latina christiana vs. vocab for classical roots

[5Youngs]

Would you use these separately or together?

I'm teaching 4th and 6th graders, and adding in my k5 kiddo.

We completed prima latina, tried spanish, bc they wanted to learn it, but I want to go back to latin.

Is latina christiana the same format as prima latina?

Any recommendations other than the two above?

What is the benefit of either?

Thanks~~~~~

[Cornerstone Classical]

:lurk5:

 

I've been wondering the same thing...if you do latin wouldn't you just NOT do vocab for classical roots?

[Colleen in NS]

Would you use these separately or together?

I'm teaching 4th and 6th graders, and adding in my k5 kiddo.

We completed prima latina, tried spanish, bc they wanted to learn it, but I want to go back to latin.

Is latina christiana the same format as prima latina?

Any recommendations other than the two above?

What is the benefit of either?

Thanks~~~~~

 

Ds10 is doing LC2 this year, and working on VfCR A, soon to be B. I wondered about doing both, too, a few months ago. Then my son said he liked doing the exercises in VfCR, so we kept going. And I figure, right now we have the time to work on VfCR (it only takes a few minutes a day because we do flashcards of the lesson, then spread the lesson exercises out over the week. I make the flashcards ahead of time), plus it's good practice for any of those aptitude tests in high school and beyond. If I HAD to choose one or the other, I'd choose to just work on Latin, because it's the more in depth subject. The practice in VfCR is nice, it's good to work with the words and analogies, but I still always have in the back of my mind all the comments I've seen here about vocab study - "you increase vocab by reading extensively."

 

Latina Christiana is pretty much in the same format as Prima Latina. You listen to the pronunciation CD (though I'm not sure how necessary it is), review vocab/saying/grammar forms flashcards each day, and do the exercises. We review each day and spread exercises out over the week. There are drill forms you can use every day if you think it's needed, and a quiz at the end of the lesson (at least for LC2 - I can't remember about LC1).

 

hth

[Cornerstone Classical]

Ds10 is doing LC2 this year, and working on VfCR A, soon to be B. I wondered about doing both, too, a few months ago. Then my son said he liked doing the exercises in VfCR, so we kept going. And I figure, right now we have the time to work on VfCR (it only takes a few minutes a day because we do flashcards of the lesson, then spread the lesson exercises out over the week. I make the flashcards ahead of time), plus it's good practice for any of those aptitude tests in high school and beyond. If I HAD to choose one or the other, I'd choose to just work on Latin, because it's the more in depth subject. The practice in VfCR is nice, it's good to work with the words and analogies, but I still always have in the back of my mind all the comments I've seen here about vocab study - "you increase vocab by reading extensively."

 

Latina Christiana is pretty much in the same format as Prima Latina. You listen to the pronunciation CD (though I'm not sure how necessary it is), review vocab/saying/grammar forms flashcards each day, and do the exercises. We review each day and spread exercises out over the week. There are drill forms you can use every day if you think it's needed, and a quiz at the end of the lesson (at least for LC2 - I can't remember about LC1).

 

hth

 

Thanks for the information, Colleen:001_smile:

[5Youngs]

Thanks, Colleen.:001_smile:

You convinced me to do both~

Dawanna

[Colleen in NS]

You convinced me to do both~

 

LOL!

[plimsoll]

I like doing both. We use Lively Latin and Roots of English (and even a separate vocabulary program - word geeks are us). Coming at English via Latin and via word roots study seems to help my son make more connections: when he's doing Latin, he's learning Latin; when he's doing vocabulary, he's learning vocabulary; when he's doing word roots, he connects the three very nicely.