the athens
...is made of wood. But as the children get older, they were taught to play knuckle bones and dice. These were not the only games they were taught. Both boys and girls wre taught these things. The things help them , when they were preparing for school. when started school they were taken out of the care of the mother and put into the charge of a slave,which was with them everywhere. the slave would teach them good manners and punish then for doing wrong. They made sure they did their work and quizzed them afterwords to see if they understood it. Thoe only kids that didnt go to school was the poorest. The classes were half an hour after day brake and half an hour after dust. The only thing was that there was a law that stated childern being taken to and from school in the dark. The leads to reading and writing and arithmetic. For the reading, writing and arithmetic. Classes were held in private houses of teachers. The children wre taught basic reading, writing, and arithmetic. They were requ...