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Papyrus Activity Kit
SKU
032265
Grade PK-AD
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Consumable
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Teaching Method
Traditional
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Charlotte Mason
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Classical
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Montessori (Discovery)
A methodology based on the work of a 20th century educator that emphasizes student and sensory-driven discovery learning and real-life applications.
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Secular
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Neutral
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Christian/Religious
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Auditory
Learns through listening, talking out loud or reading out loud.
Visual
Learns through seeing, prefers written instructions and visual materials.
Kinesthetic/Tactile (Hands-On)
Learns through moving, doing and touching.
Multi-Sensory
Curriculum that employ a variety of activities/components.
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Conceptual/Topical
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Teacher Involvement
Low Teacher Involvement
Student-led materials; parent acts as a facilitator.
Medium Teacher Involvement
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High Teacher Involvement
Teacher-led lessons; may utilize discussions, hands-on activities and working together.
Additional Materials Required
No other materials needed
Everything you need is included.
Other Materials Required
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Other Materials Optional
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Consumable
Consumable
Designed to be written in; not reusable.
Non-Consumable
Not designed to be written in; reusable.
Our Price
$21.00 $21.00 $17.95
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Description
This kit offers students the opportunity to make their own papyrus, and two sheets of finished papyrus paper they can use while they're waiting for their own to dry. Set includes raw Egyptian papyrus reeds, one sheet of blank papyrus paper, and one sheet of papyrus paper with a black-and-white outline of an Egyptian scene printed on it, for you to color. Instruction sheets includes a short history of papyrus, the world's first paper. Included papyrus paper measures 8" x 12". ~ Jess
Publisher's Description of Papyrus Activity Kit
Learn about papyrus, the world's first paper, with a set of strips to make your own paper (with instructions), and outline to color in, and blank sheet to use for messages and/or drawing.
Details
| Product Format: | Other |
|---|---|
| Grades: | PK-AD |
| Brand: | Discoveries |
| Length in Inches: | 13 |
| Width in Inches: | 8.25 |
| Height in Inches: | 0.25 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 0.15 |
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Reviews
3 Ratings
3 Reviews
Rated 4 out of 5
Sep 17, 2018
Sheets were nice, but strips didnt work well for us
The finished sheets were fine. The kids liked feeling real papyrus after having studied it. My 8 yr old drew his own hieroglyphs on the blank sheet and my 5 yr old colored the preprinted sheet with markers. The very narrow pieces provided for making your own papyrus were pretty useless, at least for us.
Rated 5 out of 5
Oct 4, 2012
This Papyrus Activity Kit made in Egypt is a wonderful way to bring a little ancient history to life right on your kitchen table It provides a creative supplement to learning about ancient writing and paper making The kit contains two sheets of ready-made papyrus in addition to enough papyrus reeds to make your own sheet plus directions Having the two ready-made sheets is particularly nice since the process of making the papyrus sheet is labor intensive and takes several days to complete The two already made sheets give children a glimpse of what the finished product will (hopefully!) turn out to look like One of the readymade sheets is printed with an intricate Egyptian design that can be painted or colored in with markers The other sheet is blank Children can make their own drawings or even practice their hieroglyphics We discovered that a good drawing pen (like Pigma Graphics) with a fine point worked well on the surface of the papyrus Making the papyrus itself provides a fine exercise in patience and in learning to follow directions! There are several steps that need to be gone through sometimes more than once The first part of the project involves soaking the papyrus reeds (at least overnight and preferably for a few days) until they swell out and become thinner when you squeeze out the excess water The reeds have an interesting slightly musty odor that smelled like no other scent we could quite place The second step involves rolling the papyrus strips out as thin as you can with a rolling pin then overlapping the strips and applying weight on top of them You may find that you need to check the strips periodically changing the paper towel and putting more books on top to make sure that they dont separate Otherwise you will end up with small sections of papyrus rather than one full sheetWhether the project comes out perfectly or not you will still have added an authentic and tactile dimension to ancient history learning Especially given how reasonable the price is I highly recommend the kit
Rated 5 out of 5
Dec 6, 2009
I worked on this product for about a month and it didn't even turn out The first few directions were easy to follow but when it came to actually making the paper the directions were not understandable at all I would advise anyone who looks at this product to NOT BUY IT
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How many pages of papyri can you make with this?
We made 2 approximately 4" x 4" pieces of papyrus using this kit. The instructions say to lay the strips in only One Direction, which would make more. But we used the traditional technique of overlapping in two directions, which turned out small but quite nice pieces of papyrus. This kit has enough strips of decent quality to get a feel for the process of making papyrus, but won't actually produce much. The finished papyrus sheets that were included were very nice.
Reading The Golden Goblet - this is a relevant hands-on activity
Enhance curriculum on Ancient Egypt
My kids are learning about Ancient Egyptian Technology and this would be a great tactile learning experience!
Online school project-based requirement