How to teach children Greek 1 Get fairy tales and storybooks in Greek on Amazon or from your local library Children love shared reading time and regardless of language acquisition, they will always remember the time they spent with you reading books. Try to find books with good illustrations. Look at the pictures with your …
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1. ΑΧ ΚΟΥΝΕΛΑΚΙ ΑΧ ΚΟΥΝΕΛΑΚΙ ΚΟΥΝΕΛΑΚΙ ΞΥΛΟ ΠΟΥ ΘΑ ΤΟ ΦΑΣ ΜΕΣΑ ΣΕ ΞΕΝΟ ΠΕΡΙΒΟΛΑΚΙ ΤΡΥΠΕΣ ΓΙΑΤΙ ΤΡΥΠΑΣ ΜΕΣΑ ΣΕ ΞΕΝΟ ΠΕΡΙΒΟΛΑΚΙ ΤΡΥΠΕΣ ΓΙΑΤΙ ΤΡΥΠΑΣ ΑΧ ΚΟΥΝΕΛΑΚΙ ΚΟΥΝΕΛΑΚΙ ΞΥΛΟ ΠΟΥ ΘΑ ΤΟ ΦΑΣ ΜΗ ΜΟΥ ΣΟΥΦΡΩΝΕΙΣ ΤΗ ΜΥΤΟΥΛΑ ΜΗ ΜΟΥ ΚΟΥΝΑΣ Τ’ ΑΦΤΙΑ ΜΗ ΜΟΥ ΤΟ ΚΛΕΙΝΕΙΣ ΤΟ ΜΑΤΑΚΙ ΕΙΣΑΙ ΜΙΑ ΖΩΓΡΑΦΙΑ ΜΗ ΜΟΥ ΣΟΥΦΡΩΝΕΙΣ …
Greece is famous for its many important archaeological sites and ancient monuments. It is a small country with a total population of about 10 million people. The most popular tourist site in Athens is The Parthenon. The Parthenon is a temple to Athena, the goddess of wisdom and warfare, built in 438 B.C. It is …
Greek music and dance have a very long history. In ancient Greece, music was performed to accompany poetry or plays. Some Greek folk dance rhythms are taken from the poetic metre from ancient dramas. During Christian times and up until the present, instrumental music, dance and song have been important parts in special events and holidays …
Throughout history, ancient Greeks did not have official last names, but they did have some patronymic characteristics (i.e., Achilles was Achilles Pileidis from his father Pileas). “Patronymics” means that Greek surnames usually come from the first name of the father of the family. So if someone’s last name is Demetriou, that means that the surname came …
Greek children do not celebrate birthdays instead they celebrate their “name day”. Their name day is the day of the Greek Orthodox saint they were named after. Traditionally, the eldest child in a Greek family is named for one of their grandparents. Popular Girls’ Names Maria Eleni Aikaterini Katerina Vasiliki Basiliki Sophia Angeliki Georgia Dimitra …
The Greek language dates back to the 15th century B.C. It has 24 letters and is written in lower and upper case. Today, it is the official language of Greece and Cyprus and one of the 23 official languages of the European Union. The language is spoken by at least 25 million people as their first or second …
Much of today’s fashionable clothing was once simple clothing worn by ancient Greeks. In Ancient Greece people wore outfits made from one piece of fabric with holes cut out for the head called the peplos and chiton. The peplos was sleeveless and the chiton covered part of the arms. In colder weather, people could wear …
Greece is one of the oldest cultures in Europe. Ancient Greek culture has had a strong influence on the government, the arts and ideas for the western world. The Greeks had the first democracy in the world. They were the first people to have an alphabet. In fact the word “alphabet” comes from the first …
CRIPPLING: The children rule a rectangle on the cement and using parallel lines , they divide it into 4 parts , the stairs. The first 3 should be equivalent to one another , but the last one is about 3x bigger than the others and it is called king. The children number the stairs and …
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