Beginning Prima Latina...

[training5]

Anything I should know? I haven't decided on the DVDs or not. I know ZERO Latin, but I can speak a little French. Won't help me, huh? What have you done to make it enjoyable and fun?

For those who generally choose secular materials, have you found any difficulties in using this? It seems to me that all the best/easy to teach and understand Latin choices are from a religious perspective. I have looked at Lively Latin but we are happy with the curriculum we have for history, etc..

Maybe we should have a Latin choices page. Then ya'll wouldn't have this same question asked repeatedly.
Thank you.

[Beth in Central TX]

Well, there is a page on Paula's website for all of the Latin choices available: http://www.redshift.com/~bonajo/latincurricula.htm

I started PL with no Latin knowledge, and I choose to use the DVDs. It provided a great start for us, and we are now working on our 5th year of Latin.

[Soph the vet]

I have been attempting to begin Prima Latina for the past one and a half years. I need an accountability partner to check and see if we have done our lesson each week!!:o

[katilac]

We used Prima and are now in LC1, using the dvds for both. You don't need them for Prima - it's simple enough - but it's a very easy way of ensuring that Latin gets done, and my kids enjoyed them.

There is religious content, in that you memorize prayers and listen to church songs, but there isn't a religious viewpoint. What I mean by that is that the prayers and songs are presented without comment; there is more a sense of reciting a prayer rather than 'praying,' kwim? They are not religious texts in the manner of Seton or Rod and Staff.

I don't know if this holds true all the way through LC2; maybe someone further along can answer.