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Question for those using Latin 4 Children
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Can you tell me how much time per day you spend on L4C? My son is going to be starting it later this year and I”m trying to get an idea of how much time it will add to his day.
Thanks, Rachel
Rachel, we are taking about 2 weeks to do one chapter (except the review chapters). We won’t finish the first book this year, but that is okay with me. I anticipate that we will move somewhat faster next year and whenever we finish book one we’ll move into the next one. My daughter just turned 9 earlier this month and is in the “third grade”.
I break up lessons like this: DVD songs/chants each day for the few minutes it takes to do this (sometimes we repeat these) for the first week of a chapter. I add on the grammar DVD lesson one day in the first week and review any concepts if needed for the remainder of the chapter (quick review on the white board). Then in the second week we continue to review the songs/chants daily. The work pages are added in this week and we do one side per day and the quiz on one day. We work on Latin usually 3 times a week. Sometimes the quiz might be bumped to the start of the next week, but if so we do that and the new chapter chants on that day.
The total time is never more than 15 minutes (I think), and on days that we just do the chants it is much less. Sometimes we add in some review on the website that goes with the series: Headventure Land. That is only a five minutes or so at a time.
I have a friend that follows CM principles that lets her son work on the chapter independently and then let her know when he is ready for the quiz. She lets him work at whatever pace he likes (he is enjoying the study of Latin a lot). He is in the fourth grade. (turned 9 over the summer).
HTH,
Kim
Kim,
Thanks for sharing your schedule. This is very helpful to me. I’m still unsure whether to let dd (soon to be 10) do this w/ me or independently.
Hope to see you again sometime soon! (Don’t forget we’re offering the BooksBloom Seminar in March via RCHA.)
Blessings,
Christie
Thank you KIm. I have to figure it out. I think 2 weeks for one lesson is reasonable. He’s in his 4th year of Hebrew (he’s ten), five days a week(test on Fri) and does most of it independantly. I’ve been moving him to self-correction on his tests, too. He likes to self-correct! It depends on how many new words are introduced whether it takes us a week or two weeks. He translates the story on the first 2-3 days of the week; he writes his new words in Hebrew and English on Monday, we review daily w/the flashcards, then he takes his test on Fri. He also has prayer book practice and cursive Hebrew practice mid-week. Daily work is only 15-20 min., including the flashcard review.
So I have to work the Latin into his day; considering his age, I prefer the 15-20 min. range.
Kim, did you have your dd make her own flashcards? Do you use the activity book and/or the History readers? I plan on getting the readers but am unsure on the activity book.
Rachel
Christie, I am hoping to come to the conference.
Rachel, we have not made flashcards. Using the Headventure Land site is sort of like using flashcards (but multiple choice). We do not use the activity book (just the main work text) and we do have the history readers. We have not gotten to a lesson with those yet, though.
There are times that the quiz seems to expect that something has been practiced to mastery, but it has not really been stressed in the chants/DVD lesson or in the work pages. That is just one thing to maybe look ahead on if either of you have your children work independently, so you can give them a heads up on studying up on that part more if you want them to complete the quiz without looking back at anything. Or maybe have them look at the quiz and tell you when they think they have mastered everything on it to try it on their own…..
HTH,
Kim
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