Fun with Hieroglyphs

by Catharine Roehrig

Book Overview

Hieroglyphs are the key to the most fascinating secrets of antiquity. Children can discover how Egyptian scribes used the symbols to record the events of their time with this kit. Includes 24 rubber stamps, an ink pad, a guidebook, and an Egyptian hieroglyph chart.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670835765
• ISBN13: 9780670835768
• Release Date: October 1990
• Publisher: Viking Children's Books
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.3" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Kids will love learning about hieroglyphs!!

This is a great little book and stamp set. The stamps are quite sturdy - the backs are hard plastic (not that cheap foam like in so many sets) and the images themselves are not rubber, more like a silicon or soft plastic. The stamped images are crisp and clear. The book provides interesting information about the history of hieroglyphs - my children were riveted to the section about the Rosetta Stone. They loved using the stamps to write coded letters to each other, and trying to translate them. Also, they made their own name cartouches (sp) using shrink plastic (Shrinky Dinks) - these turned out REALLY cool and they strung them on a black cord. Highly recommended for any Egyptologist or stamping addict.

A fun addition to our study of Egypt

My kids--toddler to tween and in-between--all were excited about this one. When I pulled it out, they could not resist examining the stamps and trying to stamp messages. The enclosed booklet has phoneme charts to allow you to spell out words (like your name) with the hieroglyphs, codes to solve, and, of course, the requisite history of the rosetta stone, scribes, papyrus, etc. There's even a section on the Ancient Egyptian counting / math system, so children can learn about Egypt throughout their curriculum. (Great for homeschooled or self-motivated kids.) It is really the perfect mixture of educational information and fun stuff to do. The book is beautifully illustrated, too, with color photographs of Ancient Egyptian artifacts and art. This book definitely has more to offer than the popular Hieroglyphs, even though the latter is much cheaper. This book is aimed at a higher reading level, but the stamps have such appeal for every age group, and the pictures are so informative all by themselves, that even a child in first or second grade could get a lot out of this book. Older children will get the most out of it, since it offers so much information. Really, this is a great choice for families looking for one resource to share with children of different ages on this subject.

Great

This "book" has a mini book inside with cool activities, an awesome stamp pad to make things funner and on the inside cover a full list of hieroglyphs, their sounds, their meanings, etc. This is a great book if you want to teach your kids hieroglyphs becuase Its fun, easy and very interesting.

Fun With Hieroglyphys

As a homeschooler we really enjoyed the "hands on" approach that this book with ink and stamps gave us. It was great fun and it helped us to understand the first written language a whole lot more.

This is a book and a stamp pad!!!!!

This set was awesome. I love to read the book and then use the stampers to spell out the cool stuff I learn. All my friends at the tattoo parlor absolutely love it and they use it to make original designs for tattoos. I highly recommend it!!