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| Minimus Pupil's Book: Starting out in Latin (Minimus) | 
 enlarge | Author: Barbara Bell
Creator: Helen Forte
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Category: Book
List Price: $23.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 31361
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 80
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 10.2 x 7.6 x 0.3
ISBN: 0521659604
Dewey Decimal Number: 487.2421
EAN: 9780521659604
ASIN: 0521659604
Publication Date: January 28, 2000
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great for homeschooling November 16, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased this book for my daughter's homeschool. She loves it. Easy to follow and good accumulation of vocabs. Many hand-on activities for each lesson in Teacher's guide book, so strongly recommend to get both. Audio CD is OK... Love children's voice actors,but recording quality is not so great.
Still must to get audio CD along this book.
 A little frustrating September 23, 2007
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
We do not "homeschool" but I wanted to use this book to teach my daughter Latin as a supplement to what she's learning in school. So far I have found it to be frustrating. Mostly because all the words are not defined. I have been having her translate the cartoons but she is not able to do it completely because of the lack of definitions. It would also be helpful to have a comprehensive glossary at the end. I have a Latin dictionary but it's not terribly helpful. For instance, they introduce "est" but none of the tenses. So along comes "erit" and I'm not sure how they're supposed to know that that is the future tense and means "is going to be"? And "erit" is not in the Latin dictionary. I am now going to have to sit down and write up a spreadsheet with definitions of all the words.
The mouse is cute and I like the addition of Roman culture and history.
 Good for schools and homeschools August 23, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is an excellent alternative to Prima Latina and Latina Christiana. It is engaging and fun without being gimmicky. I have taught Latin using a variety of texts for over 10 years-- this is the perfect textbook for elementary school students or homeschoolers looking for a solid introduction to Latin language and ancient culture. This book is also perfect for students studying the ancient Mediterranean. It has much useful and fascinating information on daily life in the ancient world.
The teacher's manual that accompanies this book is fraught with ideas for projects and classroom activities.
Excellent Resource - BUT you must have the audio for pronunciation (more) July 4, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is very entertaining, very versatile -- there are so many activities to be used for reinforcement that one truly will not be able to do them all. Even though I had Latin in High School, I had to purchase the audio CD - I found it to be the missing component to the kids' enjoying their lessons thoroughly. The Audio is an enormous help -- easy to understand and a practical learning aid. I also used photos off the internet of present day Vindolanda which gaves the kids an excellent perspective of the area about which they are learning. Because of the great versatility of the series and the many ways to branch out and make the lessons interesting, relevant AND still have your students learn Latin, I would definitely recommend this series AND the audio component.
Long live Minimus May 14, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book is a very entertaining way to introduce basic latin for young and inquisitive minds. I liked the humerous stories coupled with the classic mythology.
Now I look for latin words in everyday life with a lot more awareness than before. Long live minimus!
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