mo2 Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 For a 6yo? Can anyone help me? Pros/cons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AudreyTN Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 I would like to know too. I love the looks of Minimus, but I've heard it's hard to teach if you have no latin background. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bokons Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 My ds did PL when he was 7.5 years old. He liked it a lot and finished the book before the end of the school year, so we started on LC 1. He got bogged down in LC 1 by around chapter 12. We stopped Latin for a while, and now we got started again with Minimus. Ds enjoys Minimus a lot, but I think he learned more Latin with PL. PL goes through it more systematically, while Minimus teaches Latin kind of "as it comes up" (IMO). With my 6yos, I just let him follow along with us with Minimus. He likes the stories, but wanders off to play when 9yos is doing the grammar activities. HtH Colleen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindyg Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 I think 6YO is too young for Minimus, frankly. The grammar in Minimus is much more complex (and there's little-to-no help for the teacher). I used the PL DVDs, and it was very short, sweet, and simple. The grammar is simpler than Minimus' simply because there is no grammar to speak of! It's just a quick, simple peek into the world of Latin. My advice is to do PL first, and come back to Minimus when your DS is 7. Plus, if you do Minimus first, it will make PL seem terribly boring. The cartoons and stories in Minimus are fun. BTW, there's another thread about Minimus on the board right now. I just wrote a longer post about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArwenA Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 I haven't used PL but I didn't like Minimus when I tried it with 7yo. I have no Latin background and found it was just too quick and jumped around. I use Latin for Children (which people say is quick and jumps around, LOL) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Lynx Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Minimus is really good for a fun introduction to the language and to Roman culture. It is not, IMO, good for *learning the language.* It's fun, and it's nice to use as a first stepping stone (though I would agree that 6 is too young). 6 is perfect for Prima, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyGrace Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 PL is the perfect intro for 6. We then tried Minimus at 7 and while it's fun and did engage her, it wasn't a step by step intro to the language which her logical mind and my non-Latin mind needed! It quickly lost us and left us wondering why they were using certain endings some places and not others, etc., with little explanation. We're now in Lively Latin, which is AMAZING-we love it, and we will add in Minimus for fun sometimes. With upcoming ds almost 5, knowing what I now know, I will do Prima at probably 6.5, Lively a year or so later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Closeacademy Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 I ordered the PL Teacher's guide and showed my dd some samples. She said "no, it looks boring." So since I had the TM for Minimus, I ordered the minimus book and CD. I showed her these materials and she loves it. We are working slowly through Minimus and three weeks in she is using the vocabulary correctly as she plays. We love Minimus here but then again my dd is in 2nd grade. PL seemed to have a lot of busywork writing whereas with Minimus we listen to stories, play latin "go fish", try to figure out the meaning of the words (they are so close to English or Spanish) and have fun getting started in Latin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 I also used Minimus with both my dd's. It made Latin fun and was a great intro. Not sure we learned tons but it made the transition to Lively Latin and Latin Prep very easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmy Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Those that are doing Prima Latina at 6 or 7, do you then move on to Latina Christiana the year after? For some reason I didn't think I needed to start latin until my son was 3rd grade....and now I'm wondering if we should be starting now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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