What if you have a non-K12 system?

[Francis]

Hi guys! My name is Francis and I'm the Centre Director for the Saint John Scholastic Assistance Centre in the Philippines. We don't use the K-12 system here so I'm wondering if the PL, LA and CL are age specific?

It's driving me a little nuts trying to resolve both systems especially when we don't have a "standard". The info I'm giving comes from just 'one' school here so you guys don't get confused. e.g., highschool here can be from 3 years to 6 years depending on who is running it.

We have three years of pre-school school starting at age 4: Kindergarten, Nursery, & Prep, then 7 years of elementary starting at age 7: G1-G7, then four years of highschool: H1-H4.

K here is at age 4 while it is age 5 in the US, but we don't start G1 until a year after the US. Topics for age 12 kids in the US don't get started until age 14 here and we lose a lot of subjects taught in (US) Grade 11/12.

I'm trying to figure out the age range for LA because I heard some parents are using it for US Kindergarten kids (forum) because the music helps them memorize... but when I check the company stuff, it says LA is for Grade 3 (Classical teacher mag) or for PA, LC, & Henle (online catalogue.... help!!!!

If one of my clients wanted to teach their child Latin at age 4 (Kinder here) which title should go first? PL or LA? (Please use the scenarios 1-4 in the Classical teacher mag as the baseline...) Thanks

[abbey]

Prima Latina is appropriate for children who can read up through about 8 or 9 years old. (It could also be used orally with children who have not yet learned to read, though generally I'd put it off till they are reading fluently unless they're just learning alongside an older sibling.)

Latina Christiana is generally useful for children who are 8-12 years old, but can be used with younger kids who have successfully completed Prima Latina, or older kids who will go through much more quickly.

Lingua Angelica is a supplemental program. The CD is beautiful to listen to and is nice for Latin students of any age. The translation portion of the Lingua Angelica program is useful for students who have completed Latina Christiana 1 and are now doing Latina Christiana 2. But it's not an individual Latin program -- it's to be used alongside any other Latin course.

Henle is generally recommended for about age 14+, but is useful for younger kids (I know families who have used it as young as age 7) who have completed the Latina Christiana 1 and 2 sequence.