What does “auditing” mean?

I received this inquiry: What is your definition of auditing a class?  I am trying to decide between auditing Henle 1 and “I already own Visual Latin”. Thank you!  Here is my reply: I personally grade the work of my students.   This, however, is...

Why does my kid hate Latin?

I received this inquiry: Hello.  My son, now 12 y/o was in Classical Conversations Challenge A last year.  He started the year LOVING Latin… then slowly began to hate it.  I’m sure it’s because it was more difficult as the year went along and I was...

Visual Latin or Henle Latin?

I received this inquiry: Comment: I have a question about Visual latin and Henle. I know you have a sheet for using both together. I am wondering if we really need it. My question is, will my children come away with the same level of latin just using VL 1 and 2 as...

Which Latin pronunciation?

I received this inquiry: What pronunciation do you use? Ecclesiastical or classical? Here is my reply: I use the Ecclesiastical pronunciation.  The differences between the two are actually not that great. If you want something to imitate, imitate...

Why we made Visual Latin

I received this inquiry: Hi Dwane, I am a bit conflicted about what I should do for my 13 year old grandson  (I homeschool him). He’s doing the work of Challenge A this year, but is not in a community. There was not one this year. He does not enjoy schoolwork...

Help for students overseas?

I received this inquiry: Hi, I have been teaching my son Latin using Memoria Press’ Form series, going into Third Form. We are learning it together, and yes, there is a lot of grammar memorizing, which is why I also purchased Lingua Latina to read through as a...