Lively Latin versus Minimus Latin for 4th Grade

[momof165]

I am STILL searching for a fun, not boring, easy to teach Latin program for 4th Grade. We just finished Song School Latin and my ds loved this program. I'd like to continue our Latin studies with a fun Latin program. I printed out some sample pages for Lively Latin Big Book I and Minimus Latin. I really, really thought my son would like Lively Latin - but he wasn't very excited about it.:001_huh: He thought Minimus was more fun. Now my question...... Do I need the Teacher Manual with Minimus? Is he learning enough with Minimus and Minimus Secundus to continue with e.g. Oxford Latin? I do know Latin - but just like to have things spelled out for me.:D The price for the Minimus Teacher Manual is quite expensive - is it worth it? How much information is there for the teacher? Is the grammar portion of Minimus enough? I know that there is Galore Park Latin as well. But I feel my son (at least right now) it not ready for this one.

 

Sorry for all the questions - but I just want to pick the right Latin curriculum for ds. I don't want to kill the love for the language. As of right now, Latin is his most favorite subject!!!!

 

Thanks for your help.

 

Sonja

[dragons in the flower bed]

If I was going to use Minimus by itself with a child who already had a little bit of Latin (like Song School), I would definitely get the TM. It has the exercises. I also recommend these lesson plans.

[Corraleno]

If I was going to use Minimus by itself with a child who already had a little bit of Latin (like Song School), I would definitely get the TM. It has the exercises. I also recommend these lesson plans.

 

I'm interested in using the lesson plans that you inked, can you tell me if it's a 29 week plan or 11 month plan? The description on Lulu says it includes both, but someone posted complaining that it only included one -- but she didn't say which one!

 

Thanks,

Jackie

[dragons in the flower bed]

The version I downloaded includes both sets. Perhaps the complaining person did not scroll down far enough to see the other set, or expected to receive two files and so assumed the second set was not present.

[Corraleno]

Thank you, I just downloaded the lesson plan and it does indeed include both sets of plans. This looks really helpful, thanks so much for suggesting it!

 

Jackie

[laylamcb]

If I was going to use Minimus by itself with a child who already had a little bit of Latin (like Song School), I would definitely get the TM. It has the exercises. I also recommend these lesson plans.

 

 

Thank you, Rose! This is simply awesome. Anything similar for Secundus that you're aware of?

[dragons in the flower bed]

Thank you, Rose! This is simply awesome. Anything similar for Secundus that you're aware of?

 

Not that I know of, nope, sorry.

[Paula in PA]

If I was going to use Minimus by itself with a child who already had a little bit of Latin (like Song School), I would definitely get the TM. It has the exercises. I also recommend these lesson plans.

 

:iagree: We did Minimus last year and I found the TG to be very valuable just for the translations and answers alone. I created my own schedule, spending 3 weeks per chapter, so we had a lot of review and time to really get the pronunciation correct (I had the CD). Her retention was wonderful.