It's Not Scary - It's a Poem!

This begins a series of posts introducing poetry.  Each post will link to the next.

Poetry is something everyone can enjoy!

You probably already have some experience with poetry. 

After all, you know plenty of nursery rhymes, don't you?

Hey diddle diddle,

the cat and the fiddle,

the cow jumped over the moon,

the little dog laughed

to see such a sight

and the dish ran away

with the spoon.



Do you (or did you) have a favorite nursery rhyme? 

Why are nursery rhymes fun?

Ancient Greece



The Acropolis in Athens

 
We can't travel back in time to visit Ancient Greece,
but there are a lot of great websites we can visit!

Check these out:


Odyssey Online - Great site!  Very interactive, with lots of great pictures!

Storytime and Games -   Good quality stuff!

BBC Primary History - here you'll find lots of fun facts, historical photos and a FUN Greek Hero GAME!

The British Museum - TONS of stuff to explore!  Here are some highlights:
                                         -- A Day in Athens
                                         --  Attend the Olympics
                                         --  Gods and Goddesses - and game
                                         --  Inside a Greek House
                                         --  The Odyssey

                                         --  Deep Sea Diving

                                         --  Story of Plato's Cave

                                         --  Fight a Sea Battle

                                         --  Deciphering Greek

                                    

Design a Greek Pot - Fun and easy and you can print your pot!

Greek Language Game - Greek words that have made it into the English Language

NeoK12.com - scroll down to see the list of videos

History.com - good videos here, too

Secrets of the Parthenon - video by Nova

About the Ancient Olympics - Interesting!