Switching from Latin Primer (series by Logos School) to Latin for Children

[Vanna]

Okay. I'm just about ready to give in to my "curricula envy" and make the switch to Latin for Children. I was looking at the bundle pack and wondering, "Do I need all that?" Please help me out. Those of you who have "been there, done that" tell me what you used and what collected dust.

TIA!

[mcconnellboys]

I keep looking at it and thinking about it, too, LOL, although I already own all the LP books....

[scrapbabe]

I would say buy it all. The only thing we haven't used is the history reading book, because we haven't gotten that far. But we are looking forward to using it.
You definitely want the student book, the answer book, the activities book, and the DVD. We use them all and really enjoy them!

Smiles,
Shalynn

[Patricia in WA]

I think it depends on what your children enjoy. I used this last year with DS9 when he was 8. It was the older edition so some of these things don't apply, but

1. DVD's- DS is completely auditory. The visual aspect of the DVD was boring to him. Also some lessons did not match up from the DVD to the workbook so it just frustrated him. (I believe this is one of the things they have fixed.)
2. Activity book- busy work for my son. Again, he is an auditory learner so he did not need the extra activity pages to help remember the vocabulary.
3. History Reader - It was OK. If I remember correctly, it had nothing to do with the lesson or even used the vocabulary from the lessons. It was completely independent.
4. CD and workbook- These he loved although the workbooks a little less. We played the CD in the car on our way to different events and by the 3rd time hearing the same lesson he knew the vocabulary. He still chants them when doing Latin Prep.

DD 12 enjoyed watching the DVDs but she is visual kinesthetic. Depending on what kind of learner your child is you may not need some of the components.

HTHs,

[benjabber]

The Primer and Answer Key are essential to the program.
The DVD set is not necessary, but VERY nice as a change of pace for the student (and teacher).
The Chant CD that comes with the DVD set is a nice way to review the vocab and grammar chants (with the new editions on the chant CD).
For us, the Activity Book ended up being just busywork that we didn't really have time for anyway. We thought the Activity Book was going to be great (my son likes these kinds of things), but we quickly set it aside and continued without it.
Based on feedback from other people, we didn't end up buying the History Reader this past year for Primer A. I considered buying it at one point as a way to practice more translation, but ended up just using the translation sections from the Review chapter instead. In Primer B, every chapter has a whole Translation Worksheet included. I did buy the History Reader for Primer B, but we will see if / how I end up using it.

HTH

[Bells]

The Primer and Answer Key are essential to the program.
The DVD set is not necessary, but VERY nice as a change of pace for the student (and teacher).
The Chant CD that comes with the DVD set is a nice way to review the vocab and grammar chants (with the new editions on the chant CD).
For us, the Activity Book ended up being just busywork that we didn't really have time for anyway. We thought the Activity Book was going to be great (my son likes these kinds of things), but we quickly set it aside and continued without it.

We've also used the history books and have enjoyed them. My 10 yo dd is about 3/4 through Level C and my 8 yo ds is midway in B. Both kids like this program and are lobbying me to buy Latin Alive for the next set.

Bells

[Vanna]

I just viewed the promotional DVD today and was enthralled (and boy, was I glad dc were not home -- they might have gone on strike till I bought it (hee, hee) it was that good).

Even though oldest dc has already done LP levels 1 and 2, I'm thinking of having all of them start with LfC Primer A. Oldest child can use his experience to be my assistant tutor.

Again, thanks so much for posting (and anyone else coming in after this response is welcome to share:)).

[Patty5kids]

Just a note about Latin for Children.

The stories' that are in the readers coincide with
the Veritas Press History cards for that grade group.

Reader 1 : 3rd grade : Ancient Greece and Rome
Reader 2 : 4th grade : Middle Ages
Reader 3 : 5th grade : Early American History

I've found these to be invaluable to solidify the vocabulary &
paradigms while practicing the flow of translating Latin. And,
it is done with stories that children can to, and for us, it goes
right along with what we're studying in history.