Connecting Cultures: Friendship Across Oceans and Seas

One way to get to know about each other cultures is through music , songs and dances . ❤ Our 4th graders sang & danced to the traditional song ' MILO MOU KOKKINO' MILO MOU KOKKINO_video 👉    source https://creativemusiclearning.blogspot.com/2016/03/blog-post_20.html 💕Another custom in Spring is ' Helidonismata " , a very old Greek custom. Learn more by watching this presentation: HELIDONISMATA   (canva.ppt) 👉  

   This is the month we celebrate Easter in Greece and Poland.  We can find more information about Easter on the PADLETS underneath   § EASTER INTRODUCTION BOARD - PADLET 👉  § EASTER INTRODUCTION BOARD- PADLET-SLIDESHOW 👉 We also exchanged Easter cards to wish each other Happy Easter!   EASTER CARDS FROM PARTNERS  💢 EASTER CELEBRATION BOARD-PADLET 👉  💢 EASTER CELEBRATION BOARD-PADLET-SLIDESHOW 👉

Since our project is about getting to know each others' culture, the students wrote short dialogues, which they made into posters using AI. The next step was acting them out as a puppet show using traditional figures they made themselves with their Art Teacher at school. They really loved and enjoyed the whole procedure. You can read the short dialogues in this canva presentation 👉  GREECE-SHORT DIALOGUES  (posters) and their puppet show in this canva presentation 👉 GREECE-SHORT DIALOGUES  (puppet show)

Cultural Significance Easter, or Pascha, is considered the most significant religious holiday in Greece, often more celebrated than Christmas. It emphasizes renewal, family connection, and the coming of spring. See the presentations about Greek Easter Customs 1. EASTER.ppt  (made with Canva)  👉 2. CRASHING RED EGGS. canva_ppt  👉   Do you want to see this custom brought to life in class? Then, watch the video. Just click on the link above or just watch the video below.   A famous figure of Easter is Ms Sarakosti *LADY LENT poster with info   (canva) 👉 You can read about our Lady Lent / Ms Sarakosti in my e-class unit: Lady Lent ( Kyra Sarakosti)  👉 The kids sang 'Lazarus' Carols for our friends.   You can listen to the carols sang on the Saturday bebore Palm Sunday in this video: *Lazarus' Carols    👉 More general information a . GREEK ORTHODOX EASTER.ppt  👉 b. EASTER RED EGGS CUSTOM.ppt  👉 source Twinkle c . GREEK E...

  Gonca SOLMAZ/ Gaziemir Science and Art Center The Blue Bead’s Journey from İzmir – Puppet Theatre Activity As part of our eTwinning project, our students prepared and performed a short puppet theatre activity to introduce an important symbol of Turkish culture: the nazar bead , also known as the blue bead . The activity was called “The Blue Bead’s Journey from İzmir.” In the story, a visitor comes to a traditional glass workshop in Nazarköy, İzmir , where a glass master introduces the handmade nazar bead. Through the dialogue between the visitor, the glass master and the blue bead, students explained that the nazar bead is not only a decoration, but also a symbol of good wishes, friendship, protection and Turkish glass art . For the performance, students prepared simple but effective puppets using printed characters and wooden sticks. They designed a glass master, a visitor and a blue bead puppet. The activity helped students improve their creativity, speaking skills and cultura...