Ancient Greece Activities

We didn't spend that much time on Ancient Greece. It was near the end of the time period we were covering, and I want to have a whole unit on it sometime soon! But we did talk about the Olympic Games, and the girls wanted to plan an Olympics for their stuffed animals and dolls. So we did!

There were gymnastics competitions for girls and dolls.

Pig-throwing contests.

Foot races

We awarded many medals at the end! Fun.

Another activity was making Minotaur mazes for each other to go in. Some of the children used legos. Some used blocks. And Daisy made this amazing paper maze game, with flaps you lifted to see if you encountered the minotaur or not. You could also collect swords and potions and such along the way, so you wouldn't immediately die when you ran into him. So fun!!

Post-and-beam structures: Greek Columns

We talked about Classical Greek civilization, Greek temples and deities, and of course the three Greek orders of architecture. Then we went on a hunt for Greek columns in our area. We found examples of all three orders (as well as more modern variations) and took lots of pictures for our Everyday Architecture book.

We also watched this fascinating movie about the Parthenon. We loved it.

Corinthian columns

Doric columns

Ionic Columns

Pages from our book

It was such a beautiful Fall day when we went on our column hunt, I couldn't resist taking pictures of some of the pretty trees we saw.

And to mark the occasion appropriately, when we were done, we got lunch at our favorite Greek restaurant in Salt Lake and had a picnic! Yum!