There was a day last week that I consider one of best school days this year. I had carefully prepared our shelves with new work for each of the girls. I knew Grace would be especially excited to do the money work I had ready for her.
But first I had an optometrist appointment and the girls went to Grandma's, where they watched Treasure Buddies. I know very little about this movie other than it is about dogs and Egyptian treasure.
This sparked an entire day-from Grandma's until bedtime with them "playing" Ancient Egypt. Fortunately I had a box in the garage of books and activities from when my oldest had done an Egyptian unit. I took it down and instead of teaching them of the most accurate way to go about their games, I faded into the background. I provided resources but zero direction. This was actually hard to do, but the more I observed the more I realized it was for the best.
They made treasure maps, decorated shoe boxes as sarcophagi, and built pyramids with deep burial chambers-equipped with all a person needed for the after life. Pearl designed and sewed a dress for Grace to wear as the Pharaoh's daughter while I read Mummy stories aloud. Barbies were prepared for burial and hieroglyphs told their stories.
I am beginning to appreciate the fact the work on the shelves is simply our back up plan should no other 'treasure' spring up.
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