Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Thursday, April 16, 2020

Interactive Garden Game

I've been trying
to work out how to redo the Garden Game, a little drag and drop preposition exercise I made, since it doesn't work properly on modern browsers. Here's a Google Slide version of it - you'll be directed to make a copy.

Prepositions in Minimus' Garden

Tuesday, April 07, 2020

Virtual Vindolanda tablet

I've been trying for ages to make an interactive Vindolanda tablet, and this is the latest iteration! It's a Google slides file, and the link should let you make a copy and save it to your own Google Drive. Run the slideshow (f5) and you can drag the Roman cursive letters onto the virtual tablet to make your own message. There are three copies of each letter stacked up on the left, but you can easily copy and paste more. 

Sunday, April 05, 2020

Free Minimus resources, part 3

Over on our sister site, The Primary Latin Project (primarylatinproject.org), you can download the whole of Workbook 1, which goes with the first Minimus book. It's full of exercises and activities for each chapter!
Download it here

Thursday, April 02, 2020

Free Minimus resources, part 2

Here's another free download to keep Minimus' friends busy. Print out the comic template, colour in the drawings, cut them out and use them to make your own story.

Download template here

Free Minimus resources part 1

We've made the Minimus 1 Workbook available to download free - we hope this helps during school closures!
The audio versions of the myths might be useful, too: find them here.

Sunday, February 03, 2019

Hourly Comic Day 2019

The first of February is Hourly Comic Day. Minimus is up for the challenge...

Six o’clock on a freezing morning! 
Seven o'clock, and Minimus is frying his breakfast.
Eight o'clock, and Minimus is getting himself ready for school
Nine o'clock, and Minimus is singing in assembly
Ten o'clock, and Minimus is having a little trouble with his cursive writing...
Eleven o'clock, and Minimus is measuring cheese in his Maths lesson
Twelve o'clock is lunchtime for a hungry mouse!


One o'clock, and it's time for a little fresh air.
Two o'clock music lesson - Minimus does like his brass instruments!
Three o'clock, and Minimus is practising his boxing skills
Four o'clock - time for a dance before going home from school!
Five o'clock, and Minimus is playing with his friend the hedgehog
Six pm, and Minimus is attending to his toilet (as it were)
Seven pm, time to read in bed!
Eight o'clock in the evening, and Minimus' busy day is over. Sleep well, little mouse!





Thursday, April 12, 2018

Twitter Challenges: 2, Hourly Comics Day

The first of February marks Hourly Comics Day, where artists, cartoonists and illustrators try to draw and post an image for each hour they are awake. I reworked my artwork from last year and made the Latin more legible. I'm very happy with how they turned out!

















Twitter Challenges: part 1, Inktober

Inktober involves making an ink drawing each day throughout October. This time, the challenge offered a one-word prompt for each day, so I decided to translate the words into Latin and interpret them via Minimus, Vibrissa and Rufus. The drawings were photographed on my phone and not really cleaned up - but here they are anyway!