I cannot recommend The Story of the World highly enough. We look forward to history more than any other lessons or reading! The corresponding activity guide is a gem.
Cave Painting:
Hieroglyphs (love the included stencil!):
Model of the Nile River:
Flooding the River Banks to Water the Crops:
Egyptian Gods and Goddesses (a level 2 easy reader!):
Egyptian Tatoos (from Dover):
Ancient Egypt Treasure Chest (a real treasure chest of crafts and activities, including the papyrus and hieroglyph stamps and Egyptian necklace shown below):
Hieroglyphs on Papyrus (The Boys’ Names):
Cunieform on Clay (Levi’s Name):
Hand-beading an Egyptian Necklace:
Just the tip of the iceberg!
Or would that be the tip of the pyramid…
The Great Sphinx
Giza Plateau, Cairo.
Khafre’s pyramid in the background.