At history club this week we talked about the Romans and had lots of fun activities for the kids.
They learned a few Latin phrases, then got "tattooed". Good thing Crayola markers aren't indelible! LMS requested a trident as the symbol of her cohort because she's a daughter of Neptune.
(Guess who's been listening to the Percy Jackson books)
Roman soldiers built a lot of roads, so the kiddos got to do some roadbuilding as well. You start out with rocks (grapes and gf corn puffs) and top them with smaller rocks and pebbles (raisins and granola), fill in the cracks with sand (crushed gf animal crackers), then spread cement (jelly or sun butter) over it all before adding paving stones (gf graham crackers, plantain chips, and chocolate bars). Then the people and animals (gf animal crackers) could use the road.
I didn't think it was too appetizing a mixture, but the kids enjoyed them. It does make me wonder how messy a process actual road building was. Here's the wreckage leftover from our endeavors:
They also made simple "Roman" sandals out of vinyl and yarn. They were time consuming enough that we only did one per child.
Group photo of our one-sandaled Roman soldiers:
LMS is second from the left
There was a few other activities as well, but I didn't get pictures of them.
The Little Mister sat around looking very cute, as usual.
Such a fun group!
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