Learn Spanish, French, or Italian first!

I received this comment: Hi Mr. Thomas, I have mostly younger children (4 that are 7 and younger, a 3rd, 4th & 6thgrader) and only began the process of really researching what I will be doing with my upcoming 7th grader this past year. My oldest has taken an...

Midterms and Finals.

Recently, someone asked if there were midterm exams, or final exams for Visual Latin. Here is my reply: Here is my reply: Currently, there are no “official” midterm exams or final exams.   However,  I recommend taking quiz/test 30 as a midterm exam, and quiz/test 60...

I like helping people

I received this question:   My son is currently taking your Lingua Latina online class. This fall I will add two more kids and son #1 will move on to LL 20+ . Did I read correctly that there is a$500 family fee? Does this change if you grade all three? Thanks for your...

How many hours per week?

I received this email: To make a long story short, I found Visual Latin online and my daughter and I both loved the samples we viewed. While asking questions on The Well Trained Mind forums about the program, I was referred here to your blog where I found your live...

Memorize the Latin endings?

Students ask me all the time.  “Should I memorize the Latin endings?” I say what no Latin teacher ever says.  “Maybe.” There is nothing at all wrong with memorizing all of the Latin endings.  Some of my best students are from the Classical...