Ancient Greece! 40 Hands-On Activities to Experience This Wondrous Age

Ancient Greece! 40 Hands-On Activities to Experience This Wondrous Age (A Kaleidoscope Kids Book) by Avery Hart and Paul Mantell

Set sail for ancient Greece and discover the most valuable treasure of all — your one-of-a-kind importance!

• Do you like to do things, instead of reading about them?
• Do you like to dig in, build and create with hands, feet, and mind?
• Do you like to explore, imagine, and experience new tastes and sights?
• Do you like to talk about and be in charge of your own thoughts, ideas, and actions?

With this book, you get to do all these things and even more! Tug on the oars of exploration, get back to B.C., and take a trip to ancient Greece, where life was as freash as tomorrow...

• Join in the Fun! — Rap the Odyssey with Homer and the Homettes; create a labyrinth like the one at Knossos; build a Trojan horse; make a Greek yo-yo; paint a fantastic fresco; discover your personal genius; make a before you/after you time line; re-create the Parthenon with all 50 columns; play Greektionary; write your name in "sounds-like"Greek.
• Meet the people! — Hold a pentathlon like the first Olympians; participate in a symposium like Socrates; cheer for Athena as she dukes it out (in words!) with Poseidon; take a peaceful walk with Pythagoras; help form the first democracy; say "hello" to Herodotus, Thucydides, and Hippocrates (and then say their names faster and faster!); laugh with Thespis in the first spoken play.
• Bring the past into the present! — Press olives (not so easy!); figure out how to transport marble across seas; wash your hands ancient Greek-style; sculpt a Great Earth Mother; write with Homer's pizzazz; exercise your democratic rights; unravel the puzzles of history; discover ancient ideas in modern traditions.
• Decide for yourself! — What's the difference between a hero and a celebrity; why does every vote count; why did the Greeks value simplicity; was Homer one or many; what makes someone beautiful; would you be the same no matter where you lived; what do you like best about yourself; what keeps you honest?

Book Details:

• Number of Pages: 96
• Book Size: 10" x 10"
• Book Type: Paperback
• Recommended Ages: 7 through 14
• ISBN 10: 1885593252
• ISBN 13: 978-1885593252

Awards:

• American Bookseller Pick of the Lists
• Parent's Guide Children's Media Award

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Kids are encouraged to think critically and creatively, learning to separate myth from reality. And it is all done as kids participate across the curriculum from Pythagoras to Homer!