Download Hieroglyphs Joyce Milton Charles Micucci Books

Product details Age Range 7 - 10 years Grade Level 2 - 5 Paperback 32 pages Publisher Grosset & Dunlap; Book and Access edition (March 6, 2000) Language English ISBN-10 0448419769

Hieroglyphs Joyce Milton Charles Micucci Books Reviews

• I will be babysitting my three granddaughters this summer, ages 6, 6 and 3. I babysit them at least once a week after school and a few summers ago I realized that just reading to them, letting them watch selected tv, using chalk on the sidewalk, playing outside, etc. was not the most productive use of the summer with no preschool available. So I started bringing "Projects" for them to do, and they LOVED it! I wanted the summer to be fun for them, but also a time to learn new things in fun ways. We made a dragonfly mobile to keep the monsters away at night (still working and hanging in the corner of the room!), painted, worked puzzles of increasing difficulty, etc. This summer I've decided to share a love of mine I've had since I was 5 Egypt! I love that this book has a stencil with it, and we will make great use of it helping them get acclimated to writing hieroglyphs so they can write them on papyrus! Along the way, there is verbiage on what the different symbols mean, how we learned to decipher hieroglyphs, and what school and learning to read and write was like for children of ancient Egypt? All good questions for eager kindergarteners! This book is 8.5 x 11, so it's large enough to see and explain to all 3 of them at once. it will make learning easier and much more fun! I recommend it...as a lifelong learner of things Egyptian!
• My 5th grader grabbed this book out of the box as soon as it came. Within 15 minutes, she was completely engrossed. Def recommended for kids who are studying Ancient Egypt.
• Wow! It has so much information in it! My little guy liked reading about scribe school.
  
  The process of writing with hieroglyphs could be explained better (I had a stamp kit when I was little that was perfect). That said the info and the fun, reusable stencil make the book well worth buying.
• Well done introduction to Egyptian writing for kids - and people who want a simple introduction to the subject without a lot of fluff. My 10 year old nephew who is interested in these things loved it.
• I don't know why, but I had really high expectations for this book. However, the "directions" are pretty vague. Also, my book came completely trashed. It has rips all over it and was just in really bad condition for a new book. It MIGHT have been from shipping but even so, it should have probably been packaged better then! Even with the damage it was easy to read.
  
  I don't agree that it's really for "5 year olds", though. If there had been better directions in this book I would have easily given it 5 stars. However, they get away with not having to really give too many directions by saying "there is no right way." That's fine, but it's a little confusing. The stencil is a nice addition and mostly why I bought it. I have had a little experience with hieroglyphics over the years so perhaps I was expecting too much from this. My oldest kid had absolutely no interest in it right NOW but if they get into this subject later in school then they will probably love this book as an addition to my other hieroglyphics books. For the price, it's not too bad, though.
• This was the highlight of my daughter's reading on ancient egypt. It gives just enough depth that they are learning something while still being interesting enough for a 9 year old who doesn't like reading. She has used the included stencil and ideas to create 'cartouches' for all her friends with their names for Christmas.
• Good book to start teaching young children about hieroglyphs and Egypt. Plus the bonus of having hieroglyphic stencils.
• I purchased this book for my 10 year old daughter to help feed her Egyptian mythology obsession. I was skeptical when I ordered it because it looked a bit too young for her, but I was pleasantly surprised - she loved it!
  
  This book made the Hieroglyphs come to life, and she immediately wanted to write things using the template.
  
  We eventually used it to write her name on the Science Fair display she did on mummification.