The lilting, rhyming story text is followed by eleven pages full of educational information. As six children sail down the nile river, they visit seven sites including the valley of the kings, alfaiyum oasis, cairo, and the great pyramid of giza. Were sailing down the nile printables, classroom activities. I was a bit hestitant to buy this book because the content on many of the pages looked rather thin, even for the recommended age range, but i was pleasantly surprised when the book arrived. Were sailing down the nile laurie krebs, anne wilson on. In were sailing down the nile, several friends travel through modern egypt from aswan to cairo, commenting on the sights along the way in lovely little rhymes. For the first time, this book tells the story of this epic struggle from the perspective of both christians and muslims, reconstructing the experiences. The lilting, rhyming story text is followed by eleven pages full of educational information about ancient egypt, gods and goddesses, a helpful map, and much more. Get creative and imaginative with clay alongside were sailing. Were sailing down the nile ages 410 barefoot books. After the main story is a map with additional information about each of the places that were passed while sailing down the nile.
The lilting, rhyming story text is followed by eleven pages full of educational information about ancient egypt, gods and were sailing down the nile printables, classroom activities, teacher resources. Explore egypt in this story and then learn more about ancient egypt with over 10 pages of information at the end. The lilting, rhyming story text is followed by eleven pages full of educational. The level of language for these sections is much more sophisticated than in the actual story and to me it felt like there was a bit of a discrepancy between the two parts of the book, but without those later. We spend just as much time on the extra info at the back of the book as we do on the story. The story is written in rhyme, and the illustrations are simple and colourful.
This is the story of a journey down the nile with a couple of lines of verse each page. Set sail along the mighty nile river to experience the wonders of. Set sail along the mighty nile river to experience the wonders of egypt. Our grandchildren, ages 5 and 2, both like hearing this story. Ancient egypt booksancient egypt for kidsancient historyancient egypt. A journey through egypt, children will learn about market towns, cities, museums, pharaohs, and pyramids. We re sailing down the nile available for download and read online in other formats. Download pdf we re sailing down the nile book full free. Were sailing down the nile book and clay crafts castle. History classroom, teaching history, ancient egypt display, ancient egypt activities. This is lauries fifth project for barefoot books, following we all went on safari hc. Art history lessons for kids ancient egypt 60 ideas ancient egypt activities.
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