Latina Christiana - Learning Latin!

Disclaimer: I received a FREE copy of this product through the HOMESCHOOL REVIEW CREW in exchange for my honest review. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way.

We haven't done much foreign language study in our homeschool, but Mercie was more than willing to try out Latina Christiana from Memoria Press! We received the Latina Christiana Complete Set which includes:

• Student Workbook containing 25 weekly lessons and 5 review lessons for a total of 30 lessons
• Teacher Manual with lesson plans, instructions, guides, and the tests and quizzes 
• Pronunciation CD containing pronunciations from each lesson as well as the prayers and songs
• Flashcards with all of the vocabulary words, derivatives, conjugations, declensions, and Latin sayings
• Instructional DVD 

I will admit that when I opened the box and looked through the materials, I was very intimidated! I read through the first portion of the Teacher Manual and my head started spinning! I have never studied Latin before, or any other foreign language, and I was confused. I started getting nervous that I would have to learn all of this and teach it to Mercie.

Then Mercie put in the Instructional DVD, and I was immediately relieved. The DVD is amazing. Each lesson is around 15 minutes long, and the instructor teaches everything Mercie needs to know. Mercie will watch the video and then complete the corresponding pages in the Student Workbook. The videos include vocabulary, grammar, practice exercises, prayers, songs, history lessons, and games. Without the Instructional DVD, we would have been totally lost! The instructor makes everything to simple and clear to understand.

The Student Workbook is very well-done. Each lesson is on a two page spread. The left side contains the lesson for the week, with the Latin saying, vocabulary words, and grammar forms. This is very easy to understand and usually has very helpful charts and tables. The right side contains the exercise activities, which consist of translating Latin to English or English to Latin and grammar practice. The worksheet would take Mercie around 20 minutes or less to complete. She did have to look back for some of the translations and grammar, but she can remember quite a bit!

(left side with lesson and new information-

Mercie took some notes)

(right side with the exercises)

In the back of the Student Workbook are prayers, conversational Latin, songs, sayings, grammar forms, history guide, vocabulary index (by grammar form and alphabetical), English to Latin reference (which was very helpful!), derivatives, and definitions. We did use the English to Latin reference quite a bit trying to figure out some of the lesson exercises!

She also studies her flashcards. There are flashcards for all of the vocabulary words, Latin sayings, derivatives, declensions, and conjugations. They are really nice and thick, and Mercie finds them very helpful.

(the small stack are the cards she is learning -

the huge stack are the cards she hasn't gotten to yet!)

The Teacher Manual contains the Student Workbook pages with answers, the same Appendices as the Student Workbook, an Advanced Grammar Overview, quizzes, tests, and the answer key. It's also spiral-bound, which I love.

Mercie has really enjoyed learning Latin! She studies her flashcards and has learned quite a few Latin words. She can do this independently, other than having me check her workbook pages. It takes her around an hour a week to do, watching the video, completing the workbook pages, and studying her flashcards. I am very impressed with this program! I never considered having my kids learn Latin before, but Memoria Press makes it very easy and effective. Latina Christiana is available for $98.90 and is an entire year's curriculum for 3rd to 6th graders. See what other reviewers thought about Latina Christiana and more Latin programs by Memoria Press by clicking the banner below.