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| Ancient Egyptian house and pyramid we created with clay. |
This week we visited the Bloomsburg Children's Museum. We toured the museum's Egyptian Tomb exhibit which includes replicas of art, a mummy case, and other artifacts. The boys also learned how to write their names using Egyptian hieroglyphs.
At home we built an Ancient Egyptian style pyramid and house. I cut the foundations and blocks out of natural clay and Ian was the bricklayer. The pyramid contains passageways with a hidden mummy and his treasures.
Our Monday homeschool group is using the Mapping the World by Art curriculum by Ellen McHenry. Ian drew maps of Mesopotamia and the Nile River during the first two lessons.
Books: Mesopotamia by Apte; I Wonder Why Pyramids Were Built? by Steele; "World History and Geography" in What Your First Grader Needs to Know by Hirsch
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