After we had dressed in our Egyptian costumes and applied our dark eye make-up, we nervously sat in the living room, waiting for our guests to arrive.
Slipper kitty becomes Ancient Egyptian
As we sat there our cat, Slipper, sauntered by. The kids giggled and quickly got the idea to let her be our Cat of Bubastees.
I had read aloud a 19th century book, The Cat of Bubastees by GA Henty, to my kids which they greatly enjoyed.
Slipper should like this, since cats were treated like royalty by the Egyptians, and even wore jewels. Too bad we didn’t think of this earlier so we could have gotten a bejeweled collar for her Egyptian cat costume.
The doorbell rang, my kids and I opened the door, and my mom’s jaw dropped to the ground as she smiled enormously!
She had no idea we’d be wearing costumes.
Mom joined us in the living room and sat on the courch while we stood up front, giving our introductions.
Moments before Mom’s arrival, my son suggested that we present a brief introduction of who we were, with a testimony that we had changed our faith to the one true God of the Hebrews.
Shofar Introduction
After our introductions, my son opened the history presentation with the shofar he had made from papier-mache.
Ancient Feast of the Egyptians and Hebrews
Then we ate food typical of the Hebrews and their neighbors, as studied in the first five books in the Bible.
Most fascinating of all the food was the pomegranate, full of liquid filled seeds, which are the edible portion of the fruit.
My son demonstrated an easy recipe: roll the pomegrante on the countertop to smash the seeds inside, then poke a hole into the fruit with a skewer, then insert a straw to sip out the juice!
The kids showed off their various projects displayed in the dining room.
Creation Flip-Book
First they explained the pages in their seven-page Creation flip book.
Salt Dough Maps and IEW
Then they showed off their other projects: salt dough maps of the Nile River, pop-up books of the Nile River (based on their IEW Unit 2 paragraphs), a paper boat, and golden cartouches.
Tabernacle Model
Then we went to the living room to see our model of the tabernacle which represents our relationship with God and foreshadows Jesus who is now our High Priest, as explained in the New Testament book of Hebrews.
Rave Review
At the end, my mom was quite impressed!
She proclaimed: This homeschool is not fluff! The rest of the family needs to come, and I’m going to tell them that. When is the next history presentation?
