I recently stumbled across an astonishing quote by Derek Sivers, an author I know nothing about.  Or, didn’t know anything about until yesterday.   Here’s the quote: “I hate to waste a single hour.  I feel the precious value of time, most of the time.  I imagine my...

Hitherto the plans of the educationalists have achieved very little of what they attempted, and indeed we may well thank the beneficent obstinacy of real mothers, real nurses, and (above all) real children for preserving the human race in such sanity as it still...

I received this question: My son is a rising sophomore in Classical Conversations.  He has gone through Henle First Year and is about to start Henle Second Year.  We are pretty sure we want to get a membership to your sight.  My question is: do you offer any grading...

People often ask me, "How did you teach Latin to your own kids?" This is such a tough question to answer. It may be easier if I tell you what I wish I had done with my own kids. I started my kids out in Latin, but this was before I had discovered Lingua Latina by Hans...

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A few weeks ago, I received this email: I’m befuddled and hope you can offer some suggestions.  Up through chapter seven of Lingua Latina, I was making myself flashcards of new words. Plus, I’ve also got six cards showing endings for the six cases.  With review, I’m...

I received this question: Comment: Hi! I am curious how many languages you are actively learning at one time, and then also how much time you spend every day maintaining the languages you’ve already learned. You have so many languages on your site; do you work on all...

When I was first making the transition from classroom teaching to online teaching, I designed my own website.  And, it looked like I designed my own website.   That's okay.   I recommend doing the same thing if you are just starting out.  Do as much as you can on your...

I received this question: Hi!  We are LOVING Visual Latin 1. However, we are considering homeschooling our almost-10-year-old son as well and I am curious: what Latin program would you recommend using before Visual Latin 1? Thanks so much!   Here is my reply:...

The National Latin exam is a tricky thing.  Imagine taking thirty students, and teaching them to work on cars.  Each student is trained only on one car.  One student learns to repair Hondas.  One student learns to repair Jeeps.  One student learns to repair Volvos,...

Over the next few months, I am compiling the old tips of the week.  Here's another.  This one is from August 10, 2019. ================================================= If you are trying to learn something new, and if you are using audiobooks or videos to do so, you...

I received this question: Hi there.  My son has taken and Spanish I class and would like to take a Spanish 2 class starting next fall.  Are you going to be offering a level 2 Spanish class?   Here is my reply: The short answer is, yes.   It’s a little...

Pretty much every day, I get the same email.   Essentially, it goes like this: "My kids are struggling with Henle Latin, and they are bored.   Is there anything else we can do?" I usually recommend switching to Lingua Latina by Hans Ørberg. This mom chose another...

I am in the process of loading lost "tips of the week" into my site.  I sent this one out in August of 2019.  It may no longer apply. ================================================= Remember some time ago, when the guys in charge of our credit scores, Equifax,...