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Welcome to our “Time Travelling Adventures – A Medieval History Week” – an at home week filled with days of relaxed learning and fun activities all themed to the wondrous medieval era! Young knights, squires, princes, and princesses will hardly realize their learning all about history as they embark on a journey of bringing the Middle Ages to life!
For this day, we learned all about knights & how to become one! Read on to check out a fun filled day of learning, reading, crafts, and activities all on amazing knights!
A TYPICAL DAY
All kids are different and you can definitely vary your day with whatever works for you 🙂 Our relaxed & learning fun day kicks off with an introduction to the day’s theme. Then, we move onto videos and themed activities (reading, writing – or story telling – time, crafts, food crafts/snacks, and games or experiments). Feel free to pick and choose whatever works for you 🙂
INTRO
One can hardly think of Medieval Times without images of brave and loyal knights protecting the realm! So today’s focus is perfect for engaging kids in fun activities while they learn!
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WHAT TO WATCH
We find that mixing in a short video themed to our day is a great way to add some learning fun! We try to pick informative videos OR mix in a cartoon favorite (where they don’t even realize they’re learning). Below are some of the videos we picked from for the day:
- A Day In The Life… Of A 10-Year-Old In Norman Times – Hands on History – BBC by BBC (2m)
- How did you train to become medieval a knight? By Modern History TV (5m)
- Medieval food: What did a knight’s servants eat? By Modern History TV (13m)
FOOD CRAFTS / SNACKS
What’s more fun than taking a break and having a simple snack??? Including the snack in your theme of the day! We find that our kiddos are more than happy to eat the snacks they create especially when they can arrange them into fun shapes and scenes!
For our snack of the day, we ate (sort of) like a knight with chicken, bread, and veggies.
READING
It’s no secret that reading is an important part of learning, which is why we pick out a handful of books that are fun and filled with some learning tidbits. For our older ones, we have them fill out some worksheets (or let them create some of their own comics) to describe what they read and/or learned! These are a few we picked from for the day:
- What are Castles and Knights? By Sarah Fabiny
- The Illustrated History of Knights and the Golden Age of Chivalry by Charles Phillips
- Eyewitness Knight: Explore the Lives of Medieval Mounted Warriors by Christopher Gravett
WRITING & WRITING PROMPTS
Just like reading, writing is a great way to keep kids learning by both encouraging their creativity and thought process as well as helping them practice their motor skills and penmanship.
If you’ve got a little one, have them trace words related to the theme: HISTORY, MEDIEVAL TIMES, KNIGHT, SQUIRE
If you’ve got older children, have them write a sentence or two up to a page or two (depending on their age). Encourage them to be creative AND give reasons for why they made certain choices. This was our writing prompt of the day (and we offered up some examples as well) but definitely pick something your kiddo might be interested in writing about!
- If you were a knight, what would be the most fun part of your day? What about the least favorite?
- Write a short story about a young knight sent on a quest trying to retrieve a baby mythical creature. What is special about this baby creature? Describe the knight’s journey and many challenges throughout the adventure.
CREATE & CRAFT
If you’ve got a crafty little one, a simple craft is a great way to keep them interested in the topic. While their creative juices are flowing, you can also chat about what they’ve learned so far or ask them what else they’re excited about learning!
For our crafts of the day, we gave them a few options that would help them enhance their pretend play or add in some of what they learned.
- DIY Shields and DIY Swords
- Dioramas with Knight Figurines
STEM & STEAM ACTIVITIES
While crafting and writing get their creativity and imagination flowing, we also like to add in an activity that gets them thinking along the lines of science, technology, engineering, or math! These engaging activities or experiments are a great way to keep them learning!
- Popsicle Stick Catapults: We followed the tutorial from Popsicle Stick Catapults | How to Make a Catapult by One Little Project
- Knight Block Builds: Bring back the Medieval Accessories Knights Block Toy Set and continue with your builds! Set up a joust, a battle, & more!
THANK YOU
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Also, if you haven’t already, check out some of our other Medieval History Week days, History Weeks, Magical Medieval Party, as well as our DIY At Home Camps!
Happy Learning!
