Help! Looking for a Latin course…

That is what we use.  We have liked it as much as a family who is no big on forgein languages can.  He has a great sense of humor, does a great job getting the kids involved.  My only complaint.. it’s small.. but some times the teachers book has different wording than the kids and has been found to have a few mistakes.  Nothing major but it will throw you if you aren’t paying enough attention.

My boys are 14, 13 & 11.  They are getting it, but it is Latin and any language that is different can pose it’s only problems.  I am not looking for them to be able to speak it necessarily, just that they can translate it and read it.  So I can’t vouch for it if you are looking for them to speak it.  As I figured who are they ever going to speak to?  I love that it has made understanding grammar that much easier.  Also, this program we seem to learn a lot of new english words that come from Latin words.  

I have to say—after I saw some parts of Misty’s and looked up some further info-this program has a LOT of errors.  Just saying.  

Bookworm – Thanks for the heads up!  It’s nice to have lots of curriculum choices, but it does put as at the mercy of the creators when you have no background in certain subjects…. what’s REALLY scary are some of the SUPER popular programs that may not have errors, but are just not very good in terms of content – I recently had my eyes opened to the lack of quality writing programs, in terms of the people who’ve written them actually having a degree in English or having at least been published (outside of their curriculum).    So anyhow – I appreciate you taking the time to look into it and giving us a little advice!

We are planning to start Visual Latin this fall. While researching the curriculum, I read about errors such as the teacher speaking or writing something wrong and then correcting himself moments later when he catches his error. I also read that there were some mistakes in the worksheets but that they were corrected and available for download. The author also stated on his blog that they are reviewing all the lessons and editing out mistakes. So my understanding is that the man is not teaching Latin incorrectly, but that he misspoke occasionally. Is this accurate? Do you know of something beyond this, Bookworm? I would appreciate any information since I will be learning Latin along with the kids. Thanks.

I contacted the folks at Visual Latin to get clarification on errors and wanted to post here with what I found out, in case anyone is looking at purchasing the curriculum.  They assured me that they have corrected the errors on the worksheets and that the corrected worksheets are available for free download.  They also let me know that they stand behind their products 100% and will give a full refund to anyone who is not satisfied.   The man who was emailing me said that, to his knowledge, no one has ever asked for a refund.  I am satisfied that this curriculum will be a good fit for us and I am looking forward to using it very soon.

I do agree that Latin doesn’t change and we can certainly use the tried and true methods of learning and teaching the language.  I own Wheelocks and was actually planning to use that before I found Visual Latin.  I guess for my family it comes down to the fact that I still have younger kids who are learning how to read and write, so I have to put my energies into them right now.  I have to have something for these older kids that we can just pick up and do without prep work from me.  I am excited about learning Latin, and now, after seeing the Visual Latin samples, my kids are too.  And that’s worth a lot to me!  And no, I’m not a paid spokesperson and this post does not contain affiliate links.