http://arteslatinae.com/ - thoughts?

[Kate CA]

Comments? Opinions? I don't see this discussed here very much - is there a reason why not?

Thanks for any information you can offer.

Warmly,
Kate

[Margaret in CO]

http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6667

[Kate CA]

Thank you, Margaret! Can you tell me what it was about this program that made you choose it?

Warmly,
Kate

[Margaret in CO]

Well, at the time, it was the only thing out there--unless you had time to learn Latin yourself and then teach it. I did not. Now there are so many choices--we've tried a few: Latina Christiana--too low. The one by Wilson I think, Latin Primer and Grammar? They didn't have the tapes out yet--too hard. I had a pile of babies again just as my older girls needed to do it, so I needed something self-teaching. It filled the bill.

[Kate CA]

Well, at the time, it was the only thing out there--unless you had time to learn Latin yourself and then teach it. I did not. Now there are so many choices--we've tried a few: Latina Christiana--too low. The one by Wilson I think, Latin Primer and Grammar? They didn't have the tapes out yet--too hard. I had a pile of babies again just as my older girls needed to do it, so I needed something self-teaching. It filled the bill.

LC - "too low" meaning not enough information or too youngish so as not to work with your dds? Does it really not require anything of the parent??

Thanks for your help!
Kate

[Margaret in CO]

LC was too young.

[Jenn in CA]

My oldest almost finished Level 1 in 7th grade, but wasn't understanding it well. It's difficult for a parent to learn along w/the student, so we switched to something that was easier for me to keep up with (Lingua Latina).

Even though AL doesn't require daily teaching on the parent's part, I've found that any Latin program runs *much* more smoothly if the parent has at least half a clue. AL is impossible to "skim". Probably my kids were a little too young to be expected to do it totally alone. Not because they aren't able to work independently, but AL is written at a fairly high level; the grammar explanations (the farther along you get, esp.) can seem abstract and hard to understand.

The other thing that made it hard to use, was that if my child came and said "I don't understand X", even if *I* understood it, it was very hard to direct him to a clear explanation of X. It is meant to be read straight through, like a script, and there are few summaries or bullet points or outlines, if any. Hope this is helpful.

[Kate CA]

Yes, it is. Thank you! I could see these issues in the demo. My 13yodd was watching it along with me though and she really loved it. LOL Go figure. :+) She is the type though, that would work to figure it out and that is a good thing to me. :)

Warmly,
Kate

[Jenn in CA]

FWIW we're using Lingua Latina which is way more interesting and very thorough. And, much easier for me to keep up with it. A child who loved to "figure things out" would *love* LL as it's entirely in Latin!

[Kate CA]

FWIW we're using Lingua Latina which is way more interesting and very thorough. And, much easier for me to keep up with it. A child who loved to "figure things out" would *love* LL as it's entirely in Latin!

Thank you for posting about it. I really have not decided so I am open to all sorts of things. :) I will look into that.

Warmly,
Kate