Latin Lolcats

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Oh, Dear! Where are your clothes?



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Bad Kitty! Why don't you use the cat box?

Latin Books For Kids: Minimus

After we finished the "I am reading latin" series, We started On Minimus: Starting out in Latin



Minimus is a fun little guy! He lives in a house with a Roman Britain family and their cat Vibrissa. The storylines are fun, simple enough to keep the student's interest, yet provide a good challenge and introduces simple grammar rules.

There is a pupil's book, a Teacher Resource Book, and an Audio CD to help with pronunciation. The recommendation for age is 7 and up.

I also like that there is a website for Website for Minimus complete with games, activities, and a multitude of resources. Minimus really does make Latin cool!


We used Minimus for 3rd grade. The story starts out with a a cartoon that is easy to translate, and the story is cute. There are Vocabulary lists for each lesson and various snippets of Roman History and culture throughout the book.

Latin for Fun

In our Latin studies, we are always on the look out for something fun to add to our routine. We have found it.


Ecce! Doctore Seuss: Cattus Petasatus!

How could you not want to read The Cat in the Hat in Latin? We found this book on the Bolchazy-Carducci website and I think it is a must have for any family studying Latin.




I particularly loved how the translators managed to follow the Spirit of Dr. Suess, and made the Latin rhyme! There is also a vocabulary section in the back of the book to help with translation.

Art Class

By Jake

We had Art class today. We painted pictures of our pets with watercolors.



Here's my painting


And here's my mom's

Blogger's Quilt Festival - Learning to sew

I'm Jake And I am 8 years old. I am homeschooled and I am learning to sew. I help my mom make quilts. This is my favorite quilt because I made it for a baby that we babysat and I like that baby.I made him laugh and read to him. And I did a lot of the work myself. My mom took it to a lady in a fabric store to quilt it. Becky quilted elephants alligators and monkeys on it, because that's what I wanted.

Mom's note The quilt shop is
Sew What! in Oxford Alabama

At the design wall


At the machine


And top pieced


After quilting

Latin Homeschool books we like

I knew when we decided to homeschool that I wanted to have Latin as a part of it. I reviewed several curriculae, and this are the books I found most useful - and fun! So much of our English Language comes from Latin, and so much of the roman History has influenced our culture.

Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers



This "I am Reading Latin " set comes with 4 books, and a CD to help with pronunciation. They cover names of animals, numbers, colors, food and names of family members. Each book also has English derivatives of the Latin words. Jake was in first grade when we started these.

There is a second set of four books from the same company: Octavius Octopus, Rena Rhinocerous, Taurus Rex, and Ursus et Porcus, that have a few more words and more grammar.

These books are very good beginner books, and enjoyable for many ages.

Solar Power!

I got Jake a kit with a solar panel and several gadgets and gizmos to hook up to it.



He spent a couple of hours today reading the instructions and assembling and playing with it. He really enjoyed the fan:


He was quite pleased that he had done all the work himself.