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| Everyone on their marks...ready to tackle the "stade". The what? Read on... |
The time has come again for the summer camp! The first day we visited
ancient Greece and learned how
Olympic games looked like way back (2,788 years back, mind you!) when they first started. Children were super amused that athletes in ancient Greece competed naked! Aditya was seriously concerned if they still practice that strange habit. Not to worry! :)
After learning about the ancient Olympics we actually performed mini Olympics and had 3 different events to compete in. Discus throw (we used a flat stone), long jump (our sand pit came in super handy) and a sprint - one of the first sports in ancient Olympics. The 183 meters long race (200 yards) - a measurement called a "stade" - now you know where the word "stadium" comes from!
In those times the stadiums were much wider allowing more then 20 runners to run at the same time. We did it the same way! What fun.
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| Our first event winner! |
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| A mighty throw of the stone! |
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| The winners adorned with wreaths :) |
After the games we focused a bit on art! We discovered the beauty of ancient Greek pots - the simple, yet beautiful patterns they used for their pots. We enjoyed re-creating them using our imagination and guidance from what we learned today!
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| What focus! :) |
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| Nice and steady, Aditya! |
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| A work of art indeed. |
What are we doing tomorrow? Well, you will just have to wait and see...
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