Greek Study Stations

This week we launched our Greek Study stations. Kids have been divided into six groups (named for various monsters of mythology) who they will travel to each station with. There are six learning stations that each group will visit over the course of the rotation - each centered around a different mode of learning including musical, kinesthetic, visual-spatial, logical-mathematical, verbal-linguistic, and intrapersonal skills. After completing the learning task at the station, all groups get together for a share in which each group presents some part of their learning. 

At one station, kids make a mosaic design with small color squares in the style of the beautiful floors and walls of Ancient Greek homes. At another they examine a map of Ancient Greece marked out with locations of exciting places from history as well as mythology. They must answer questions on a separate sheet using their map skills! At another station, kids visit the "Underworld" and write in a journal. They choose the image of a god or goddess to color and put on the cover of their journal and then write to say why they are drawn to that particular deity.  A fourth station asks them to build an instrument that could represent the sound or voice of one of the gods or goddesses. At share time, the kids play their instruments and the rest of us try to guess which god or goddess is "speaking" through that instrument. A different construction station has the kids using what they are learning about Greek architecture to create a block temple. They use a wide range of elements including columns, pediments, archways and something that represents the god or goddess they wish to dedicate the temple to. Finally, there is a station at which they must create a play that depicts a scene from a Greek myth or a myth in its entirety. In the picture below, Theseus is rowing the boat of tributes from Athens to Crete while King Aegeus looks on in concern - worried  he will never see his son or those children of Athens again (your child can fill you in on the rest of that story!). 

The kids are very excited about the stations and each has a favorite they can't wait to visit. We love to incorporate hands-on experiences that offer different entry points for kids so that each can have their time to shine! It also promotes a lot of collaborative group work skill building. Enjoy the pictures below.