Classical Conversations
Mental Horticulture: Writing an Original Story in Latin
I’ve joked with Andy over the last year as we’ve developed Latin with Andy that all along, my maniacal mom plan was to get Andy to work Henle’s First Year Latin book a fourth time—and you always learn something in a deeper way when you have to teach it. The training and toiling Andy invested in his…
Read MoreJona et Piscis Grandis – A Big Fish Translating Adventure
From the time students start learning their first vocabulary words and noun declensions, they are itching for a translating adventure—something to translate from Latin into English. The challenge is that even once they’ve spent years soaking up the grammar, it can still be very challenging to head to a text originally written in Latin and…
Read MoreStrengthen Translation Skills with Latin Vocabulary Quizzes
The two things that make working through Latin translations faster are memorizing vocabulary and memorizing the paradigms (declensions of nouns and conjugations of verbs). I’ve seen this first hand as I have worked through Henle’s First Year Latin text with my son. He worked to memorize the vocabulary with flashcards, and I hoped that I could flip…
Read MoreTwo Student’s Perspectives on the Classical Conversations Challenge Programs
I’ve been able to speak at a couple of Classical Conversations Parent Practicums this summer, and one of my favorite parts is the afternoon Challenge panel. This is where parents get to ask questions of Challenge students of various experience. If you’re a tutor, you often miss these times of insight into the minds of…
Read MoreNote Taking In Summer Reading
Summertime is the perfect time to get ahead on reading. While I do still take time to read for fun, I love to start reading the books my kids will read during the school year. I encourage my kids to do the same. The only trouble with this reading ahead bit is that the stories…
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