Minimus Secundus Pupil's Book: Moving on in Latin Paperback – Illustrated, 11 Mar. 2004

I find it extraordinary that someone finds this course unsatisfactory. I have been teaching Minimus One to 7-10 year-olds for some years, and in the final year before secondary school, the youngsters move onto Minimus Secundus. By the end they are able to translate into natural English simple Latin narrative and dialogue, with the aid of running vocabulary, so well on the way to getting the most out of their secondary school Latin experience. In fact they choose their secondary school according to whether it teaches Latin; all down to the inspiration provided by these wonderful books. The warped and off-putting way that Latin has been taught for children to pass Common Entrance is, thankfully, soon to be history. I hope therefore that more schools will come to Minimus, which is a much more fun way of learning about the language and the Romans.

Such a good book for those learning Latin at an advanced age. As for children, the clues in the pictures help with recall and it is a fun way to learn.

Interesting for young ones learning latin...good explanations of grammar...good vocabulary...soft and easy introduction...

This is really helpful in my Latin courses and the book is very cheap!

Homeschooling with fun.

The book arrived in very good condition for a very fair price . It's a satisfying step up from Minimus , yet definitely achievable . Best of all I love to feel I'm doing my bit towards reducing waste and recycling .Well done Amazon sponsors .

This book is a delight! IT makes Latin fun and the approach can be varied for use over a wide age range.

As a homeschooler, I was looking for a solid Latin teaching book and started off by trying Minimus. Big disappointment, unless page after page of cutesy mice and smatterings of fake Latin is what you are after. I bought Secundus in the hope that we could actually have the chance to start learning real Latin, only to find that the drivel moved to a whole new level.It may "tick the boxes" for a school that needs to churn every Fred, Margaret and Bob through something which qualifies as a foreign language, but, as a homeschooler, I get to choose for my child to be taught from the best materials. This book is far from that, in our experience.Conjures up images of someone trying to put together a book on "Calculus for Primary School" and drawing pictures of a mouse running all over graph paper with some numbers and sums and a smattering of Greek letters (pi, theta, rho), then claiming kids were being "introduced" to calculus, and so would find it easier later on. This sort of 'dumbing down' can really confuse a kid about what the subject really entails.