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Have any of you used Memoria's online courses? What about Henle Latin Units 6-14?
Also, I was considering Famous Men of the Middle Ages and Introduction to Classical Studies. Is it Catholic friendly?
Is The Latin Centered Curriculum book a worthy purchase?
I know these are a lot of questions but we've used The Famous Men of Greece book this year and loved it. We've also beefed up our Latin studies. Henle Latin is finally clicking with my older two.
Thanks.
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I'm curious to hear what others say in answer to Marianne. Anyone done this or used the books? I have Famous Men of Greece and Rome and a very, very old Logic text (I didn't use it as I was more comfortable with my college logic course and had that text but dc didn't respond too well to the college text  I've heard there were some mistakes in the older logic text so that may be why I didn't like it. Does anyone know about the new ones?).
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We have not used the online courses, but we have used Latina Christiana, the Famous Men series, and the Logic courses. I am not logical, so my ds is using them with the dvd. He discusses it with my dh and seems to be doing very well. But then again, he is a think out of the box type person!
I loved the LC. We are moving to Henle this year. I have heard positive feedback on that.
We love the Famous Men series as well as the Greek Myths guide. I am thinking of using that in a unit study in the future.
I know that Natalie used the online course. Perhaps she will respond.
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I can't say I have any knowledge about the online courses BUT:
I have used LC, and we love it. Very nice, and it even has the Latin versions of our regular prayers!
I also have Henle 1 for me, and it is a very nice course, laid out in an easy to study format when you get their guides 
I am going to be getting the Classical Studies stuff this year, from what I have heard, all Memoria press stuff aims to be friendly to all the Christian denominations... a couple of the owners are Catholic and another is Protestant, so I highly doubt that there is any Anti-Catholic bias there
I have had the LCC for years... and I love it. It is a great outline book for guiding you throughout the years. It is, as most guides are, quite structured, but flexible for the user. I posted a review of it on my old blog ages ago. I highly recommend it, and I know several of us who like to use it with a CM slant even!
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We're signed up for both the LC II class & the Henle I class for the fall so I'll let you know how it goes.
From what I've heard, Cheryl Lowe, the founder of Memoria Press, is Catholic.
I do recommend "The Latin-Centered Curriculum" just to get a very classical perspective. (You can probably get it used). It's easy to "peter" out on the whole classical thing when mom doesn't have a real classical background, but the book gave me a real boost & helped me to be more focused. Although we'll probably barely scratch the surfaced classically in the K-12 years, some, if not all, of my dc will hopefully be more inclined to attend a classical-oriented college.
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We did the Henle I this year. This was the first year that they had it and they had some technical difficulties that they have to correct. The course used MP guide to Henle. They would do the assignment for the week (which you could do without the course) then they would be assigned computer quizzes-vocabulary and grammar. They also offer a live chat once a week where the teacher quizzes them on what they have studied so far.
I asked my dd if she thought she could've accomplish the same without the computer course. She thinks that the constant drills of the quizzes and the chats (whenever she was able to make them)was very helpful in remembering the material. She said that the quizzes would drill not only on the material for that week but the material covered so far. She didn't care for the teacher and she thought the live chats were boring but helpful.
I am glad we did it. We got and introductory price. i see the prices for next year are higher. We are not doing it next year because we are joining a Classical co-op called
Classical Conversations.She is going to be doing Latin there instead. If we were not doing these I would probably do the online course again.
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Natalia,
Have you used Classical Converstations before. Do you have a highschooler?
Please tell us your experience with it.
We use Seton with our highschooler. But we've always done classical homeschooling using MODG but I found I needed much more help.
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Hi Marianne,
My oldest is almost 13 so we haven't gotten to high school yet, but we're leaning towards Regina Coeli. Unfortunately they are quite expensive, but they are thoroughly Catholic and offer LIVE online classes. They offer a full high school program but you can also take courses ala carte. The teachers are from all over the country & are quite credentialed. Some are homeschool parents and some are professors at colleges, such as St. Thomas Aquinas. Also, the director, Wendy, is very helpful and is willing to explain all the details to whoever is interested.
Natalia, I'd love to hear more about Classical Conversations too!
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We are going to do Classical Conversations for the first time this coming year. My dd (13-soon to be 14) would be in 9th grade. They have levels for the younger kids but we are not sure yet if we are going to do it for them or not.
This kind of co-op started in one of the Carolinas and it has spread to other states. You can check their website to see if there is one in your area. The co-op meets once a week and if offers up to six seminars (it includes math, Latin, literature,American government, philosophy,s cience etc)Some seminars are a year long (15 weeks each semester) others are only one semester. They incorporate writing throughout the curriculum using IEW principles. The program is not Catholic so we will sse how that goes- from their website it doesn't seem that it will be a conflict. It is a paid co-op. You pay for the use of their program and you pay a trained tutor that oversees and facilitates the weekly meetings. I have heard a lot of good things about it but haven't experience it yet. Check out their website maybe you would like to start one in your area!
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