Twins Gianna and Lorenzo are always ready to help their family, even when helping leads to more trouble. In four original audio stories, your family will help them take over the family gelato shop in Florence, save their uncle’s pizzeria in Rome (with a chase through the Sistine Chapel) and sort out a mix-up on the canals of Venice with their Nonno. Each story is about 30 minutes and made for kids ages 5–11. This Italy country set also includes 8 printables, two recipes and a full country guide.
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Gianna and Lorenzo feel sorry that their father has to work so hard making gelato for their shop day after day. While their mom is away for a few weeks, their father has hardly slept and will certainly be exhausted on his birthday tomorrow. The kids come up with a plan to give their father a break, but when things start to go wrong, they’ll have to think on their feet to keep the customers happy.
Discover what the Romans gave the world, from roads and sewers to the calendar and the first newspapers. This part of the country guide also teaches Roman numerals and tells the story of Rome’s famous Trevi Fountain.
Did you know? Coins tossed into the Trevi Fountain add up to about 3,000 euros a day, and the money helps feed people in need in Rome.
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Visit the cities from the stories: Rome, said to be founded by twin brothers raised by a wolf; Florence, home to Michelangelo’s David statue; and Venice, built on water, where gondoliers train for hundreds of hours. Then learn the story of pizza and a few words of Italian with learning cards.
Did you know? Michelangelo carved his David statue from a slab of marble that had been thrown away 40 years earlier.
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Step into the Renaissance with Michelangelo, who sculpted David and painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling, and Leonardo da Vinci, who sketched a helicopter 400 years before one was built. Kids can also draw and paint a cone of gelato with art teacher Susan Garrison, in a lesson made just for Around the World Stories.
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Two Italian favorites to make together: Chocolate Chip Surprise Gelato, silkier and denser than ice cream, and Graffiti Pizza, a simple homemade cheese pizza with any toppings you can dream up. Each one comes as a printable recipe card.
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Print, color and play: a Roman numeral challenge, an Italy map coloring page, Graffiti Pizza and Lost Backpack coloring pages, Italian learning cards, a design-your-own pizza page and both recipe cards.
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“My kids and I have always loved traveling and learning about the world and these audio stories are a perfect addition to our home learning! They’re great during mealtimes as well (prevents sibling bickering and gets them to focus on their eating more!). Can’t recommend Around the World Stories enough.”
– Aparna Chari Sundar
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