, we like Latin Prep (for 5th graders and up).

[anissa]

Add me to the list of dropouts. Latin was a very unpopular subject in my home. Although conjugating Amos, Amot,.....has come in handy in crossword puzzles!:)

[Dina in Oklahoma]

Prima Latina! :001_smile:

[crazyforlatin]

Getting Started with Latin :iagree:

[dragons in the flower bed]

Getting Started with Latin

 

:iagree: Easy, obvious, quick, lots of white space, and immediately rewarding.

[frogpond1]

Can you find a class somewhere or a local tutor?

[jenn&charles]

Lively Latin is the only program that's really clicked for me. Before that we tried a bunch of different things and never retained much (other than vocabulary).

Lively Latin makes it so I actually understand what we're doing!