With my usual camera in for cleaning, I tried to catch all the action going on with my point and shoot. I brought back some papyrus paper for the kids to feel and create Egyptian art in the traditional way. There was the full heiroglyphic alphabet in stamps with a key so that everyone could spell their names. Most were having trouble fitting their whole names on one sheet of paper! We also made 3D pyramids which proved to be a bit of a challenage getting them to fit together. But once together the kids went to work gluing different colored sand on each side of the pyramid. (Hint: for different colors of sand put salt in a container with food coloring and shake) We also made colored sand layers in small containers. Some kids made them into beautiful necklaces. I added this acitivity last mintue and the kids loved it, great one for an at home project. I had also printed out some Egyptain coloring pages from the internet - great place to find lots of interesting pages for kids to color. I cut them out and everyone was able to choose the image that they liked, glue it on their papyrus paper, and color. The finished projects were remenisent of the paintings you could purchase everywhere in Egypt.
This week is our last week of the Winter program and we are going to celebrate Spring by planting a seed and decorating the pot. Focus will be on mosaics. Hope to see you there! The Spring program will follow directly after the Winter program starting on April 9th. Note afternoon class time change to 1-2pm.
