Hands-on activities abound in this journey through Europe’s medieval past, where children experience the Middle Ages first-hand. 50 different activities include: playing games like bocci and chess; building a castle with a drawbridge and catapult; keeping time with a home-made hourglass; baking delicious rose petal French bread; and enjoying a fingers-only medieval feast. This book is also filled with helpful information about the people and cultural mores of the day. Your children will meet Charlemagne and King Arthur, Marco Polo and Saint Francis of Assisi, druids, troubadours, knights, and peasants - trying on their thoughts and actions, clothes and armor for size. They will practice speaking as the adults and children of that era spoke, and learn about the differnet ranks of medieval society, as well as how they worked, played, ate, and socialized. It’s “where learning meets life!” (For another Kaleidoscope Kids book, see Pyramids!)