I can't believe it's already Thursday afternoon. Despite having a terrible head cold for two days, the week really flew by. Yesterday we spent most of our lesson time playing educational games. We all learned how to play senet, an ancient Egyptian game, as well as Totally Gross, and Amuse Amaze. I'm sure someone might roll their eyes at the idea of playing games as part of the curriculum, but it actually worked well. Senet involves a lot of addition and logic skills, and Amuse Amaze requires you to use letters to form words, so they were actually using their brains. Granted, I wouldn't do it everyday, but it was a perfect fit for a teacher with a sinus infection.
Today we learned how to make our own papyrus scrolls. Right now my kitchen counter is covered in drying homemade paper. We talked about how tedious the job was, and the kids thought this was probably the reason there weren't a lot of books around back then. Once the paper is dry, they've decided they're going to use the scrolls to provide clues written in hieroglyphics for a treasure hunt. I guess I should find some "treasures" for them to find.
Monday we've planned a field trip to the Science Center with Dad (hooray!). We're all looking forward to that.
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