Tag: ancient Egypt

  • How to Mummify a chicken, Science Sunday

    How to Mummify a chicken, Science Sunday

    Hi, this is Future Ticia 2022 here, and on the list of absolutely insane things I’ve done over the years, mummify a chicken is pretty high up there. Especially considering I mummified a chicken with my kids when they were in kindergarten and then again a few years later. While that was insane it made…

  • How to make a Senet board game

    How to make a Senet board game

    As part of our Ancient Egypt unit, we made a Senet board game in our history co-op last week. It was a fun history lesson.  That took so long, I didn’t end up doing any of the other activities I had planned, but all of the kids really enjoyed learning about the history behind the…

  • How to Mummify a chicken

    How to Mummify a chicken

    Or as my husband likes to call it, the undead chicken.  My family has a weird sense of humor.  But, in all seriousness, as I update this post 5 years later, this has made for one of our most memorable homeschool history lessons.  When we cover Mystery of History 1 again, I plan to do…

  • How to teach your child to follow procedures

    How to teach your child to follow procedures

    As part of my update on the chicken mummy, I’m going to show how I went about teaching the kids about following procedures.  A very important lesson for homeschool science lesson, and one my kids have learned over and over again.  Following procedures:  Make observations We got the chicken out of its bag of salt…

  • Making a mummy

    Making a mummy

    We started studying Egypt this week in our homeschool history lesson, and what do you think of when you think of Egypt, but mummies.  So, taking a page from the Story of the World Ancient History, we’re making a mummy. Warning, not for the easily grossed out, or germ-o-phobes. (This post has affiliate links) Supplies…