Under the title "Coming of Age in Ancient Greece" a site shows a collection of pots, toys and other artefacts to do with children.

Another page on the same site gives links to large collections of quotations from ancient authors on nine different aspects of childhood, including child development, education, toys and games, rituals.   more »

Will Griffiths on Latin in the Guardian: In a recent survey of those who are 'e-students', 83.9% said the interactive exercises supported them in their learning of the language and 70.4% said that they would like to continue for a second year - even though the course would be extra-curricular.

These students don't all live in leafy suburbs. Last week I heard from a teacher in Lambeth who found she had 57 applicants for her newly-advertised Year 7 Latin class.   more »