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IT'S ALL GREEK TO ME!!
As we studied the Ancient Olympics, we read the book, Ancient Greeks by Daisy Kerr. We learned that the Greeks were pioneers in art and music and drama. So, our next project was an art project. The Greeks used broken pottery tiles to make mosaic designs on their floors. In the book, Ancient Greeks! 40 Hands - On Activities To Experience This Wondrous Age, we found a mosaic activity involving using several different kinds of beans to make mosaic designs. The above picture is Cooper's lion which was cut out from a coloring book we had. As you can see, he did not complete the entire mosaic (he started at the tail), but I think he got the idea!!
This is Carter's mosaic. Carter wanted to make a mosaic out of a card that we had that said, "I love you" and had a flower drawn on it. So, I traced these words on the paper plate and drew a flower next to them. Carter got tired of doing mosaics as well, but I think he got the idea, too!
While studying the Ancient Olympics, we also read a book called Hour of the Olympics by Mary Pope Osborne. In this book, two children travel back in time to Ancient Greece and meet Plato. They also learn that girls were not allowed to compete in the Olympics and that men, dressed as women, performed in plays because women were not allowed to act in the plays of Ancient Greece. The boys thought this was a bit odd, just as the children in the book did!! So, what could we do but put on our own play. We learned that the Greeks had two kinds of masks for their plays - tragedy and comedy! We had also been reading Aesop's Fables (did you know that Aesop was a Greek?). So, we decided that our play would be one of Aesop's Fables.
The fable that the boys chose was The Eagle and The Tortoise. The moral of the story was "Be Careful What You Wish For". Long story short, the tortoise wishes for flying lessons and says that he is rich and will pay half of his money for flying lessons. So, the eagle picks up the tortoise and takes him flying - and then lets him go. Then the tortoise screams as he is falling through the air that he will give the rest of his money for landing lessons. Anyway, Carter's mask above is the comedy part of the story or the eagle and Cooper's mask in this picture is the tragedy mask or the tortoise. Carter and Cooper LOVED doing this and I even taped them performing their play. I will try and put the video up as soon as possible!
As we studied the Ancient Olympics, we read the book, Ancient Greeks by Daisy Kerr. We learned that the Greeks were pioneers in art and music and drama. So, our next project was an art project. The Greeks used broken pottery tiles to make mosaic designs on their floors. In the book, Ancient Greeks! 40 Hands - On Activities To Experience This Wondrous Age, we found a mosaic activity involving using several different kinds of beans to make mosaic designs. The above picture is Cooper's lion which was cut out from a coloring book we had. As you can see, he did not complete the entire mosaic (he started at the tail), but I think he got the idea!!
This is Carter's mosaic. Carter wanted to make a mosaic out of a card that we had that said, "I love you" and had a flower drawn on it. So, I traced these words on the paper plate and drew a flower next to them. Carter got tired of doing mosaics as well, but I think he got the idea, too!
While studying the Ancient Olympics, we also read a book called Hour of the Olympics by Mary Pope Osborne. In this book, two children travel back in time to Ancient Greece and meet Plato. They also learn that girls were not allowed to compete in the Olympics and that men, dressed as women, performed in plays because women were not allowed to act in the plays of Ancient Greece. The boys thought this was a bit odd, just as the children in the book did!! So, what could we do but put on our own play. We learned that the Greeks had two kinds of masks for their plays - tragedy and comedy! We had also been reading Aesop's Fables (did you know that Aesop was a Greek?). So, we decided that our play would be one of Aesop's Fables.
The fable that the boys chose was The Eagle and The Tortoise. The moral of the story was "Be Careful What You Wish For". Long story short, the tortoise wishes for flying lessons and says that he is rich and will pay half of his money for flying lessons. So, the eagle picks up the tortoise and takes him flying - and then lets him go. Then the tortoise screams as he is falling through the air that he will give the rest of his money for landing lessons. Anyway, Carter's mask above is the comedy part of the story or the eagle and Cooper's mask in this picture is the tragedy mask or the tortoise. Carter and Cooper LOVED doing this and I even taped them performing their play. I will try and put the video up as soon as possible!
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