Latin and Spanish

[bluemongoose]

I have 3 kids that I need to figure out what I will use for Spanish and Latin. This year DS6 and DS8 (birthdays in a month and will be 7 and 9) are using SSS and SSL2. DD11 is doing SfC A. DSs are young for their grade/age and I am unsure if they are ready for LfC (which I dont have and am not sure how it compares to SfC) or for SfC. DS 8 has aspergers if that helps. DS 6 is just young.DD has a very full load, so I am happy to keep her on a slower path in languages. Meaty but slow was my plan. Here are some ideas I have had...not sure about them though. 

 

DSs Spanish sequence

 

SSS 

GSWS?

SfC A-B

Avancemos 2-4? Not sure if SfC covers enough in the end to skip level 1 or no...

 

DSs Latin sequence

 

SSL1

SSL2

GSWL? with Minimus?

LfC A-C

Latin Alive all levels?

 

DD would be same as the boys but starting with LfC and SfC and not the lower level stuff.

 

I stuck the GSWL with minimus & GSWS in the boys sequence because I felt like it might be a place holder until they are ready for LfC and SfC. I am not sure if it would be too redundant or what...I just think that there is a big jump from SSl/s to S/Lfc and I am not sure we are ready for it.

 

Thoughts?

[Slache]

I hope to do Spanish from birth until 5th, then begin Latin in 6th. I want to use GSWS with Duolingo in 2nd, then So You Really Want To Learn Spanish, probably followed by Latin Alive! There is a GSWL2 coming out, but Lenny's a busy man so I'm not watching the clock.

[bluemongoose]

Ya I dont want to wait for GSWL2 as it probably wont come out by the time I need it. I just need a filler for a year I think, until I feel they are more ready for LfCA. I am just wondering if it would be redundant.

 

I had wanted to do Spanish from birth too, somehow it got away from me  :closedeyes:

Edited December 17, 2015 by bluemongoose

[Slache]

Yes, I had grandiose plans of my babies signing, children being bilingual, and calling strangers sir and ma'am. I missed.

 

There's a boardie that mentioned beginning LFC A a year early and dragging it out across two years. She liked it because it gave extra time for the vocabulary to sink in.

[RootAnn]

I can't help you with LfC, but dd#1 did GSWS before startin SfC & it was very beneficial in terms of being a nice introduction - gentle & useful.

SfC moved too quickly for us with not enough review. Both of us struggled with the format. We made it only about halfway through.

When dd#1 started (high school) Spanish I, she noticed a lot of the stuff in Spanish I was covered in SfC A. She planned on using the rest of SfCA over last summer as review, but didn't end up making time for it. So, it covers a lot of the grammar & some of the vocab of a high school Spanish I class. (All of the Spanish programs have slightly different scope/sequences in terms of vocab but mostly the same grammar concepts, I think.)

[bluemongoose]

RootAnn thanks for speaking to the transition of GSWS to SfC. It is very helpful to hear that GSWS was beneficial and not redundant. DD is happily plugging away through SfC, so I guess it is working for us. I think I will go with if it isn't broke don't fix it!

[StartingOver]

My younger two are 7 & 9 now. We did GSWL, Lively Latin 1&2, and are now working through Latin Prep.

 

Also did GSWS, and working on SFC.

Edited December 19, 2015 by StartingOver