Greek course for kids, August 2025

An innovative Greek language course for kids that combines lessons and activities, transforming the lesson into an interesting and enjoyable game. It is aimed at children aged 6-13 who already have a little familiarity with the language but cannot yet speak Greek.

11-23 August 2025

The program lasts 4.5 hours daily (10:00 to 14:30) with breaks and includes language teaching (3 teaching hours per day) and breaks with physical activities, dance, painting and games. Classes take place from Monday to Saturday, including Saturday, for two weeks, from August 11 (Monday) to August 23 (Saturday) Language teaching includes a balanced combination of activities that focus on vocabulary enrichment and develop all skills: reading, writing, listening comprehension and speaking. The necessary grammatical structures are also taught through language games. The additional hours of activities with dance and physical games, painting and art, songs and stories turn the lesson into an enjoyable experience for children.

Important!

Children are accompanied by their parents and stay with their parents throughout the course period. Parents are responsible for bringing children to the beginning of classes and picking them up at the end.

Objective of the lesson

There are two main goals in our lessons: 1) lessons to make children feel safe with Greek and start communicating in Greek. A second important goal is that at the end of the two weeks the children want to continue learning Greek. The enrichment of the vocabulary of our little students and their consolidation of some grammatical structures that are necessary to express themselves in Greek are also key elements that will allow us to achieve the above goals.

Daily schedule

10:00 – 10:45 – Greek lesson
10:45 – 11:30 break, games
11:30 – 12:45 – Greek lesson
12:45 – 13:45, break, games, snack / food
13:45 – 14:30 – Greek lesson

Tuition

1080€ for one child. -5% on the total amount (include accommodation fee, if there is any), for two or more children. See the cost breakdown as you fill in the enrollment form, at the end of this page. Tuition includes the lessons, course materials, activities and games within the lessons, and some snacks shortly after noon. They do not include family accommodation and local transport.

Accommodation

You can book one or more rooms in the Center’s guesthouse if you want to be close. Howerver this is not mandatory. The reservation will be made automatically from the registration form only for the period from Sunday 10 to Sunday 24 August 2025. If you want different Check in – Check out dates, add a note in the corresponding field of the form

Accommodation cost: €770 / room (€55/room/overnight X 14 overnights)

The rooms are relatively small studios (20m2) and are equipped with two single beds measuring 1X2 meters, a kitchenette where you can prepare breakfast or small meals and a private bathroom. Each room can sleep 2 adults or children. One room could accommodate 2 children if they can sleep together in the same bed. At the guesthouse in August, during the children’s classes we do not offer breakfast or simple meals

Accommodation in the Center’s hostel is not mandatory. You can stay in some of the apartments in the area that are rented through airbnb or booking. We recommend the apartments in the settlements of Arethousa and Karavostamo, because they are very close to the center, 5 – 10 minutes by car. Evdilos is a little further away, 20 minutes by car.

Food

During the lessons we offer snacks to our little students, so you can rest assured that they will not be hungry when they leave the lessons. We cannot cater for any special diets that a child may follow. If a child is on a special diet, you should make sure that they have something with him.

Do I need a car?

We do not take responsibility for the local transport of families with children, even if you choose to stay in the Centre’s guesthouse. In addition, the public transportation in Ikaria is not reliable and it’s even difficult to find a taxi in August. As a result, you must have your own car that you will rent from Ikaria or bring with you.

Enrollment

Submit the enrollment using the form below. You must select the period 10-24 August, although the first class is on Monday 10 August and the last on Saturday 23 August 2025. We will not ask for your credit card number when you register, nor will you have to pay anything.

Deadlines and advance payments: Registration deadline until January 17, 2025. If the minimum number of registrations is not collected by this date the course will be cancelled. On January 17th we will be able to confirm that the necessary number of students has been gathered and the course will take place.

The cost of tuition for one child as well as 50% of the tuition for each additional child must be paid from 17 to 30 January 2025, immediately after the final confirmation that the course will take place. The remaining amount together with the cost of accommodation, if you choose to stay in our guesthouse, must be paid upon your arrival. There are no refunds if you cancel your participation for any reason after January 17, 2025 (registration deadline).