We have had a VERY spotty summer session with church camp and errands to do, but we have finally made it through Ancient Egypt and we will begin Ancient Greece just in time for the Olympics!
The kids really enjoyed doing all of the hands on activities that I choose to go along with this lapbook. We used the In The Hands of A Child Project Pack Ancient Egypt, several books from our local library and a few I picked up at the book store and book thrift shop.
Here is the book list we used to go with this great lapbook project pack:
Book List for Ancient Egyptian Study
The
Crafts and Culture of The Ancient Egyptians by Joann
Jovinelly and Jason Netelkos
Pyramids!
50 Hands-On Activities to Experience Ancient Egypt
by Avery Hart and Paul Mantell
Peoples
of the Past The Ancient Egyptians Life in the Nile Valley
by Viviane Koenig and Veronique Ageorges
Visiting
the Past Valley of the Kings by Rob Alcraft
Ms.
Frizzle’s Adventures Ancient Egypt by Joanna Cole and Bruce
Degen
Pyramid
by David Macaulay
First
Facts About Ancient Egypt by Jacqueline Morley
My books:
DK
Eyewitness Books Ancient Egypt by George Hart
INSiders
Egypt by Joyce Tyldesley
Egyptology
Search for the Tomb of Osiris by Dugald A Steer
Cleopatra
of Egypt by Leonora Hornblow World Landmark Books
We made lego pyramids.
Belle's had to be white just like the real pyramids and Josh's was mulit-colored, but had a sarcophagus inside it! =) |
Royal nemes to do battle in!
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Upper Egypt battles Lower Egypt |
Making wadjet bracelets.
They pretended the colored string were precious stones! |
Making canopic jars for mummification
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We used seedling pots cut down to the shape need and then modge podged brown paper sack strips to make the jars. |
Painting their canopic jars. The kids used air-dry white clay to form the heads and then acrylic paints. |
Found the idea on Pinterest! We used flour sack towels cut up for the mummy linen. |
And finally mummifying Ken and Barbie! =)
I wanted to make a mini Egypt so we could demonstrate the flooding properties of the Nile, but I was REALLY afraid the cats would think they had a new place to potty, so we didn't make the mini-Nile. The kids were sorely disappointed!
There were so many fun and educational hands-on activities that I found at our local library, we could have studied Egypt and crafted til our hearts were content! But Ancient Greece calls, and there are just as many crafts and activities in store for Greece!