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Posted: May 08 2007 at 8:32pm | IP Logged Quote BrendaPeter

There's been some postings over at the Latin Classical Ed boards about a new latin curriculum called Lively Latin. It's designed for 3rd-6th grade & includes grammar, history, art study, derivatives & character study. It's a Beta E-book as it's pretty new but the moms who are doing it are raving about it. The website has some sample lessons. It's VERY different than Latina Christiana & may be "just the ticket" for some of you.

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Thanks so much!




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Posted: May 09 2007 at 6:55am | IP Logged Quote marihalojen

Very interesting! I'm groovin' on the freebies.
(But you knew I'd say that, didn't you?)
Now to see if dd "grooves" on them...the ultimate test!

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Posted: May 11 2007 at 8:33am | IP Logged Quote MarieA

Brenda, are you using this program or have you seen a printed copy? The sample lessons seem very intriguing!

I wonder how it compares to Latina Christiana I and II?


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Posted: May 11 2007 at 11:27am | IP Logged Quote BrendaPeter

Hi Marie,

We're not using it but I'm leaning towards it for 3rd grade for my dd. Two people on the Latin Classical Ed Yahoo group are raving about it.

From what I've seen & heard, it's kind of like comparing apples to oranges when it comes to comparing Latina Christiana to Lively Latin. Latina Christiana is more of a "just the facts" program. I would say Lively Latin is more engaging & certainly more comprehensive. The author is a Latin teacher & homeschooling mom & she designed the curriculum from the perspective of what her own dream curriculum would look like. It's ALOT of pages (350), that's for sure, but I think the child will be able to get much more out of it on his own since there's ALOT more explanation incorporated into the program. LC I does alot of the explaining on the dvds (which come right from the teacher's manual), so you either need to have the dvds or a mom who is really good at going over everything in the teacher's manual.

Personally, I'm not throwing out LC I & II. At least not until Lively Latin Big Book Volume 2 comes out ! Honestly, I don't know at this point! I just like the way Lively Latin makes learning latin & Roman history "fun".

For the record, Lively Latin uses classical pronunciation on the audio files. I'm not planning to use the audio files as we're very comfortable with ecclesiastical pronunctiation.

HTH!

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Posted: May 12 2007 at 9:11am | IP Logged Quote MarieA

Hi Brenda,

I found this review on another board review for Lively Latin. It is a long and very detailed review.



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Posted: May 14 2007 at 3:26pm | IP Logged Quote BrendaPeter

Thanks Marie!

I just learned today that the author will be adding ecclesiastical pronunciation to the audio files .

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Posted: May 14 2007 at 3:33pm | IP Logged Quote ElizLeone

BrendaPeter wrote:
I just learned today that the author will be adding ecclesiastical pronunciation to the audio files .


Well, that pretty much sells me!

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Bump!

Does anyone use this or did use and care to share your opinion?

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Posted: Feb 02 2012 at 6:43am | IP Logged Quote KackyK

Maryan I have!!!! We didn't get very far with it. Both oldest and second oldest tried it. They liked it, the format and such, but we are not a Latin family.

I can print some out and show you sometime. Let me know!



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Posted: Feb 02 2012 at 9:07am | IP Logged Quote Maryan

Thanks Kacky! We may not be a Latin family either. At least so far we're not, but there's several good reasons to try, so try I'm thinking about! So I'd love to peak at it! Did you have to do a lot of teaching for was it self explanatory to let's say a 6th grader who has had grammar.

(BTW - January - March are my decide.what.to.do.next.year. months. And I'm wondering about Latin for JP.)

I spent a long time looking at Memoria Press' options (the ones with DVD's, of course). But... as my bunch is quite lively, I thought MP might be too academic for us.

Lively Latin looked way more fun? I think I'm just looking to do Latin in 6th grade.

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Posted: June 05 2012 at 8:32am | IP Logged Quote mommy4ever

I'm researching right now too, Maryan. If you go here: http://www.livelylatin.com/site/aboutbigbook.htm at the very bottom there is a 'mini' course for free, to try it out.

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Posted: June 05 2012 at 8:38am | IP Logged Quote JennGM

So many choices. I'm looking into starting Latin for my 4th grader, but we want to keep it really, really basic and short lessons. We don't have all our plans ironed out, but I know I need to keep it short and easy.

And I want ecclesiastical Latin pronunciation.

I was using this Latin course comparison chart , but it doesn't include everything.

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How would this compare with something like Our Roman Roots, which I've been considering?

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SallyT wrote:
How would this compare with something like Our Roman Roots, which I've been considering?

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That's the one I was considering, also, so thanks for asking.

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JennGM wrote:
So many choices. I'm looking into starting Latin for my 4th grader, but we want to keep it really, really basic and short lessons. We don't have all our plans ironed out, but I know I need to keep it short and easy.

And I want ecclesiastical Latin pronunciation.

I was using this Latin course comparison chart , but it doesn't include everything.


I've been wondering the same. I'm hovering over Prima Latina. Ecclesiastical pronunciation and seems like a level that "I" am can handle. Not too worried about the 4th grader.



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Visual Latin, which has short to the point CM type lessons, has been a real hit around here. I had been limping along in Henle and Lingua Latina with my dd who loves latin but I couldn't help her much. She and my ds (who is pretty new to Latin) find that Dwane is a really good teacher- he is clear and funny. I also like that for $25 you can download the first 10 lessons and you don't have to commit to a whole program. And the format is so effortless for me: the kids watch the video and print out the worksheet that corresponds. My ds11 does one lesson a day, while my dd does a few. The translations are also a lot longer right off- he is trying to get the kids to think in Latin with the longer readings and translations. He also has a free pdf download to key the lessons to both Lingua Latina (which he prefers) and Henle.

My, that sounded like a paid advertisement!!

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Interresting. I'm not sure that I need history and character and such combined. I can see the appeal for some, but to me, it sounds like too much.

For third grade, I am planning to use Getting Started With Latin. The lessons are SO short and manageable! Then, for fourth, I want to use Visual Latin along with Lingua Latina. Then, maybe do Henle after that.

I don't have a lot of experience, but my gut tells me that the "immersion" approach with Lingua Latina makes a lot of sense for younger ones leaving the heavier grammar study for around 6 th, hopefully having a broader vocabulary by then. I also think my son will love Visual Latin, I just want to wait another year, I think, since they recommend 9 as the low end of the targeted age group.

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Posted: June 05 2012 at 9:57pm | IP Logged Quote JennGM

You're throwing out new ones I haven't seen! It makes it more complicated. Lingua Latina isn't ecclesiastical pronunciation, which is one area I do want. But Visual Latin is ecclesiastical pronunciation.





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Posted: June 05 2012 at 10:05pm | IP Logged Quote CrunchyMom

Right, but I figure if what they are hearing (the visual latin videos) is ecclesiastical, it works.

Getting started with Latin also has an ecclesiastical pronunciation guide available with the downloads

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