by Dwane | Apr 18, 2015 | Latin, Latin in Literature, Motivation, Visual Latin
Last night I watched the new Penguins of Madagascar movie. I have five kids. I watch a lot of kid movies. In fact, I have four daughters. I have seen all of the princess movies. Anyway, as I was saying, I watched the new Penguin movie last night. It was okay. The...
by Dwane | Apr 9, 2015 | Education, Latin, Latin in Literature
This question popped up on Facebook today: We just purchased Visual Latin and love it so far (on lesson 5 now). What Latin Bible do you recommend? I want to purchase one for my daughters who are studying Latin (along with me). Here is my reply: Glad to hear you are...
by Dwane | Oct 13, 2014 | Latin, Latin in Literature, Visual Latin
I received this email today: We are homeschoolers studying Latin. We enjoy your program very much! My daughter would like to have a Latin Vulgate bible. We would like minimal commentary in the bible. Can you recommend one? Thank you! Here is my reply: Glad to hear you...
by Dwane | Aug 12, 2014 | Latin in Literature, Vocabulary
J. K. Rowling makes me laugh. At the prodding of my kids, I have picked up the Harry Potter series once again. I read novels only at night as I am falling asleep. Too much work the rest of the day. Don’t grow up, kids. Anyway… I was recently reading in...
by Dwane | Aug 4, 2014 | Education, English, Greek, Latin, Latin in Literature
Lucius Malfoy, in the Harry Potter series, is the father of Draco Malfoy. In the last post about J.K. Rowling’s famous series, we looked into the meaning of Draco’s name. In case you weren’t paying attention, Draco is Latin for dragon, or snake....
by Dwane | Aug 2, 2014 | Education, English, Latin, Latin in Literature
Rowling plays with language throughout the Harry Potter series. Consider this: One of the main characters in J.K. Rowling’s series is Draco Malfoy. This is no accidental name. Draco, in Latin, means dragon, or even, snake. Draco Malfoy is in Slytherin House....
