Latin Links
I came across this terrific page of links for Latin studies at the Cornell College website. I especially liked the Latin songbook, a page full of lyrics for well-known children’s songs such as "Gaius Est Agricola." You know that one, right? Sure you do:
Gaius est agricola. E-I-E-I-O
In agris eius equi sunt. E-I-E-I-O
Hic hinniunt. Ibi hinniunt.
Hi-hi-hinniunt ubique!
Hee. The kids and I will have fun with this.
Also appealing: the links to some Aesop’s fables and Greek myths in Latin.
This is just a smidgin of what’s available on the Cornell page, so if you’re into Latin be sure to click through and check it out.
We’ve settled into a nice rhythm with our Latin studies…we continue to be unschoolish with most subjects (even the word "subjects" feels too schooly for the way we’re encountering All That Interesting Stuff There Is to Know), but Latin falls into our "things we learn on purpose" category.
Jane is putting in about four days a week on Latin: two days with Latin for Children and two days with Latin: Book One by Scott & Horn.
Rose is finishing up Prima Latina.
We all continue to practice the vocabulary chants from Latin for Children, including Beanie. And I pulled out our copy of Lingua Angelica, a beautiful collection of hymns in Latin, published by Memoria Press, the same folks who do Prima Latina and Latina Christiana. The Lingua Angelica set includes a CD and songbook. We listen to a song many times until we know it by heart, and then we talk through the translation. It’s fun and quite a painless way to expand our understanding of the language. I say "we" because I’m learning Latin right along with the children.
(I say "right along." Ha. I should say, "trailing behind Jane, and barely managing to keep pace with Bean.")
almamater says:
I’ve got insomnia with an extra hour to spare because of the switch from DST, no less. Thanks for the post. I just sang through the children’s songs in Latin (my children will enjoy this) and now I’ll check out the rest of the links.
Mica, mica, parva stella,
Miror quaenam sis tam bella.
On November 4, 2007 at 2:06 am
J says:
Great links! I’m wondering what you think of Latin for Children vs. Latina Christiana. We did part of Prima Latina and now are working through Latina Christiana I. There is a lot of repetition between those two, though. We probably should have begun with LC I. I’ve looked at Latin for Children also, and wondered about switching or supplementing. What are your thoughts?
On November 4, 2007 at 8:42 am
Meredith says:
Great links, and we love all the Memoria Press stuff you linked, works well for our gang too 🙂
On November 4, 2007 at 9:33 am
Fe says:
Thank you!
Our Latin at the moment is singing nursery rhymes… a new one every couple of weeks, and I could see us reaching the end of them quite rapidly!
Although there were some repeats, most of the ones in that link were new:-) So that means we should be able to last most of next year before feeling the need to do anything more formal (Puggle is still really young:-) )
On November 4, 2007 at 6:00 pm
Ana Braga-Henebry says:
Thanks for the post! Great link!
On November 4, 2007 at 9:36 pm
Jordana says:
Thank you! My son and I are working our way through Minimus this year and loving it. We also love singing so learning songs in Latin will be great fun.
On November 7, 2007 at 11:17 am
Jennifer says:
Wonderful links! We are finishing up Prima Latina as well – I think Lucy will enjoy the Aesop’s Fables translations. Must fix printer…. 🙂
On November 10, 2007 at 12:43 pm