The Latin for Children, Primer A is the heart of the Latin for Children curriculum. Each workbook text is engaging, incremental, creative, and filled with clear grammatical explanations written expressly for the student. Exercises, tests, and a sizable and useful reference section are also included. Lessons include a plethora of mnemonic aids (songs, chants) that enable students to learn vocabulary and grammar with ease and delight.
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People have been studying Latin for a long time...
Did you know that for nearly 2,000 years most boys and girls going to school in Europe studied Latin (and usually Greek too!)when they were young students? Children learned Latin because Latin was spoken by so many people, and because many good books were written in Latin.
The Latin language has been so popular for the last 2,000 years that many other languages have borrowed words from Latin! Did you know that about 5 out of every 10 English words come from a Latin word? When you learn Latin, you are also learning a good bit of English. Here is an example: If I said, "Let ME DEMONSTRATE how the AQUARIUM IS a HABITAT for this TURTLE," we would discover that 6 out of the 12 words (capitalized) in this sentence are from Latin words.
I hope you can see that learning Latin words will be very interesting and enjoyable. It will take some hard work, however, like anything that is really worth learning. We will do all that we can to make learning Latin enjoyable, and help you to clearly understand everything we teach you, step by step.
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
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My Favorite Latin Program For Grammar Students,
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This review is from: Latin for Children, Primer A (Latin For Childred) (Paperback)
While the first Primer A did have some errors, they certainly weren't enough to deter me from using it. The benefits of the program itself definitely outweighed the proofing errors. I'm using the revised Primer A (I believe all the old versions were pulled a while ago) and am very, very pleased with it. An entirely worthwhile Latin program. I've used Primers A, B, and C to teach Latin to my grammar school students, and this is by far my favorite program. Several of the others are very good, but this one combines the English grammar, the Latin, the roots and derivatives, in a pleasing format, almost everything you could ask for. I really appreciate that part of the curriculum itself is review, you don't have to work it in, it's already worked in, and review so vital to learning. I've used the old Primer A, as well as the new, revised Primer A. I really liked the old one (despite its flaws) and the new Primer A is just about all you could ask for. The DVDs can help a teacher who doesn't know the language and the chant CD really cements the vocabulary in my students' heads. The folks who have put this together are top-notch and have a really helpful website to boot.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Latin Blended with Comic Relief :),
This review is from: Latin for Children, Primer A (Latin For Childred) (Paperback)
When we researched Latin curricula for our classical home school co-op, we appreciated the Latin for Children Primer "A" Bundle for a variety of reasons. The entry-level lessons are designed for students 3rd grade and older (our Latin students range from 4th-12th grade). The deluxe bundle--which includes a student primer, answer key, history reader, activity book, chant CD and DVD instruction set--aims to equip students with a basic vocabulary and understanding of the grammar and logic of Latin.
The curriculum is appropriate for both a co-op and home school setting. The writers wisely aligned their text with Shurley Grammar's format. Thanks to the DVD lessons, a parent or teacher can learn alongside students, though ideally the instructor should stay several lessons ahead of the class. Although academically challenging, this package brings silliness and fun to the rigorous study of Latin through Dr. Perrin's dry humor and whimsical wit, as well as through goofy skits sprinkled throughout the DVD lessons (reminiscent of a family-friendly Monty Python). That playful spirit likewise romps through the pages of games and puzzles contained in the activity book. Plan to visit the errata page on the Classical Academic Press website as there are corrections to the text noted there. (These errors can be a burden to the novice teacher, but, fortunately, the editors are quite responsive to user feedback and diligently post corrections and incorporate changes and corrections in updated editions.) Once there, you will also find many freebies, including downloadable flashcards and worksheets. In our opinion, the greatest strength of this program is how strongly it appeals to kids--and that's a huge plus when seeking to capture and focus the attention of entry-level Latin students.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Well-produced, but unbalanced,
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This review is from: Latin for Children, Primer A (Latin For Childred) (Paperback)
First, the pluses -
Production is first-rate, and the book is easy to read. The support at the website ([...]) is terrific as well, especially for flashcards. Whatever typos that were in the first edition were corrected in the books that I got. The authors have clearly been teaching kids for a long time, and it shows. The text is very, very accessible. Now, the minus - I took my daughters through chapter 10, before we moved on to another book. Why? It is just too vocabulary-intensive, without providing a context for the vocabulary. Yes, my daughters learned the vocabulary, but they couldn't do anything with it, because there are no reading assignments to correspond to what they memorized. In addition, there were no translation exercises. I did not use the separate reader, also published by this author, but they don't recommend it until the first half of the book is completed, anyway. This means that kids have to go almost 12 weeks before they actually start doing simple Latin sentences, and that's too long. More time is spent every chapter doing English derivatives from Latin, than is spent on Latin, itself. And that's o.k. - learning Latin as an aid to learning English vocabulary is a worthy goal - it just isn't the goal that I had. Now, the good news - I really, really, really like the publisher, so I bought the Latin book that they did for older kids ("Latin Alive!). As soon as it came, I put "Latin for Children" on the shelf. The "Latin Alive" book strikes a much better balance. There is actually LESS vocabulary per week than the book designed for younger kids. Simplified grammar is presented up front, at an appropriate pace. And, most importantly, they are reading Latin right off the bat. "Latin Alive" also has flashcard support from "[...]". So I reluctantly would NOT recommend "Latin for Children", but am very pleased with the same publisher's book, "Latin Alive".
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