Bacci Kid × Granita · Sicilian Summer

Bacci Kid Granita
Bacci Kid × Granita

Bacci’sSicilian Summer

Six golden doors. Real dishes from the Granita menu, stories from Zia Lucia, a few Italian words and a Sicilian sunset to breathe with. Scan, tap, play, together.

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Zia Lucia: Benvenuti! I have swum around Sicily a hundred times and know every story here. Tap a golden door.
I · The Terrace

Welcome, like family.

In Sicily, welcome is ospitalità siciliana: a chair pulled out before you ask, a plate that arrives before you order. It is how Granita on East Hartsdale Avenue greets every table: like cousins coming home.

Bacci: We made it! First, tell Zia Lucia how your table is feeling. Then take your Sicilian passport: six doors, six stamps, a surprise on the last one.
How is your table feeling? Check-in
Tap the one that fits. Every feeling is welcome here.
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Today’s family quest
PASSAPORTO · MY SICILIAN PASSPORT
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Visit every door to fill your passport.
Table talkHow can we make someone feel welcome, like family, today?
Three tapsScan. Play. Talk.
Your pacePiano piano: one door, or stay for dessert.
Grown-upsThe stories belong to everyone. The ordering belongs to you.
Taking Granita home tonight?Grown-ups: pickup or delivery from East Hartsdale Avenue, through Slice.
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II · Granita Table

Build your plate of feelings.

Every dish on the Granita menu carries a feeling. Tap the ones that match your day. Every feeling is welcome at this table.

Limone the Lemon: Pick your plate! Every dish has a feeling hiding inside, like the mozzarella in an arancino. Then start the timer and pass the phone around.
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Your plate is waiting for its first feeling.
Table talk 60 seconds each
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Table talkCu mancia sulu s’affuca: who eats alone chokes. Which dish would you share first tonight, and with whom?

Kids’ first Sicilian bites

Grown-ups: easy wins from the Granita menu for little hands.

  • Margherita pizzawood-fired, the classic first bite
  • Spaghetti pomodorotomato, basil, soft cheese, twirl it
  • Wood-fired meatballson creamy polenta, soft and mild
  • Arancinigolden rice balls, cheese surprise inside
  • Burger & rosemary friesan easy yes
  • Vanilla gelato or lemon sorbetto finish with a smile
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Bacci Kid games are for fun and family connection, not medical, psychological or emergency advice. Under 13 plays with a grown-up. In a crisis call 911, or call or text 988.
III · Lemon Grove

Zia’s stories.

Zia Lucia: Sit with me under the lemon trees. Tap a story and I will tell it. Each one ends with a question for your table. Then pledge a kind act and help with the lemon harvest.

1. Bacci Sails to Taormina

Bacci was nervous. A new island, new words, new faces. Then his boat rounded the cape: a town of terracotta and cream climbing a cliff, and a mountain with a soft white plume sitting on the horizon like a sleepy giant. On the pier a girl named Rosalia waved both arms and called, “Ciao!” A sea turtle in a lemon-print scarf surfaced beside the boat. “Benvenuto, piccolo. I am Zia Lucia.”

That night, at a long table under lemon lanterns, Bacci learned that in Sicily a stranger is only a cousin you have not fed yet.

Who said hello to you and made you feel better?

2. The Granita Nobody Shared

Bacci won a whole lemon granita in a shell-skipping contest and carried it to the far end of the terrace, alone, so nobody could take a bite. One spoon. Another. It tasted of… not much. Cold, and a little lonely. Zia Lucia slid up beside him. “Cu mancia sulu s’affuca,” she said. “Who eats alone, chokes. An old Sicilian saying: joy gets stuck in your throat when it is not shared.”

So Bacci went back and passed the spoon to Rosalia, to Limone, to the fisherman. Suddenly the granita tasted like lemons and sunshine and the sea. That is la famiglia: the plate is bigger when it is shared.

What is something you could share tonight that would taste better shared?

3. Sprezzatura and the Fishing Net

Old Turi the fisherman threw his net in one easy swing, and it opened over the water like a lace tablecloth. “Easy!” said Bacci, and he threw one too. It wrapped around his ears. Turi untangled him, laughing. “That is sprezzatura, piccolo. It looks easy because I have thrown this net ten thousand times, one bad throw at a time. Piano piano.”

So Bacci threw again. And again. On the fortieth try the net opened, just a little, and Turi clapped like it was the best throw in the world. No fish. Just the first small step of getting good at a thing.

What is something you are learning piano piano, one try at a time?

4. Limone and the Three Wonders

Bacci’s head was as full as a Sunday table: worries about tomorrow, worries about worries. Limone the Lemon bounced down from his branch. “When your head is too full, Zia says, go looking for meraviglia. Wonder. Find three before the sun goes down.”

One: a lizard sunning on a warm majolica tile. Two: a shell that still held the sound of the sea. Three: Sole di Sicilia sinking behind Etna and turning the sea to gold. By the third wonder Bacci had forgotten what he was worried about. “That,” said Limone, “is dolce far niente, sweet nothing. It is not lazy. It is how lemons ripen.”

What is one small wonder you noticed today?

