We’ve been in Egypt these past few weeks. DD and R did an incredible dramatization of the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt. R was King Menes and was more than happy to Conquer his big sister. It was classic.

We mapped the current Middle East over our previous map and it was really neat to relate the two and see where everything took place.

We talked about Farming on the Nile, Egyptian reed boats, Pharaohs, mummies, and pyramids. The kiddos weren’t too grossed out with the details of mummification but I don’t think we really need to mummify a chicken to get the full effect. We did some projects with Pyramids discussing the shape, strength, age, and incredible detail. We watched a great episode of Reading Rainbow, “Mummies made in Egypt” and read a fun little book, “ The Great Wonder”. Yes, week 4 and 5 Book Basket has been a pleasure. DD enjoyed Mara Daughter of the Nile and Golden Goblet. Besides enjoying Book Basket we finished up our Read-Aloud, Tanglewood’s Secret, barely making it through the last two chapters in one piece (reader take warning). The kiddies can’t wait to move on to the next one, “Star of Light”.