Learning about Sea Turtles and Turtle Printables

Sea turtles are a fun ocean creature that’s fun to learn about in summer, so let’s take a look at some learning activities related to sea turtles.

We love to start with the parts of an animal, and Homeschool Preschool has a parts of a sea turtle printable worksheet you can grad. There’s a cut and paste version and one where kids can write in the parts by hand.

Pair that with the sea turtle life cycle sequencing activity from The Keeper of the Memories, which has both a numbered version and one with the words first, next, then and last to get them thinking about the language used to tell stories in a sequence.

This video on sea turtles from All Things Animal TV will give you basic facts about sea turtles, and Growing Play has some turtle facts for kids as well as a printable maze, dot to dot and color by number activity sheet.

Real Life at Home has a sea turtle word search printable, and you can build a cute 3D turtle with this printable from The Artisan Life. Homeschool Preschool also has a cute pattern sequencing worksheet with turtles.

Homeschool of 1 has some really cute turtle activity sheets including a color by number, letter maze, finding the letter t, writing, tracing and counting activities.

There’s also a printable sea turtle activity pack from Hawaii Travel with Kids. This one includes turtles made from different shapes for kids to identify, parts of a turtle and life cycle, a word search, a page for doing a report on a specific species of turtle and a page for practicing writing the letter t. There’s also a mermaid puzzle. (This content is free for subscribers.)

Preschool Play and Learn also has a nice set of turtle themed worksheets, including a dot coloring page, a cut and color to learn how to spell turtle, practice writing and finding the letter t, an ocean animal I spy, counting to 10 and sorting colors of turtles.

Greece is officially the Hellenic Republic, and it’s made up of thousands of islands as well as a mainland on the Mediterranean Sea. It’s considered the birthplace of western civilization, so there’s a lot to learn about this ancient and beautiful land.

Greece Basics

Mainland Greece is on the Balkan peninsula and is bordered by Albania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Turkey, as well as the Ionian and Aegean seas. It is home to about 10 million people, with the capital, Athens, being the largest city. About two thirds of Greeks live in urban areas.

The total area is about 50,949 square miles, or 131,957 square kilometers. The official language is Greek and the vast majority of people are Greek Orthodox.

It has a parliamentary republic form of government, with a president, prime minister and parliament.

The name comes from Graeci, one of the first ancient Greek tribes to settle in what’s now southern Italy.

The land of modern day Greece was largely united in the second century, but it was broken up after the Crusades in 1204. It was largely under control of the Ottoman empire from the mid-15th century, and gained independence in 1830. It has had dictators both royal and military, was occupied during World War II and began its transition to democracy in 1974.

It is considered the birthplace of democracy as well as western philosophy, history, and many major scientific and mathematical discoveries, as well as the home of the original Olympic Games.

Modern day Greece is considered to have a high income economy with shipping and tourism as major sectors. It has one of the lowest fertility rates in the world and its median age is 44.2 years, which is the seventh highest in the world.

Greek National Symbols

The Greek flag has alternating stripes of blue and white, with a white cross on a blue background at the top left corner. The cross is s symbol of Christianity, and while the number of stripes (nine) doesn’t have an official meaning, there are also nine geographical regions in Greece. This flag has been in use since 1978, and the coat of arms features the same white cross on a blue background, surrounded by laurel branches.

The national anthem is known as “Hymn to Liberty” or “Hymn to Freedom” and is part of a poem written in 1823 first set to music in 1828. It became the national anthem in 1864 and is also the national anthem of Cyprus.

There are lots of symbols and people from mythology that are considered national symbols, including the Phoenix and Hellas, the ancient personification of Greece. The little owl, Athene noctua, is also considered a national symbol as it was a companion of the goddesses Athena and Minerva.

Learning about Greece for Kids

Of course there are tons of resources for learning about ancient Greece for kids. To name just a few:

Design your own Greek vase with this coloring page from Kids Puzzles and Games.
Get more Ancient Greece coloring pages with facts from Kindergarten Worksheets and Games. They also have more activity sheets and fun facts here.
Most of the resources at Teachers Pay Teachers have to do with Ancient Greece.
Kids Activities Blog has fun facts and printable worksheets.
Grab an Ancient Greece mini book printable from 123 Homeschool 4 Me. They also have other worksheets and notebooking pages for older kids.
Check out some Greek myths for kids from DLTK Kids. There’s also some great stories and resources at the BBC.

Darcy Miller Designs has a pretty laurel wreath template you can download, or draw and cut out your own leaves to make laurel crowns while you learn the history of the Olympics from National Geographic Kids.

Check out a virtual tour of Athens from Rick Steves, or check out the city via drone tour. I also found a cool 3D reconstruction of ancient Athens if you want to compare it to the present day. There are of course a ton of other places you can check out virtually in the country.

Check out some traditional Greek music and dance, learn to write your name in Greek, and learn a bit about Greek philosophy for kids.

There are lots of great Greek foods to try, and if you’d like to make some at home, Budget Bytes has a great collection. And don’t forget the baklava; you can find a recipe for that at Natasha’s Kitchen.

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