We work with Story of the World History Curriculum. I like it a lot for many reasons. One is the fun projects in the activity book. We are working through several chapters on Greece. Today's project was wax tablet writing. It was simple but the kids are still working/playing with it as I type. I hear them talking right now about writing up and down in "chinese" and backward in "arabic". And now the 'sculptures" have come in. They are going in the fridge to show Daddy tonight and then we'll use them on toast.
You need margarine or butter (straight from the fridge), toothpicks and a Greek Alphabet card. We translated the kids names into Greek with the card and they practiced copying them on the "tablets". I cut a stick of butter in half lengthwise and gave each 1/2 on a small plate. They find that "erasing" their tablets works with the toothpicks, but butter knives were recommended.
