My name is Julie Brown.  I have 4 children, ages 18-13, and have lived in Auburn almost 12 years.  I received my undergraduate degree in Special Education for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in 1995 from The University of Alabama and a M.Ed in 1999 from AUM.  I taught for 3 years at Vaughn Road Elementary School in Montgomery before having my first child, who we discovered by age 3 had special needs.  That set my family on a whole journey of exploring how to teach a child who did not learn in a "traditional" manner.  These many years later, I can say honestly that I've learned more about teaching as a parent than I ever learned in school.  I have homeschooled my younger 3 children for five years, was a "tutor" with Classical Conversations Foundations program 4 of those years, as well as taught Latin (Henle, First and Second Form) for both mine and other children the past two years.  Last year, I taught First Form with LEEP, and I am looking forward to teaching again this year! 

It was sign language that actually attracted me to special education years ago, as I love learning other languages. I had 8 1/2 years combined of Romance languages (French/Spanish) in high school and college which has helped greatly to prepare me to study/teach Latin the last two years.
 

Philosophy

My philosophy in teaching, specifically in memorization, which is so much of early learning, whether science, Latin or another subject is to add variety and fun alongside drill and practice.  The more intensity and fun learning can be for anyone, the more quickly it is mastered. Auditory, visual, tactile and movement methods contribute to the various ways the same information can be input into a student, hopefully resulting in quicker transfer from short term to longer term memory.