Latin Links

If you find that any of these links have changed, please contact me at wonder@riverwillow.com.au

Note: None of the links below are to specific curriculum materials, but to materials which would supplement any Latin curriculum.

Why Learn Latin?

	Top 10 reasons to study classics – http://www.dl.ket.org/latin1/things/top10latin.htm
	Why Study Latin? (An article by Cheryl Lowe of Memoria Press) – http://www.memoriapress.com/articles/whylatin.html

	Latin in the Christian Trivium (see "Resources" for some excellent articles) – http://www.homeschoollatin.com/
	Why Study Latin? (An article from Classical Academic Press) – http://www.classicalacademicpress.com/images/samples/why_latin.pdf

Latin Sayings

	Latin phrases (with English translations) – http://www.fact-index.com/l/li/list_of_latin_phrases.html
	Latin proverbs (with English translations) – http://www.fact-index.com/l/li/list_of_latin_proverbs.html
	Latin proverbs (with English vocabulary) – http://www.mythfolklore.net/proverbs/index.htm
	Latin Sayings and Proverbs – http://wonder.riverwillow.com.au/home_education/Latin/latin_sayings.htm

Latin Vocabulary

	Puerorum Lexicon - Multilingual children's dictionary (We love the Latin flag!) – http://www.logosdictionary.org/pls/dictionary/new_dictionary.kdic.home?lang=LA
	Clouds (Latin & English names) – http://www.dl.ket.org/latin1/things/clouds/cbody.htm
	Latin & Greek roots – http://abasiccurriculum.com/homeschool/roots/
	Latin Lexicon (from the official Vatican website: How do you say "baby-sitter", "jeep" or "popcorn" in Latin? This page has the answers!) – http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/institutions_connected/latinitas/documents/rc_latinitas_20040601_lexicon_it.html

Scripture (Vulgate)

	Jerome's Latin Vulgate – http://speedbible.com/vulgate/
	Parallel Latin/English Psalter – http://members.tripod.com/%7Egunhouse/psalmstxt/pshome.htm
	Mark 1:1-3:10 - A Bi-lingual Reader – http://www.slu.edu/colleges/AS/languages/classical/latin/tchmat/readers/vulgate/mark1.html

Songs

	Association for Latin Teaching Songbook – Words and music for a variety of songs (everything from "Gaudeamus Igitur" to "Three Blind Mice", taking in "A Policeman's Lot", "Waltzing Matilda", and "Mud, mud, glorious mud" en route) http://www.arlt.co.uk/summer_school/songbook/songbook.php
	Hymns & carols – http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/hymni.html
	Dona Nobis Pacem – http://www-personal.umich.edu/~msmiller/donanobis.html
	Nursery rhymes & other children's songs – http://www.laukart.de/ctm/index.php?id=274
	Popular songs ("Puff the Magic Dragon", "Sound of Silence" & others of the same era) – http://www.ravendays.org/latin/carmina.html
	Various songs including Happy birthday, Christmas songs, & others – http://www.dl.ket.org/latin1/things/song/index.htm

Texts

	Aesop's Fables (in Greek, Latin, and French, as well as English) – http://www.mythfolklore.net/aesopica/index.htm
	Alice in Wonderland – http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/alice.html
	De Ludis et Hortis (Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses in Latin) – http://sevenroads.org/Garden/GardenIntro.html
	Jabberwocky, by Lewis Carroll – http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/iabervocius.html
	Latin Readers (Aesop's Fables; Anecdotes of Antiquity, Bible stories, & more) – http://www.slu.edu/colleges/AS/languages/classical/latin/tchmat/readrs.html
	Medieval Latin Tales: Two 13^th century stories: "The Proud Emperor" and "The Clever Thief" – http://www.geocities.com/gene_moutoux/latintales.htm
	TEXTKIT – Greek and Latin Learning Tools (dictionaries, grammars, textbooks, classical texts...) – http://www.textkit.com/
	The Latin Library (original texts - Classical, Medieval, and Modern) – http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/
	Shakespeare's Sonnets in Latin – http://www.slu.edu/colleges/AS/languages/classical/latin/tchmat/pedagogy/latinitas/dv/dv.html
	Tolle Lege (easy Latin for reading) – http://dekart.f.bg.ac.yu/~vnedeljk/TL/

