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Dd12, 7th grade, wants to learn Latin. She was working her way through Henle, but I think she got a little discouraged. What else is out there that is a little easier, but still challenging and maybe even interesting for that age? Is Latin for Children too young? I think Lissa had mentioned something on her blog about a "Hey Andrew" series for Latin.
FWIW, we both hated Latina Christiana. 
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We've been using Lingua Angelica - the CD is nice to play in the house or in the car - and when we get around to it  we read the worksheets and answers and words in the Teacher's Manual.
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Molly, can you afford to have a tutor of sorts? We have a friend who comes over on Tuesdays and we all sit around practicing the mass and conversational latin. It is loads of fun! We also, ( after having read the Penderwicks) thought it would be fun to learn latin as our family's secret "out in public" language. From 5 to 48 we are enjoying our "lessons".
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We're signed up with Memoria Press and have loved it so far. My eldest (14 1/2) is taking his 2nd year course with them. My next 2 will be signing up next school year.
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Forgot to mention, that we have a homeschool French class in our house on Tuesdays, learning French together with olr kids. And have started, this year, a fortnightly Thurs mornng Breakfast latin Club at a friend's hosue - breakfast and Latin together...The group thing always works for us.
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Molly, that sounds so fun!
Leonie, the groups sound fun too!
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Another idea would be to check out the immersion style reading programs such as Ecce Romani or Cambridge Latin. These are WAY more fun than LC! My kids love them--we were just talking about the family in Pompeii last night at bedtime  ! Both of them tell a story as you go and have background info on roman life.
I think you can get audios to go with both of them.
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what about Classical Academic Press? Elizabeth mentioned them months back....We don't care for Latina Christiana either. and dh tears apart the ladie's accent on the CD although it might be a Virginian twang??? ;)
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Link to Classical Academic Press.  Thanks for the mention of it, Lisa! I'm very interested in looking into it.
We've been studying Latin for 2 years now. My dd is in the 7th grade and by the middle of the year she and I weren't happy with Latina Christiana either. I set it aside and we've also been using Lingua Angelica and much prefer this format. We're not focusing on grammar (which was really driving us crazy!) but more on learning the Latin hymns and prayers of the Church. I coordinate our latin with the liturgical season, so during Lent we're going to see how far we can get with the Stabat Mater. The recording that goes along with Lingua Angelica is just beautiful and really assists in our memorizing as well. We both feel as if learning Latin in this way fits our style more and helps us in learning the prayers and hymns of the Church. This program could easily stretch 2 years since I'm not following the book, but following the liturgical year.
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Molly, the story of our study of Latin is long and, well, boring. We started with Prima Latina, then moved into Latina Christiana (yes, my dc made fun of the accent as well). After that I adopted Henle which was difficult for us (perhaps because we moved twice in the year).
This year, I started using Latin Alive! from Classical Academic Press. I think I found out about it from Elizabeth's post last year. It is much more relaxed than Henle. You still have vocabulary and grammar, but each chapter also includes some reading about the culture and history of Rome.
We have also used Lingua Anglica which I love. And we have the Latin readers from CHC. The dc love those because they can read them and understand them. My dd points out to me that she won't be able to speak Latin with anyone, but of course it is a big aid in vocabulary and when traveling. Then again, the whole point was to learn Latin for the mass. 
Leonie, I sure like your idea. Wish some of you lived close enough to start something like that here!
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She definitely is not from around these parts of Virginia! It drove us crazy!
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Thanks for the tips, ladies! We have Lingua Angelica but I wasn't really sure how to use it. I will get it out and try again. I will also look at the Classical Academic Press.
I wish we had someone to come tutor us all. That would be great!
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Anyone have any views on the following online classes?
Memoria Press
Lone Pine
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My boys LOVE the Classical Academic Press. Just today Anthony asked if he (Dr. Perrin) teaches any other languages. 
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Hi Marilyn,
I have wanted our dc to try out Lone Pine as it looks excellent. The teacher (Karen Karpinnen) is quite accessible and is great about keeping in touch & answering questions. I found out about the class from this forum so doing a search would be helpful.
In the meantime, my oldest ds14 is in his 2nd year with Henle and loves it. He's the type of kid that thrives on competition. He also has a wonderful teacher, Glenn Moore, who keeps the class very entertained. I'm discerning what class to enroll 2 of my other children (ds13 & dd10) in come September.
The way the Memoria Press class works at the moment is that the students can see & hear the teacher. They can respond both by typing and speaking. There are all kinds of neat features for example, you can "quietly" type the teacher a question while he is orally quizzing another. They have tried a couple of different systems which have (of course) caused some glitches but they seem fine for the moment. Also, the weekly class is not mandatory but my ds wouldn't think of missing it. They have 2 class times/week. There are also weekly online quizzes which determine their grades. In the past my ds has taken a midterm & final but for some reason there was not a midterm this year. We're signed up with Seton and paid the extra $30 for Latin to be included on his transcript. We'll use the grade from the quizzes.
The Latin online class has been such a blessing to our family. It's a bit pricy but it comes out to be a little less than a tutor. I think we paid $15/hr when we were using the tutor and the course comes out to about $13/week. Plus there's the convenience of not having to go to the tutor (unless you have one that comes to your house).
What little Latin I know, I learned when my oldest was doing Latina Christiana so I can only help my dc so much with Latin. Lively Latin has proven to be a good start in our house but the kids seem to "need" a little more prompting as they get into the nitty gritty of it all. When my ds14 started with Seton he got 100's on the grammar exams yet we really haven't done much with Grammar. I have to attribute his success to Latin.
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Rachel May wrote:
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Hi Rachel,
Classical Academic Press does not offer classes, just the books, correct?
I've heard great things about their books over at the Latin Classical Ed yahoo group.
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I've been trying to teach myself latin for a Looong time. I came across this free course: Simplicissimus
The thing I love is that it takes the latin from the Missal. Having been to a traditional latin Mass for the past 10 years or so I'm familiar with the phrases used. Its a different sort of Latin by Immersion. The liturgy gives you living Latin. You can build vocab like that. Then this course fills in the nuts and bolts of grammar.
I'm not sure if it would suit a high school level, but I'm finding it great. Definitely not dumbed down, but at the same time doesn't assume much prior knowledge of grammar - explains what a noun is and so on.
It doesn't aim to get you conversing in Latin - more geared towards helping understand reading latin - especially Bible and hymns and prayers of the Church.
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Does anyone know if Classical Academic Press is planning more books after Latin Alive? We're finishing up Latina Christiana II this year and I'm not sure if we want to do Henle or not next year. I don't feel like we have a good grasp on Latin yet, especially grammar.
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Lisa R wrote:
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I know this is an old thread, but I've been researching Latin for next year, and reviewing threads in the archives here and thought I'd answer your question Lisa.
Latin Alive - Book 1 is meant as the first in a three year series. You might have already found that out...but I just read it so I thought I'd drop that in here. Also, I believe from what I've read online that the Latin Alive program counts as a high school credit - one year of Latin Alive = one high school credit.
The next book in the Latin Alive series is due out this summer (2009)...theoretically in time for the next school year.
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Thanks, Jennifer! Do you know if it's a good fit to use after Latina Christiana II or would it be a lot of repeat?
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