Today, I rounded up 9 easy hands-on Ancient Greece kids activities because I know the value of hands-on when it comes to learning.
You know my obsession with easy hands-on activities. I’m not the bomb mom for easy hands-on activities, but I try.
Because I never felt like the bomb mom I pushed myself out of my comfortable worksheet approach and never regretted one moment of it.
Sure, some kids activities I planned were complicated, but I learned from that.
I don’t always have to have over the top, knock your socks off, time sucking kids activities. Easy is perfect for us.
Too, most kids learn best from hands-on activities.
Yes even the ones who claim they’d rather read it in the book. And no, it’s not a waste of time.
I have a few kids that tried to tell me that.
Instead of forcing complicated hands-on ideas or projects, I created many easy ones to add just a sprinkle of fun to our unit studies.
Reading is an additional activity for learning and although it’s probably the one we use the most, it’s not the one my kids remember the most.
Yep, it’s the easy hands-on activities my kids do that brings us together and helps them to remember significant points about different civilizations.
Most of the Ancient Greece kids activities I rounded up today require very little supplies and most can be found in your house.
First, look at these fun books about Ancient Civiliztions to add to your study about Ancient Greece.
13 Ancient Civilization Hands-on Resources and Books
Add some of these fun resources to your unit study or study for the day of Ancient Civilizations.
Tarquin Popups are a special kind of do it yourself activity book. Not only is there the fun of making the scenes and seeing them popup but they are full of interesting information and ideas. This book contains six main scenes to make: Knossos, the Palace of Minos, the Lion Gate at Mycenae, the Battle of Salamis, the Golden Age of Athens, the Theatre, Alexander the Great and King Porus.
A magnificently illustrated, interactive pop-up book chronicles the history of ancient Egypt and its diverse cultural innovations, covering everything to the construction of the Egyptian pyramids and the elaborate mummification process, to the mysterious rites performed at an Egyptian god's temple and the ancient hieroglyphic writings.
Children can try their hand at re-creating ancient Israelite culture—along with the cultures of their neighbors, the Philistines and Phoenicians—in a way that will provide perspective on current events. The book covers a key period from the Israelites’ settlement in Canaan in 1200 B.C.E. to their return from exile in Babylonia in 538 B.C.E. This part of the Middle East—no larger than modern-day Michigan—was the birthplace of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. More than 35 projects include stomping grapes into juice, building a model Phoenician trading ship, making a Philistine headdress, and writing on a broken clay pot. Israelites', Phoenicians', and Philistines' writing and languages, the way they built their homes, the food they ate, the clothes they wore, and the work they did, and of course, their many interesting stories.
The new National Geographic Treasury of Greek Mythology offers timeless stories of Greek myths in a beautiful new volume. Brought to life with lyrical text by award-winning author Donna Jo Napoli and stunning artwork by award-winning illustrator Christina Balit, the tales of gods and goddesses such as Zeus, Aphrodite, Apollo, and Athena and heroes and monsters such as Helen of Troy, Perseus, and Medusa will fascinate and engage children’s imaginations.
Included in this study are over 35 projects, games, recipes, links, and the history of fourteen empires! Generally, each empire's materials can be covered in 1-3 days
Tools of the Ancient Greeks: A Kid’s Guide to the History and Science of Life in Ancient Greece explores the scientific discoveries, athletic innovations, engineering marvels, and innovative ideas created more than two thousand years ago. Through biographical sidebars, interesting facts, fascinating anecdotes, and fifteen hands-on activities, readers will learn how Greek innovations and ideas have shaped world history and our own world view.
Is your child fascinated by Ancient Egypt? if so then this Ancient Egypt themed activity book is just for them. This is a great book for boys and girls who have an interest in Ancient Egypt. This Ancient Egypt themed activity book will keep them entertained and happy for hours.
Great Ancient China Projects You Can Build Yourself explores the incredible ingenuity and history of ancient China with 25 hands-on projects for readers ages 9 and up. Great Ancient China Projects covers topics from porcelain pottery, paper, gunpowder, and dynasties, to martial arts, medicinal healers, jade carvers, and terracotta warriors.
Tools of the Ancient Greeks: A Kid’s Guide to the History and Science of Life in Ancient Greece explores the scientific discoveries, athletic innovations, engineering marvels, and innovative ideas created more than two thousand years ago. Through biographical sidebars, interesting facts, fascinating anecdotes, and fifteen hands-on activities, readers will learn how Greek innovations and ideas have shaped world history and our own world view.
