Insertcreativenamehere Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 My boys have done about 1/2 of Getting Started with Latin and I want to continue with a video-based program next year. I was all set on Visual Latin since we used Dwayne Thomas' Word Up vocabulary lessons and the boys really liked him. They DID NOT like the look of the Latin for Children Primer A videos (they were somewhat dated and kind of hokey) so I nixed that option completely. Until yesterday, when I saw that LFC Primer A has been completely revised. The text looks so much better and easier to follow. The videos are now in HD and look to be much better quality. I'm starting to wonder whether VL will be a stretch for my 5th grader in particular and if we should go the LFC route this year after all. Anyone have an opinion to share? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3girls4me Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 We haven't done LFC, but we used MP Latina Christiana for awhile. We switched to Visual Latin this year and my kids have loved it!!! It was mostly for the benefit of my 6th and 3rd grader but by kindergartner had a blast watching it too and starting picking up a lot. Though my third gender is technically too young to be doing VL (says the VL people), she really did ok. But we have only done 11 weeks/lessons. It was perfect for my 6th grader. It really turned Latin from drudgery to fun and exciting!!!! I highly recommend it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoKitty Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 I used Visual Latin with a fifth and seventh grader. Now my younger is my gifted one.... both kids loved it. Out of the thirty lessons we got to somewhere around 25.... it was getting quite difficult at that point. We planned to continue it the next year, but, well, didn't. I keep hoping to pick it up again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butter Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 My almost 11-year-old (will be 6th grade next year) did a few lessons of Visual Latin at the end of 5th grade. He did switch from Latin for Children A of which he had done about 1/3 of the book. He found Visual Latin easy to understand and not nearly so random and much, much more fun than Latin for Children. We'll be continuing with Visual Latin next school year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insertcreativenamehere Posted June 9, 2017 Author Share Posted June 9, 2017 I think what I'll do is try Visual Latin on a subscription basis and if it doesn't work out, go to LFC. Thanks for the feedback! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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