Workshops

Starts with a theoretical-practical explanation to a group of the genealogy of the gods: the person in charge of the board provides the information and the children try to find the pieces to complete the board. The purpose of this workshop is for children to learn the name of the gods and their attributes so that they can identify images of the gods.

The aim of this activity is to complete the solar system, relating it to mythology.

Human-sized board game. Children are distributed across the boards, placing one child per row (6 children per board). The goal is to go to the house that the date points to and guess which character the date landed on. If you hit it, you stay in the house, if you miss, you go back to where you were. Whoever finishes the board first wins.

The children put a ribbon around the head and stick a piece with the image and information of a mythological character on it. In order, the children will ask questions until they guess who they are. The team that finishes first wins.

Using paper plates, previously painted (red or black), the children cut an image to paste in the centre of the dish and, copying the example on display, paint the ornaments around the dish.

Introduction to conversational Latin. Children are encouraged to express themselves in Latin, using songs, expressions, and simple phrases.

Children will get to know the different writing and communication systems of the classical world, putting into practice a form of Roman cursive writing, using utensils of the time.

A workshop that seeks to reflect, through a theoretical and playful exposition, on the foods that gave identity to the Roman people, as well as on the spaces destined for meals.

Pretende-se dar a conhecer as divisões de uma típica Domus Romana.

There is a small explanation of what is the bulla: a small ball of gold or leather that the children wore around their necks until they reached the age of wearing the manly toga. It could contain amulets, spells or perfumes and had the function of protecting the child. The women wore the lunula, an amulet that was usually shaped like a crescent moon. In this activity, the children will make a bulla or lunula in clay and inside they will put a paper with a written desire. Children are given a piece of paper to write their wishes and the monitor puts it inside a piece of clay and adds the thread. It is then given to the child for her to mould to his/her liking. The monitor must be attentive to the children and help if they need it.

Children will have contact with two of the Roman methods of counting time: the sundial and the calendar. This workshop is dedicated to the construction, on paper, of a sundial and a cube-shaped calendar.