This week we will be starting a short unit on what life is like in Greece today, not the history of Greece. Why is that? Well, Makayla will be helping me to review the curriculum Hey, Andrew! Teach Me Some Greek. We’re jumping in to level one, which teaches the Greek alphabet, and it only makes sense to learn a little about the country along the way. I think our unit will last a week or two, though we will be learning Greek much longer than that.
Want to see the resources I’ve gathered? You might be surprised how few I’m using. I really do intend this to be a short unit. We’re From Greece by Victoria Parker – This is the perfect introduction to Greece for all my children. You learn about the lives of 3 children in different areas of the country. This will be the first book we read.
Let’s Visit Greece by Susie Brooks – This book gives us lots of child-friendly two page spreads about life in Greece, from islands and mountains to feasts, shopping, and celebrations.
Country Explorers: Greece by Madeline Donaldson – This whirlwind tour of Greece will be perfect for Makayla, a bit more in depth information on each topic packed into a small book.
I’m pulling the following printables from my reproducible book Another Trip Around the World:
- Greek Flag to color
- Map of Greece to label
- Crossword puzzle to do
Makayla will also do the Country Report page from our Expedition Earth curriculum. While Greece is not one of the countries covered, this report page is generic for any country and will work well.
For fun she may check out the Time for Kids web tour of Greece. It has a clickable map, timeline, native lingo, and more.
That’s it! Really. I read through the other library books I found on Greece and realized that we don’t need to go deeply into this, it is just to give us a little exposure to the country. We have lots of other things going on this week in homeschool. I will be doing a separate post about our plans for the week, so stay tuned!