Prima Latina

I use the CD and Teacher's Manual only.  Savannah and Charlotte are combined; Maddy listens in.  I write the vocabulary words, the practical latin word, and the latin prayer sentence on a large white board in cursive.

Here is our daily schedule:

Day 1-
* I go over the introductory lesson that is written in the TM; it usually covers grammar.
* We listen to the CD. I pause the CD after each new word and we say words 5Xs each.
* Talk about the derivatives.
* Kids copy only the vocabulary words two times in cursive in their notebooks.

Day 2-
* We listen to the CD. I pause the CD after each new word and we say words 5Xs each.
* I go over the rest of the lesson on the next page orally (review questions, lesson questions, translations)
* Kids copy only the vocabulary words two times in cursive in their notebooks.

Days 3 & 4-
* We listen to the CD. I pause the CD after each new word and we say words 5Xs each.
* Review vocabulary/prayers from previous lessons
* Kids copy only the vocabulary words two times in cursive in their notebooks.


I wasn't sure about learning Latin, but after reading about the importance and practicality of it from people more intelligent than myself, I decided to try it this year.  It has been well worth our time and will definitly take priority in our school from here on out.  Not only are we learning grammar (Memoria Press's latin curriculum is grammar based), but the kids are getting an amazing vocabulary.  The English language is derived primarily from Latin and Greek.  So when the kids learn the latin word "libero" which means "I free", when they come across the word "liberty" or "liberate", they have a sense of what those words mean.  When they take a modern foreign language in highschool, I bet it will be incredibly easy for them, which means it will be easy for me too.  :)  Latin rules!