Guest blog by Doreen Hulsey, who owns her own business and is one of Ana Lomba’s team members.

Hopefully, you had special people – parents, teachers – in your life who loved creating nurturing environments with wonderful memories. While I could mention a few teachers, my most special person was my mom, whom I very sadly lost on Dec. 31. She was my hero, my anchor as I grew up, and I learned a few principles below from her that can be applied no matter whether it’s your own children, other children, or even your own business. [Read more…]

I’ve had the honor of knowing Ana Lomba for more than a year, and she asked me to tell you about my experience with foreign language teaching in the home, classroom & homeschool and my biggest challenge.

After I had two children and stayed home, I never imagined myself teaching children in a classroom setting or in a homeschooling setting, but I’ve done both. My struggle with finding great curriculum (my biggest challenge), though, began several years before this when I wanted to teach Spanish to my children at home. [Read more…]