I’m back.

I took the last three weeks off.  Well… from writing a tip of the week.  Just couldn’t find the time. August is the busiest month of the year for me.   I spend most of my time getting ready for the upcoming courses, answering questions, registering...

The home of Julius and Aemilia.

In chapter 6 of Lingua Latina, we learn about the home of Julius and Aemilia.  In the Lingua Latina forum, one of my students posted an excellent tour of a typical Roman home.  Watch this video and keep it in mind as you read chapter 6:  ...

None shall pass.

I received this cry for help: I am trying to join the forum and it is not intuitive on your site. I’ve done a search and it you posted a students reply about “making an account in the blog” but under the blog tab there is nothing about making an account. I have gone...

These questions… again.

I received these questions: How many weeks is your class? (Does it somewhat correspond to the CC 30-week plan)? Do you assign homework and do you collect it/grade it? Will the homework correspond at all to the CC 30 week Latin I (Challenge I) curriculum? And just to...

Follow the title.

I received this question: Perfect – Ok so from reading your Q&A it sounds like keep my Henle kid in Henle 2 – and once she completes that she will have 3 years of Latin? Here is my reply: Slowly catching up.  Yes.  As best I can tell, it seems most...

When schools fail…

I received this email: After reading several blog posts, I am wondering (again) about Henle. Yes, I admit that I am also one of those people who HATE Henle. I find it cumbersome, confusing, limited (vocabulary ), and just plain aggravating. Our son has struggled with...