5. The Mountain That Breathed

Rosalia had built a sandcastle all afternoon, and a wave took it in one gulp. Her face went hot and red. “I am angry at the whole sea!” she shouted, and kicked the water. Zia Lucia did not say stop. She turned Rosalia toward the horizon. “Look at Etna. The biggest, hottest thing on the island. Even Etna breathes. See the plume? Slow. Soft. Breathe like the mountain.”

In, slow, like the plume rising. Out, slow, like it drifting over the sea. Three times. “Rabbia, anger, is lava,” said Zia. “It is allowed. And when lava cools, it becomes the dark rich ground where the sweetest lemons grow. Your big feeling will cool into something good too.” Then Rosalia started a new castle, with a moat this time.

What helps your mountain cool down when it gets too hot?

Cu mancia sulu s’affuca Pledge a kind act
Lemon Harvest 30 second game
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Tap Start, then tap every lemon you see. Golden cannoli are worth three.
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Bacci Kid games are for fun and family connection, not medical, psychological or emergency advice. Under 13 plays with a grown-up. In a crisis call 911, or call or text 988.
IV · Sicilian Sunset

Breathe with Sole.

Sole di Sicilia: Watch me glow over the Ionian Sea. Breathe in as I grow big. Breathe out as I sink gently behind Etna. Four slow rounds and the whole table is softer.
Table talkName one thing that felt peaceful today.
Sunset body scan Grown-up reads it
Meditation ConsoleMore breathing and quiet games.Feelings ConsoleEvery feelings wheel and check-in.
Bacci Kid games are for fun and family connection, not medical, psychological or emergency advice. Under 13 plays with a grown-up. In a crisis call 911, or call or text 988.
V · Word Garden

Parla italiano.

Zia Lucia: Tap a word to hear it, then say it to your server and watch their face light up. Below: eight Italian feelings, each with something to try.
Italian feelings dictionary Tap to open
GioiaJOY-ah · Joy

Try this: Gioia is granita on a hot day. Tell the table one thing that made you smile today.

Tristezzatree-STET-sah · Sadness

Try this: Sadness is allowed at the table. Say “I feel tristezza” and let someone sit close.

Paurapah-OO-rah · Fear

Try this: Name the fear out loud, the way fishermen name the wind. It shrinks when it is shared. Then breathe with Sole.

RabbiaRAHB-byah · Anger

Try this: Rabbia is lava. Breathe like Etna, slow in, slow out, three times, then say what you need.

PacePAH-cheh · Peace

Try this: Picture the sea at golden hour, flat as a plate. Where in your body feels quiet right now?

Amoreah-MOH-reh · Love

Try this: Tell someone at the table why you are glad they are here.

Orgoglioor-GOH-lyoh · Pride

Try this: Share one thing you worked hard on this week, piano piano. Bravo, brava!

Gratitudinegrah-tee-TOO-dee-neh · Gratitude

Try this: Thank the person who cooked, and the person who brought you here.

Table talkSay “Buon appetito” together before the first bite.
Bacci Kid games are for fun and family connection, not medical, psychological or emergency advice. Under 13 plays with a grown-up. In a crisis call 911, or call or text 988.
VI · Festa del Mare

Evviva!

Festa del mare means festival of the sea. Sicilian fishing boats are painted blue and yellow with an eye on the front to watch the way home, and when the lanterns light up the whole village shouts together: Evviva!

Zia Lucia: Sicilian beaches are full of shells, and shells are full of luck. Tap yours against mine: the shell that stays closed keeps the pearl, the other opens into a sea star for the whole table.
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You vs Zia Lucia. Ready?
Zia’s spin: a tiny dare for the whole table.
TarantellaHands up, clap on the beat, spin. Faster, faster!
Cin cin!Raise your sparkling water and toast someone who did well today.
Pass the granita spoonOne spoon, one table. Everyone gets a bite before anyone gets two.
Table talkWhat makes you feel meraviglia, full of wonder?
More Bacci table games Free
Kids Feelings GameLittle hands, big smiles.Teen HubBrave talk for big kids.Museum PortalsWonder rooms to explore.Printables StudioFree pages to color and keep.Feelings ConsoleWheels and check-ins.Meditation ConsoleQuiet games to breathe.
Bacci Kid games are for fun and family connection, not medical, psychological or emergency advice. Under 13 plays with a grown-up. In a crisis call 911, or call or text 988.
Bacci Kid · Sicily Collection

Take Sicily home.

Bacci: Loved our trip? Keep the Sicilian sunshine going at home. Grown-ups make the purchases.
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Sharing Table Feelings Trio3 printable feelings pages for the table
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Sicily Digital VacationThe full trip, passport and printables
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Sicilian Table Manners & Culture SetItalian words, table manners, recipes to color
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Trip + Culture BundleVacation plus the full set. Best value
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Sicilian Summer All-AccessEverything, plus bonus stories and the feelings dictionary cards
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Created by Dr. Jamie J. Karia, DSW, LCSW
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Bacci Kid games are for fun and family connection, not medical, psychological or emergency advice. Under 13 plays with a grown-up. In a crisis call 911, or call or text 988.