Story Time at Home: Let's Visit Italy!

Today’s Story Time at Home theme is Italy!  If you would like to share a picture of your story-time-at-home experience (i.e. You might send a picture of a finished craft project), just shoot us an email at ozarkregionallibraryyouth@gmail.com, and it might get included on our blog!  No names will be included with submissions for privacy reasons.

Let's Visit Italy Story Time

Books: 

Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola

Cover image from Goodreads.

The Legend of Old Befana
by Tomie dePaola

(Can you tell I like dePaola books?!)

Cover image from Goodreads.

Game/Activity: Play a game of bocce ball.  If you haven’t played bocce before, just think of it as being similar to bowling- in your yard!  In the traditional game, you give each team four wooden balls.  A smaller ball called the pallino is set in place first.  Then each team tries to roll the wooden balls, one by one, so that the balls land as close to the pallino as possible.  Whoever gets closest to the pallino wins the game!  When we play bocce in story time sessions, I like to use four Nerf balls (no injuries with Nerf!) and a Ping-Pong ball for the pallino.

Snack: Grab a slice of pizza, of course!  In a more authentic imitation of the original Italian pizza, be sure to layer your crust with plenty of olive oil, tomatoes, and mozzarella cheese.

Craft: Paint with spaghetti!  Pasta is a staple in many Italian diets, and it's not just good to eat- it's fun to make art with, too.  Dip uncooked spaghetti noodles (or cooked noodles, if you want to experiment with a different texture) into washable paint, and brush across a sheet of paper.  Bellissimo (beautiful)!

I hope you enjoyed this idea for how you can recreate story time at home!  Check back in a few days for more fun, travel-themed ideas focusing on a new area of the world!

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Shaen