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Lisa in NH
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Posted: April 13 2009 at 4:54pm | IP Logged Quote Lisa in NH
My sister-in-law and I have used Prima Latina and Latina Christiana I for our children (3rd - 6th grades) for the past two years. We are looking at either Latina Christiana II or Latin for Children series by Classical Academic Press for next year.
Has anyone used these programs who can give us a comparison? Does Latin for Children offer more in-depth explanations (especially of declensions and how to use them)than LC? I think we are both finding that "depth of understanding" is missing in the kids' learning right now. It is more "memorize these declensions and we'll explain it more later" than "understand what they are and that might help you to memorize them". But maybe this is the way Latin is taught...I studied French in high school and college (which helps a little, but not for declensions!) Thanks for any help you can give us!
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Posted: April 14 2009 at 8:18am | IP Logged Quote vmalott
From what I've gathered at the Memoria Press website and their catalog/newsletter (The Classical Teacher), PL/LCI was pretty much designed as a memorization program than one of depth of understanding, I think to go along w/the child's natural abilities at the grammar stage.

I haven't used or seen LCII, so I don't know if it follows the same format as LCI or not. However, I do know that the next level of Latin suggested by MP after LCII is Henle, and I have seen that and have used it for my own brief intro to understanding Latin grammar. Henle definitely gives you the explanations for the declensions and was very helpful for me as a teacher.

I haven't seen LfC, but I have heard good reviews of it on the Well Trained Mind forums and other classical groups.

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Posted: April 14 2009 at 9:52am | IP Logged Quote LLMom
I haven't used Latin for children, but we have used LCI & II. Yes, the first 2 books Prima and LCI are supposed to be mostly memorization because that is the stage of development they are at. LC II gets into translating a lot more and explains more of the "why." It is usually recommended after 5th grade, I think, because they are moving into a new stage of learning.

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Posted: April 14 2009 at 11:17pm | IP Logged Quote Lisa in NH
Thank you Lisa and Valerie. The information you have provided will help us!

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Posted: April 15 2009 at 9:21pm | IP Logged Quote margot helene
We have used Classical Academic Press books for two years now and I really like them. I could never get into the Prima and Latina Christiana series for some reason. Latin for Children does explain the declensions, but there are other things about it that make it more enjoyable and therefore more doable for the children. You can see sample pages at their website.
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Posted: April 24 2009 at 5:14pm | IP Logged Quote Lisa R
Margot,

Have you found anything in Latin for Children that is anti-Catholic? I thought I remembered reading something about that but I can't find it now.

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