Worksheets

Very easy translation work & a Latin game (from a Catholic homeschooling site) –
http://www.chcweb.com/catalog/files/latinpractice.pdf
http://www.chcweb.com/catalog/files/christmaslatin.pdf and
http://www.chcweb.com/catalog/files/latingames.pdf

Recipes

Antique Roman Recipes –
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~mjw/recipes/ethnic/historical/ant-rom-coll.html

Spoken Latin

Latinum – "The Online Latin Course. Learn Latin through Total Immersion. Download our free lessons to your MP3 player, and soak yourself through with the sounds of spoken Latin. Its the only way to rapidly acquire fluency. We offer free lessons in spoken Latin, an expanding repository of readings from classical texts, and a wide range of study materials for every level of learner" –
http://latinum.mypodcast.com/index.html

Pyrrha's Roman Pages – Listen to Latin online (and check out the other pages on the website, while you are there) –
http://www.pyrrha.demon.co.uk/psound1.html

Just for fun

	Endless noun ending song (Follows the American case order. We loved this, and found ourselves singing it for days after hearing it only a couple of times!) – http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/consortium/catullusguide13.html
	Handy Latin phrases (Fun, but not exactly classical! Some are very clever, but I suggest you check this out before allowing your children to read it) – http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A218882
	Was I speaking Latin again? (Same comments as the above site) – http://www.guernsey.net/~jim/latine.html

Miscellaneous Links

	BestLatin.net – Very helpful resource for Latin students and teachers: Includes Latin proverbs, Aesop's fables, Bible stories, Saints' lives, classical myths, animal stories, Latin crosswords, Roman Sudoku – http://bestlatin.net/
	Classical Academic Press – Free resources relating to teaching Latin and Greek. http://classicalacademicpress.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=16&zenid=00814ec7a840e9f721e24b5442c81127
	Classical Homeschooling Latin Curriculum links – http://www.classical-homeschooling.org/celoop/latin.html
	Latin by the Dowling Method – Excellent suggestions for learning Latin grammar so that it sticks! The article suggests using Wheelock's Latin as a basis. If you prefer a text following the British order of cases, the ideas here would work equally well with a text such as B.H. Kennedy's Revised Latin Primer – http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~wcd/Latin.htm
	Dowling's Wheel – "If you are learning Latin by the Dowling Method, you know that you need to memorize six tables in the back of Wheelock’s Latin. This website will help you to memorize those tables ... Instead of writing the tables out by hand, you can simply type them into this website and we’ll tell you which words are correct/incorrect." http://jonathanaquino.com/latin/index.php
	Headventure Land – "a special place to practice your Latin...and have a stupendous time while you are at it!" This website includes videos, stories, and games. Many of the features here correspond with curriculum published by Classical Academic Press", but students using other Latin curricula will also find something to enjoy. http://www.headventureland.com/
	Latin Exams – http://www.nle.org/
	Links to just about anything to do with Latin – http://eleaston.com/latin.html
	Minimus website – Minimus is a primary Latin curriculum published by Cambridge University Press. This companion website provides some wonderful supplementary materials including songs, Latin plays (Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Red Riding Hood), and more. Very helpful whether you use the curriculum or not – http://www.minimus-etc.co.uk
	The Art of Reading Latin: How To Teach It, William Gardner Hale (older article, dating from 1886, but very helpful) – http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0066
	Quizzes (The Certamen Questions Database) – http://www.geocities.com/bwduncan
	The LATIN QVARTER – Latin language learning resources and films. This site includes English translations of the stories in Teach Yourself Beginner's Latin by G.D.A. Sharpley. http://www.lingua.co.uk

[Page last updated 1 December, 2010]