Language Classes, Learning Strategies, and Q&A Forums
Latin • Greek • French • Spanish • German • Learn 24/7 • All family members included • Tests & grades included • All classes included • Student-driven Q&A forums • No hidden fees • No registration fees • No cancellation fees
“You have superpowers!
I know this because you can transform kids from haters of Latin to lovers of Latin!” – Kimberly
Recent Blog Posts
Goals: One Meal a Day
Last year I wrote a book on goal setting. I am now in the process of editing that book. As I edit, I will post excerpts here on my blog. This is from chapter four: _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Why...
Word of the Day #114: Exhaust
Exhaust: to drain; to deplete. This morning, in a Latin class, we came across the Latin verb exhaurire. Exhaurire is Latin for drawing out, emptying, or draining. Exhaurire itself is a combination of the preposition ex, meaning 'out of' and haurire, meaning to draw...
Word of the Day #112: Snow
Snow: small, soft, white flakes of ice falling from the sky. This word has been in our language since the beginning. In Old English, snow was snaw. English is a Germanic language. Finding similar words in the Germanic languages, then, comes as no surprise. German:...
Word of the Day #111: Santa Claus
Santa Claus: the legendary patron saint of children The name Santa Claus first shows up in American English in 1773. Before then, Santa Claus was known as Sante Klaas, which itself comes from the old Dutch name for the saint: Sinter Niklaas. Today, in Holland, he is...
Word of the Day #110: Calendar
Calendar: a system for measuring the days and months of the year. Calendar comes from the only word in Latin that uses the letter K, Kalendae. The Kalendae, to the Romas, was the first day of the month. It was also the day debts were due and accounts were reckoned....
Word of the Day #109: December
December: the twelfth and final month of the year December comes from the same root word that gives us the English decade (a period of ten years), decennial (occurring every ten years), decimal (to the tenth place), and dime (ten cents). December means: the tenth...
Tip of the Week #284: Dreaming Spanish
Like never before, I am attempting to level up in Spanish. Compass classroom and I want to produce some thing like Visual Latin, for Spanish. It's been a dream for sometime. Unfortunately, my Spanish skills are the hold up. I still have a much to learn. One site I...
Word of the Day #108: Noel
Noel: the period from December 24 to January 6. I have to admit, I did not know this was the definition of Noel until I did some research for this word. Noel came up the other day in a French class I am taking. The teacher was telling us about the French 'Santa...
Tip of the Week #283: No Degree? No Problem!
In my never-ending quest for alternatives to college, I recently discovered the No Degree podcast. In the podcast, the host interviews people who opted out of college, and found success. If you decide to check it out, I recommend this episode...
Word of the Day #107: Advent
Advent An awaited arrival; an important arrival. The season or period of the Christian calendar between Advent Sunday and Christmas. The word advent comes from the Latin word adventus. Adventus, in Latin, is an arrival, an approach, a visit, or an appearance....