Latin for Kids Curriculum:
Self-Paced Courses
Pre-orders for the Ascanius Course are now open. Pre-orders for the Aeneas Curriculum will open in Summer 2025.
Elementary Latin Homeschool Curriculum
Want your elementary student to get started with Latin? The Elementary Curriculum provides everything your child needs to get started reading and speaking the language of the West. Through interactive digital exercises, animated stories, physical workbooks and storybooks, and video lessons created by the Latin experts at the Ancient Language Institute, your student will encounter Latin vocabulary and grammar the way it is meant to be encountered: through meaningful and compelling communication. Perfect for homeschoolers or any young student who wants to start studying Latin without enrolling in a synchronous ALI course.
The Ancient Language Institute has developed this innovative self-guided course using the pedagogical progression developed by Picta Dicta, a leading developer of ancient language curriculum using the Mixed Method of language instruction. Students will use Picta Dicta’s “Latin Primer” digital and hardcopy tools, a bevy of Picta Dicta storybooks and workbooks, and complementary audio and video curriculum produced by Ancient Language Institute Latin Fellows.
The Ascanius Course contains everything your student needs to get started reading and speaking the language of the West. Through interactive digital exercises, animated stories, print workbooks and storybooks, and video lessons created by the Latin experts at the Ancient Language Institute, your student will encounter Latin vocabulary and grammar the way it is meant to be encountered: through meaningful and compelling communication. Perfect for homeschoolers or any young student who wants to start studying Latin without enrolling in an ALI course.
The Aeneas Course picks right up where the Ascanius Course leaves off in getting your student reading and speaking the language of the West. Through interactive digital exercises, animated stories, physical workbooks and storybooks, and video lessons created by the Latin experts at the Ancient Language Institute, your student will encounter Latin vocabulary and grammar the way it is meant to be encountered: through meaningful and compelling communication. Perfect for homeschoolers or any young student who wants to continue studying Latin without enrolling in an ALI course.
What You Need to Know
- Pre-orders are open.
- The Ascanius materials will be sent to pre-ordering customers at the beginning of September, and then intermittently as post-September orders roll in.
- The Aeneas Course will become available for pre-orders in Summer 2025.
- Ascanius is the first course in our elementary Latin progression. Aeneas is the second course in the progression. And Anchises is the third course.
- Signing up with ALI is risk-free. We want to make sure you’re completely satisfied. If you don’t love the Ascanius Course, we’ll give you a full refund within 30 days. No refunds are available after 30 days.
Introduction to Philology with Dr. Colin Gorrie
We never want kids to lose the vision of why they’re learning Latin in the first place – in order to connect with the ancient world of the Romans. That’s where our Introduction to Philology videos come in.
Each lesson in our Latin for Kids Curriculum includes a short video introducing students to the field of philology, a term that literally means “the love of words.” (Think also of philosophy, which means “the love of wisdom.”) These videos dive into the ancient world, since that is the world the Romans described with their language: Latin.
These videos feature Dr. Colin Gorrie, PhD, the Dean of the ALI Latin for Kids Program and a Latin and Old English Fellow at ALI. Here’s an example video, all about the word stilus. The rest of the Introduction to Philology videos are available exclusively to purchasers of the Latin for Kids Curriculum and to enrolled Latin for Kids students.