Julie G Fox

Dreaming Athens Julie G Fox

Want to experience a day in a life of a school child in Ancient Greece? Follow little Gabriella who loves gymnastics! Her gymnastics teacher, Ms Nelly, presents Gabriella with a beautiful gymnastic ball. And after practice the little gymnast falls asleep in her mum's car holding her magic ball, only to wake up in ... Ancient Greece, the birthplace of gymnastics. Gabriella experiences a day in the life of a typical school child from Ancient Greece and learns all about gymnastics and other amazing things children in Ancient Greece had to learn, from astronomy to rhetoric. Things were very different for children back then. But were they? It looks like fun play during breaks, school lunches, strict but kind teachers, as well as making new friends and learning lots of useful and fascinating things were part of childhood as much then as they are now. Embark with Gabriella on a fascinating journey through time from the modern day to ancient Athens!