'Ancient Kids': Vocabulary

'For boy babies, the family decorated the house with wreaths of olives. For girl babies, the family decorated the house with wreaths made of wool.'

What does decorated mean?

• Making something look more attractive by adding things to it.

• We use this for making music.

• Clothes

• When we make something look ugly.

'For boy babies, the family decorated the house with wreaths of olives. For girl babies, the family decorated the house with wreaths made of wool.'

What are wreaths?

• A small flower.

• Object used for making music.

• Christmas trees.

• Circles made from flowers, plants or leaves.

'Some girls learned to play musical instruments'

What are instruments?

• Objects used for making music

• Objects used for cooking

• Objects used for painting

• Objects used for bird watching

'Mostly girls helped their mothers with chores in the house or in the fields.'

What are chores?

• Types of snacks

• Homework

• Recipes

• Small jobs

'Both stayed home until they six or seven years old. They helped grow crops in the fields, and they learned to sail boats and to fish.'

What are crops?

• Animals

• Wheat, corn, fruit, and so on, that a farmer grows.

• Trees

'When boys were about seven years old, they started their formal education. They went to school and learned reading, writing and mathematics.'

What is formal education?

• Work experience

• Practical experience

• Education in a subject or skill that you get in school.

'They had to memorize everything because there were no school books! They memorized the poetry of Homer, a famous poet. They also learned to play a musical instrument, such as the lyre.'

What is a lyre?

• An ancient instrument, similar to a guitar.

• A cooking tool

• A type of jewelry

'At the age of eighteen, boys went to military school for two years.'

What is military school?

• A school were students learn how to do art.

• A school were students learn how to farm.

• A school where students learn to fight in wars.

'Children played with many toys, such as rattles, clay animals, pull-toys on four wheels, yo-yos, and terra-cotta dolls.'

What is terra-cotta?

• Metal

• Baked red clay

• Wood

• Plastic

'Children also had pets, such as birds, dogs, goats, tortoises and mice.'

What is a tortoise?

• A land animal that moves very slowly, with a shell on it's back

• An animal that moves very quickly

• An animal similar to a cat

• A sea animal that swims.