Flashback (Story Time at Home: Let's Visit Greece!)

Today’s Story Time at Home theme is Greece!  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 Greece Story Time

Books: 

Hour of the Olympics:

The Magic Tree House #16

by Mary Pope Osborne

and Sal Murdocca

Cover image from Goodreads.

The Orphan: A Cinderella Story

from Greece

by Anthony Manna, 

Christodoula Mitakidou, 

and Giselle Potter

Cover image from Goodreads.

Game/Activity: Research the origins of the Olympics, and have your own outdoor contest.  The possibilities are limited only by your imagination!

Snack: Olives and figs are common fare in Greece.  Sample some green or black olives, or have dried figs or Fig Newton cookies for your snack.

Craft: Make a chiton, or robe-like piece of clothing similar to what the ancient Greeks wore. 

• Gather a large paper grocery sack, scissors, a holepuncher, ribbon or yarn, and crayons/markers.
• Open the grocery bag, and set it upright on a table.  Then, remove the side panels of the bag with your scissors.  
• Cut a wide opening in the bottom of the bag– this will be the neckhole of your garment.
• Holepunch down the sides of the bag, and tie the sides together with ribbon or yarn.  
•  Decorate your garment however you would like.  Then, slip your head through the neckhole and your arms through the sides of the bag (before the yarn lacing begins.  Tighten the yarn sides to fit, and you’re done!

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!

Keep reading!

Shaen