Alexis, World Traveler

Alexis writing her report on Egypt
Alexis with the poster
Close up of Poster

We are a little behind in our blogging but Alexis has still been reading and studying about Egypt. Last night we read A Family In Egypt by Olivia Bennett. This book is about a little Egyptian boy that lives in a village near Cairo and his father is a camel driver. A wonderful illustration of how Egyptians live.

Alexis and I still need to make our Muslim prayer beads and a poster about Egypt. I think we will wrap up our studies of Egypt next week.

After we are done studying about Egypt we want Alexis to come away knowing some basic facts about Egypt. We also want to be careful and not overload her with so many facts that she will not retain what she has learned.

What Continent is Egypt on? Africa

Yesterday Alexis was home sick so her mommy read her "The Egyptian Cinderella" by Shirley Climo. Alexis really enjoyed this story!

There are many versions of the Cinderella Story and the tale's origins date back to "Yeh-Shen" a Chinese story from the ninth century. Almost every culture has its own version of the Cinderella story.

Alexis and I landed at Cairo International Airport and took a bus to our hotel room. We were tired from the long flight so we stayed in our room and read books and talked. We can see the Pyramids from our room and cannot wait to get a closer look. We could hear the call to prayer as were arriving at our hotel. Alexis looked out the window and yelled at me to come look at some camels in the distance. What an exciting experience this is going to be!

Alexis is ready to go ahead and get started learning about Egypt so today we went to the library and checked out the books for this great adventure. Here are our plans for learning about Egypt. I think it would be fun for you to join us in our adventures in a far away land.

Alexis will learn how Egypt is about 96 percent desert and the Nile River which is the longest river in the world runs through it and most of the population lives close to the river. Most of Egypt is in the continent of Africa except for a small portion. The Sinai Peninsula lies in Asia. Egypt has two seasons summer and winter. Cairo is Egypt's capitol and also the largest city in Africa.


We want Alexis to have an understanding of other religions and to understand how important religious tolerance is in our society. She will learn to be able to be a productive citizen of the world we must realize that every person has a right to their religious beliefs without fear of prosecution. This is one reason I was happy she chose Egypt as the first country to study. In the United States today there are too many people with hatred and intolerance toward Muslims.

Alexis will learn that Muslims are followers of Islam and the Qur'an is their Holy Book. They believe in One God, Allah and Muhammad is a Messenger of God. They believe Abraham, Moses, and Jesus were prophets. They gather in Mosque to pray. Before praying they must cleanse themselves, and remove their shoes before entering the prayer hall. A prayer rug is used to keep the worshiper clean. They must turn toward Mecca to pray and they use prayer beads to help them with their prayer.

Other videos found on you tube. You Tube is a great source of videos that allow you to experience the sights and sounds of other countries. Just make sure that you watch them before allowing your child to watch.

Here is a short video of a Marketplace in Cairo.