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Unbelievable program!!! I absolutely love Latina Christiana I. We had the privilege of reviewing this program, including Famous Men of Rome. This is my official last review for the TOS Crew and I'm so pleased that I get to end with such an awesome curriculum. The Latina Christiana program we reviewed included the teacher manual, student guide, Instructional DVDs, and Pronunciation CD. Cheryl Lowe makes learning Latin fun and easy. I have never taken Latin before (not in junior high, high school or college) and was a little intimidated to try teaching it without KNOWING it, but I need not have worried. I simply pop in the DVD and Ms. Lowe teaches for me. I get to participate with my children and we all learn it together. Isn't that cool?!! Each Latin class includes a prayer, vocabulary, derivatives, grammar, songs and lots of help from Ms. Lowe. We do copywork three times a week with the vocabulary and grammar lessons and then we quiz each other on these same items. By Thursday we complete the worksheets and on Friday we test. It's such a wonderful format and very helpful for those like me who want to teach Latin but know absolutely nothing about it. There are times throughout the day that I find myself singing "Christus Vincit" (which is one of the Latin songs you learn in this program). We'll sometimes listen to the Pronunciation CD (which has the songs on it) while we're working on our Latin worksheets. My son (he's 10) comments everytime about how beautiful the music is (and I really have to agree with him). This program is designed for students in grades 3 and up. My son is picking it up rather quickly (4th grade) and I'm also using it for my 1st grader. She's following along pretty good at this point. We practice the drills together and review the material more than with my son, but she's learning it just the same. It's really cool how they quiz each other on their vocabulary and grammar, correcting each other as well. They're really learning the material quite nicely and I'm rather pleased with how this program is working with our regular school work. We do spend more time on it, but I think it's important to get this information down. I am not using the tests for my daughter, though. I think she's a little young for that.
As for Famous Men of Rome, we are really enjoying the full color illustrations (can you say beautiful?!) and the material itself is very interesting. We read one chapter a week and then my son completes the accompanying student guide material for that chapter. He finds it a little challenging at times but all in all he's really enjoying the material. Famous Men of Rome starts with the founding of Rome and the ancestry behind it - all the way up through Rome's fall. There are 30 chapters and each chapter outlines a "famous man of Rome", including Horatius, Cicero, Marcus Aurelius and many others. This book is a really wonderful complement to Latina Christiana I. My son reads each chapter to us (which applies towards his daily reading assignment as well) and then we discuss what happened. They each give me a narrative of what they've heard or read and sometimes I'll even ask them to write a short paragraph on what they've learned (the wonders of Charlotte Mason!). In Summary:
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