It’s an Olympic year! So why not tap into our athletic roots by taking on Greece for World Thinking Day?

Scouting in Greece:

The Greek Guiding Association (Soma Hellinidon Odigon) is the national guiding/scouting association in Greece.

The association is divided in four age-groups:

• Asteria – Stars (ages 5 to 7)
• Poulia – Birds (ages 7 to 11)
• Odigoi – Guides (ages 11 to 14)
• Megaloi Odigoi/Naftodigoi – Rangers/Sea Rangers (ages 14 to 17)

Read:

If You Were Me and Lived in…Greece: A Child’s Introduction to Culture Around the World

Buy a print copy of Greece (Visit to…)

Buy a print copy of Greece: The Culture (Lands, Peoples, & Cultures)

Buy a copy of Cultural Traditions in Greece (Cultural Traditions in My World)

Eat:

• Recipes for baklava, chicken slouvaki and tzatiki.
• Kourabie (sugar powdered Christmas butter cookies)
• Spanakopita

Play:

• Statues

Swap:

• Make Olympic torches – this is where the Olympics originated. Cut straws into about 1 inch pieces wrapped that in felt and then stick red and orange tissue in the end for the fire.
• Post the Greek alphabet and the English equivalent, and have girls write their name in Greek on a card.
• Ancient Greek Art Vase Painting
• Make Olympic ring bracelets.

More:

• How another troop celebrated Greece for Thinking Day.
• How Daisies celebrated Greece.

What other Thinking Day ideas do you have for Greece? Share your ideas and pins below!

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