Latin for the New Millennium, anyone?

[Nicole M]

The samples for this program are stunning, and the reviews on Amazon are glowing. But have any of you actual, real homeschoolers used it?

http://www.bolchazy.com/prod.php?cat=latin&id=5602

Thanks,
Nicole

[Nicole M]

As I feared. Nuts.

And that publisher has Latin Haiku! Shoot. It's an untapped resource, people! Someone else go first and tell me how it goes....!

[Penny]

Now why did you post this????? Now I'm looking at yet another great curriculum! I thought I had it all figured out.

I'm currently using Latin Prep 2 mixed with Cambridge. This looks like the best of both (and even better!) in one book.

[Staci in MO]

I am not listening to you. Tra la la la la.

[Nicole M]

Oh, now I get it! The *la la la* syndrome, as in, I already cobbled something together, deafening silence thing.

No kidding, though. It is beautiful.

[Staci in MO]

Yes, like another poster on the General Board said so well, I'm easily distracted (ooh, shiny). I don't need any more choices.

It does look wonderful.

[Nicole M]

Thinking about this more, and on a more serious note, the one thing that tips the scales for me, and makes me inclined to stick with my cobbled Henle / Cambridge Frankenstein-ish program -- audio. If there were an audio component to LNM, I would snatch this up in a New York minute. In my house, we need our audio, which is one thing I love about Cambridge.

I sent an email asking about this, whether there are plans in the works to add an audio component to the program, and will report back if anyone is itnerested.

[latinteach]

There is an audio component. There are downloadable audio files of the readings in the teacher's section of the LNM website and I believe a CD is in production. The authors are well known for their work in spoken Latin.

[Nicole M]

There is an audio component. There are downloadable audio files of the readings in the teacher's section of the LNM website and I believe a CD is in production. The authors are well known for their work in spoken Latin.

Wow! I combed the website but did not see that!

Oh! Oh!

:willy_nilly:

[latinteach]

Wow! I combed the website but did not see that!

Oh! Oh!

:willy_nilly:

Here are clips:

http://lnm.bolchazy.com/lnmmultimedia.html

The same page indicates that more recordings are in production.

[Nicole M]

Here are clips:

http://lnm.bolchazy.com/lnmmultimedia.html

The same page indicates that more recordings are in production.

Ah-ha. I am a goof. It didn't even occur to me that "multimedia" would mean audio.

Now those are some seriously super rolled R's!

Thanks so much!

[HSKLNG]

What exactly is necessary? Do they have a "bundle" for the Vol I and such?

Could you tell me?

Thanks in advance.

[Nicole M]

What exactly is necessary? Do they have a "bundle" for the Vol I and such?

Could you tell me?

Thanks in advance.

Well, I haven't ordered it yet, but here's my thinking. My youngest is in 6th grade and finishing his first year of Elementary Greek. He's done (reluctantly) two years of Latin, and has overheard his brother's many years of Latin. So I was considering LNM for him.

[Okay, no, really for me, but ostensibly for him.]

When I'm venturing into new territory, curriculum-wise, I prefer to have more than I need rather than less, so my inclination would be to buy all the resources, then sell whatever I didn't end up needing. The teacher's manual is available used for less (www.fetchbook.info (http://www.fetchbook.info)), so I would rustle that up for myself, then buy the other materials on their website. We like having a workbook, so I'd get that, for sure, and probably an extra for myself.

If I were quite secure with my own latin, I would skip the TM, probably.

I was really hoping someone here had already tried this and could give us more information. Maybe in another year or so, when my youngest is ready to start, there will be folks here who will have boldly gone down this road.

ETA: Sorry. I didn't actually answer your question. It looks like they have a student text and workbook and teacher's manuals for each. The audio is forthcoming. The ancillary books don't seem necessary to me, since we've already done tons of mythology, but the title The Original Dysfunctional Family is pretty hilarious. Also, those ancillary materials seem expensive for as few pages as they have. I will keep my eyes peeled to see if they become available used.

[areinhard]

There is an audio component. There are downloadable audio files of the readings in the teacher's section of the LNM website and I believe a CD is in production. The authors are well known for their work in spoken Latin.

Hi there -- I am the Director of eLearning for Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers and am managing the audio project for Latin for the New Millennium (as well as other digital goodies for the series). The post to this thread from Latinteach was correct; thanks for posting the link to the audio samples. Level 2 books are currently being typeset in anticipation of a June 2009 release. Once Level 2 wraps, I will be working with the authors in coordinating both time and talent for a full audio project. I cannot confirm whether this will be a 1- or 2-CD set, or if we will make the recordings available as MP3 audio downloads. Perhaps both. Once more details about the audio project are confirmed, that news will be posted in a number of places including the LNM Facebook group, the bolchazy.com website, as well as the LNM homepage at http://lnm.bolchazy.com.

Andrew Reinhard
areinhard at bolchazy dot com