dorothythomas Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 My 9YO has loved Prima Latina and Latina Christiana and loves the looks of First Form Latin. We are going to use Rosetta Stone but that provides a very different experience. He really wants something like the way he's been learning Latin. Are there any curriculums like that for Spanish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Spanish for Children from Classical Academic Press? Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clear Creek Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 I have searched high and low for one; the MP Latin products set the standard so high that I don't think it can ever be met except by MP! But they have recently released a French series, so we can hope that they will eventually have a Spanish series as well. Spanish for Children from Classical Academic Press? Tara Sadly, no, SFC is the opposite of all that is good about MP Latin. No cohesion within the lesson, garbled explanations, random vocab...probably the worst foreign language program I have ever come across. Completely unlike MP's clear lesson topic, thorough explanations (with helps in the TM, a component missing entirely from SFC), vocab related to the lesson topic, and systematic teaching of the language. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ariston Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Sadly, no, SFC is the opposite of all that is good about MP Latin. No cohesion within the lesson, garbled explanations, random vocab...probably the worst foreign language program I have ever come across. Completely unlike MP's clear lesson topic, thorough explanations (with helps in the TM, a component missing entirely from SFC), vocab related to the lesson topic, and systematic teaching of the language. So glad to hear this since I am going to be using PL this year. SFC is the single worst curriculum I've ever come across as well, so 'opposite' is good :) Sorry OP I don't have any advice for you. We are having great luck with Visual Link, and this year I'm adding BJU Pasaporte to add a textbook component, but I havent used PL yet (other than glancing through it) so I can't say what is similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy Jo Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 You might search on MP's forums - I've seen a post where they make a recommendation, but I can't remember the title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Well, good to know about SFC. Have you considered Getting Started with Spanish? I'm also intrigued by Poco a Poco, free from Google books. It also has a teacher guide. Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiguirre Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 If you're willing to do something without an audio component, I'd take a look at Practice Makes Perfect Basic Spanish. http://www.amazon.com/Practice-Makes-Perfect-Spanish-Series/dp/0071458050/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1369485809&sr=8-2&keywords=practice+makes+perfect+Spanish It's just grammar and some vocabulary in a very clean format. If your kids is pencil phobic, you could do a lot of it verbally. But, I think it would be hard to use if you don't know at least some Spanish yourself. It's a good fit for Trinqueta and me because she wants a "just the rules" approach to Spanish grammar and already knows a lot of words. Of course, the price is right on this books, so it's well worth getting to supplement something else. You could use it with Mango and have a low-cost, well rounded Spanish course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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