Italy for Kids: Fun and Facts
Find Italy on the map and meet its capital, ancient ruins, volcanoes, food, artists and inventions in a lively introduction.
Journey from the Alps to the Mediterranean and explore Italy’s cities, stories, food, art, ancient ruins and remarkable landscapes.
Italy stretches into the Mediterranean Sea in southern Europe, with snowy mountains in the north, long coastlines and islands including Sicily and Sardinia.
These resources invite your family to travel through Venice, Rome, Pisa and Naples, choosing the stories, videos and questions that spark the most wonder.
Travel from Italy’s geography and history to the canals of Venice and the famous tower at Pisa.
Find Italy on the map and meet its capital, ancient ruins, volcanoes, food, artists and inventions in a lively introduction.
Glide along the Grand Canal, pass the Rialto Bridge and discover why people in Venice travel on water instead of roads
Visit Pisa’s famous bell tower and discover how soft ground beneath its foundations caused the building to lean.
Share a story that follows the ingredients, people and legend behind one of Naples’ best-known foods.
Nancy Castaldo’s story follows a Neapolitan pizza maker preparing a special pizza for Queen Margherita using tomatoes, mozzarella and basil.
Explore the founding legend of Rome, then review Italy’s geography, history and culture with two quizzes.
Hear the ancient legend of Romulus and Remus. It includes abandonment, threats and a brother’s death, so preview it for younger or sensitive children.
A quiz for younger children to review what they have learned about Italy.
A deeper interactive quiz for older children exploring Italian geography, history and culture.
Follow Italy into questions about volcanoes, cities built on water, ancient roads, art and the stories carried by food.
Investigate how pizza is made in Naples, what happened at Pompeii, how Venice stands on water or why so much Renaissance art began in Italian cities.
How can the landscape and history of a place shape the way people live there today?
Take this topic further with our beautifully illustrated printable lesson, made for exploring together at home.
Follow Italy’s boot-shaped map into canals, ancient stories, mountains, volcanoes and delicious discoveries.
£6.99
Every Sunday we release a new wonder-led lesson: one big question for your family to explore together at home. Here’s this week’s.
Follow the wonder of moving pictures, meet early cinema pioneers and begin a small film story of your own.
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