So what have we been doing 'in school?' Well, currently we are studying Egypt. Jason was quite surprised to realize that the Africa map does not show the White Nile, only the Blue. We have read about how the two rivers join to create the 'Great' Nile that flows through Egypt -- And yesterday, we watched a National Geographic Special called 'The Mysteries of Egypt.' That was a wonderful show, narrated by Omar Shariff, it talked about the history of Ancient Egypt, its Mummies, Pharoahs, Pyramids and fall. There was also a special segment afterwards on the making of the Imax film -- soon to be showing at the Pacific Science Center. I have promised Jason we will go.
Meanwhile, we have been reading a lot -- Jason has read me two novellas -- Mummies in the Morning and Tut Tut. I have two I am going to read to him... and maybe he can read a bit of them himself. They are 'The Golden Goblet' and 'A Place in the sun.' Then there are all the picture books -- and we have found several truly lovely ones:
The Scarab's Secret
The Winged Cat
Muti's Necklace
Tutankhamen's Gift
Both boys have enjoyed these books, though I think that the Scarab's secret came out as their favorite.
And we have built with legos. Here is a picture of the three projects completed -- a pyramid, with yellow outside bricks to represent the pyramid's link to the sun, a canal barge for carrying the Pharoah down the Nile, and the Sphinx. The first and the last, I helped to build. They were hours long projects and man! Was I sore afterwards!
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