Write Like an Ancient Egyptian! [Spiral-bound]

Beth Levine (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2003 | Age Level: 9 and up

Learn to write in heiroglyphics!

For modern-day scribes, this new book comes with a removable plastic stencil, cut with twenty-four designs of the hieroglyphic alpahbet. The book opens with instructions for how to write with hieroglyphs and an alphabet chart. Inside, fun activities abound: crossword puzzles, word finds, spelling challenges, and more will test readers' newfound skills. With ample practice sheets in the back, kids will soon write so well, they'll be able to personalize the front cover with their own name written in hieroglyphs and even write to their friends in this ancient language.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Spiral-bound: 64 pages
• Publisher: Tangerine Press (October 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0439549884
• ISBN-13: 978-0439549882
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #870,918 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun Intro to Egyptian Writing, September 21, 2005

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Anonymous (Glendora, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Write Like an Ancient Egyptian! (Spiral-bound)

I have no idea why I'm the first person to review this wonderful book. I am using this with my homeschooled first grader right now. We are doing ancient history this year and right now we are doing a short unit on ancient writing. We studied cunieform writing, Egyptian hieroglyphs and the Rosetta Stone. My daughter got a real kick out of learning the Egyptian alphabet and writing her name on a cartouche. The book includes stencils of the alphabet which comes in handy. It also contains a lot of fun activities to practice hieroglyphic writing. This book could probably be used by students from first through sixth grade.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Really, really fun and educational, March 8, 2006

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ClassicalMom (Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Write Like an Ancient Egyptian! (Spiral-bound)

I bought this book for my homeschooled 7-year-old as we were doing an Egypt unit study.

He began using the stencils as soon as we received the book in the mail. I gave him some brief explanations (included in the book) and soon he was making cartuches with the names of family and friends.

We really enjoyed this hands-on product! I would definetly recommend this for children interested in Egypt.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun book, March 20, 2008

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Amy King "Boogie" (Lisbon, ME USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Write Like an Ancient Egyptian! (Spiral-bound)

We are using this as part of our homeschooling study on Egypt. It came in and she immediately took the stencil and started to write about everything she could think of. There are several pages around here.

The one drawback is that it's really meant for kids. It's not really comprehensive and only covers some of the symbols. But really, for playing around, it's lots of fun and you will learn something.