A is for Athens, Ancient Greece
Archimedes- Re-enact his famous experiment and discover density. No need to also run through the streets naked, or another idea for Archimedes
Battle of Marathon- run a marathon yourself and see how that poor messenger felt. To really enact it, put on full armor
Aesop’s Fables- make a pop-up version of your own book
Make a Greek pot- Decorate your own heroic scene
Olympics- Recreate the first Olympics in your own home, we also as a lark made the Cleaning Olympics one day. All Things Beautiful has a great Olympics post also.
Minoans- learn about the Minotaur and the scary maze they had, and this cute page on Theseus
Make a Greek mask- Is it for Tragedy or Comedy? I don’t really know of a lot of Greek comedies…….
Pythagoras- Learn about geometry a fun way
Build an ancient Greek temple- Out of Legos, that makes it even more cool!
Make a board game about the Trojan Horse- Because who doesn’t like that story in history?
Atlantis- myth or reality?
B is for Bible, because it is ancient and a historical document
Hebrew Kingdoms- the different dynasties and some fun puppets
I’m gonna be lazy for this and point you to my 75 ways to Teach Your Kids About the Bible
C is for Chaldeans, or Babylonians
Fall of Jersualem- to the Babylonians, also called the Chaldeans
make cuneiform tablets- out of cookie dough and eat the cookies!
Hammurabi- one of the law systems our Constitution is based on
D is for Darius the Mede, who was a Persian
Persian invasion of Greece- act it out with soldiers
Build roads- like Darius 1 did. Always a hit because you can use your toy cars
Power of Persia- I love the oceans she made to act these out
E is for Egypt, who doesn’t love Egypt?
Make a mummy doll-This is the quick and easy project to learn about Egypt, for the more involved…….
Make a chicken mummy- I had a mummified chicken sitting on my counter for 2 months. All of my guests were quite impressed.
Ancient Egypt Coloring pages- Because my kids love to color things
Make a cartouche- because who doesn’t want hieroglyphic jewelry?
Create a pharaoh’s mask- color your own mask
make bricks- because who doesn’t like playing in the mud?
make papyrus- it’s like making paper
explore King Tut’s tomb- I want to go on an archeological dig…..
Round up of Egypt ideas- from one of my favorite history (and in general sites) All Things Beautiful
Make pyramids out of rice krispy treats- yummy yummy, and then go to the dentist to clean your teeth
Egyptian art lessons- bring your art studies into your history
Make your own headdress and collar- All the cool kids are wearing it
Ancient Egypt map- because illuminated maps are way cooler than normal ones
Monday, January 7- A-E Athens…….
Tuesday, January 8- F-J Founding Fathers……..
Wednesday, January 9- K-O Kings……
Thursday, January 10- P-T Pantheon………
Friday, January 11- U-Z US history…………
Now go see all of the other school related posts in this series
- A Waldorf Mama from Triple T Mum
- After School Activities from The Educators Spin On It
- Hands-on History from Adventures in Mommydom
- Home Daycare or Family Child Card from My Buddies and I
- Homeschooling from Enchanted Homeschooling Mom
- How to Home Preschool from In Lieu of Preschool
- Math Activities from Blog Me Mom
- Montessori from Living Montessori Now
- Science Activities & Play from Science Sparks
- Teaching Math from Montessori Tidbits
- Thrifty Teaching Tools from Kindergarten & Preschool for Parents & Teachers
Go to Memory Verse puzzles to download 10 memory verse puzzles to work on with your kids. Pick up your copy of iBlog, a 400 page resource on growing your blog.
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