What humans call “civilization” didn’t always exist. We didn’t always live in big cities, have roads to get places easier, or grow food on farms. For a long time, humans were hunter-gatherers. Hunter-gatherers wandered from place to place looking for food. They didn’t build homes or stay in one place. The Sumerians, as far as we know, were the first people to start a civilization.
The book includes the following pockets:
- What Is History?
- Ancient Mesopotamia
- Ancient Egypt
- Ancient Greece
- Ancient Rome
- Ancient China
- Ancient Aztec World
This resource contains teacher support pages, reproducible student pages, and an answer key.
Cleopatra has been called intelligent and scheming, ambitious and ruthless, sensual and indulgent. This unique biography captures the excitement of her life story, including portions that have been largely neglected, such as her interest in literature and science and her role as a mother, and allows readers to draw their own conclusions. Cleopatra and Ancient Egypt for Kids also includes maps, time lines, online resources, a glossary, and 21 engaging hands-on activities to help readers better appreciate the ancient culture.
HANDS ON LEARNING: Supernow educational boxes includes an adventure box with 4 hands-on projects and interactive digital content to bring the projects to life!
INTERACTIVE PLAY: Kids get a monthly adventure box that serves as a portal to an immersive adventure. Participate in an unfolding mission by attending live, interactive classes and solving fun clues.
Also, I have this cursive and free Greece copywork poetry.
EASY HANDS-ON ANCIENT GREECE KIDS ACTIVITIES
And you can’t get any easier that coloring pages for studying history.
Check out these fun coloring pages! There are some for Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece too.
Look at this list.
Page 3: Ancient Egypt Court,
Page 4: Ancient Egypt Spinning,
Page 5: Ancient Egypt Life of the Royals,
Page 6: Ancient Egypt Battles,
Page 7: Ancient Egypt The Nile,
Page 8: Life Along the River – The Nile,
Page 9: Metal Workers & Crafts of Ancient Egypt,
Page 10: Egyptian Hieroglyphics,
Page 11: Egyptian Queen Cleopatra,
Page 12: Aztecs Floating Gardens,
Page 13: Aztecs,
Page 14: Aztec Life,
Page 15: Mayans,
Page 16: Ancient Greece Wedding,
Page 17: Ancient Greek Galley,
Page 18: Ancient Greece Crafts,
Page 19: Ancient Greece Bank,
Page 20: Athens,
Page 21: Spartan Warrior and
Page 22: The Vikings.
Grab your fun copy below!
Finally, look at these 9 hands-on Ancient Greece kid’s activities.
Ancient Greece Kids Activities
1. Play Stomachion Like Archimedes {Explore Geometry}
It just requires a few things and instead of printing off the puzzle pieces.
Go here to Ancient Greece Unit Study.Play Stomachion Like Archimedes {Explore Geometry}.
2. Create An Ancient Greek Theatre Mask
Drama included performances of tragedies, which often told stories of the mythical past, and comedies, in which performers poked fun at politicians, famous people, and even the gods.
Go here to Ancient Greek Theatre Mask – Easy Hands-on History.
3. Do Surface Tension Science
These activities are geared for middle school, but a high school student that has a science aversion would be engaged too. While studying the ancient civilizations, grab these ideas for an Ancient Greece hands-on science unit study.
Go here to (Hands-on Science) 3 EASY Activities.
4. Ancient Greece Go Fish Game
There’s not a better way to start back to our Ancient Greece unit study than playing a game.
Go here to Free Ancient Greece Go Fish Game.
5. Make An Ancient Greece Chariot
Craft this easy chariot from things you have around the house already. Go here to Make An Ancient Greece Chariot.
6. Craft this Fun Ancient Greece Pottery Piece
An ostracon is a piece of pottery, usually broken off from a vase or some other container.
Go here to Hands-On Ancient Greece Study: Politics and Pottery.
7. Grab this Free Ancient Greece Lapbook
History lapbooks can make history come to life because they’re interactive.
Go here to download this Free Ancient Greece Lapbook.
8. Snack Like They Did In Ancient Greece – Make Baklava
Learning that the Ancient Greeks rolled out pastry real thin and made Spanakopita (spinach pie) or Baklava, we decided to try out a new recipe.
Go here to Snack Like They Did In Ancient Greece – Make Baklava (Delicious).
9. Do a Refraction Science Experiment
We were reading about Ancient Greeks studying refraction and did this fun activity.
Go here to Ancient Greece Unit Study. Hands-on Activity 1. Refraction.
Learning sticks when you’re able to include even one or two easy hands-on history activities to any topic you study. I hope you try one or two!
