Today we began with a booklet about timelines and past, present, and future. We read about each concept and looked at pictures related to each. Danny was asked to complete a sentence about something he thought would occur in the future. He wrote that cars will be able to fly. When asked what he wants to be when he grows up, he said “a daddy”. When I probed further about what type of job he wanted to have, he said he wanted to work in an office. We determined he meant a bank, like his dad. He drew himself at a bank! The final task in this booklet was to assemble an eight picture timeline for his day. He did a nice job. We compared a single day timeline to a timeline that covers a broader period such as birth to adult. To follow up on our Mummies in the Morning book, we watched the Brain Pop Jr. learning video about Ancient Egypt. We learned that this civilization started about 5,000 years ago and ended about 2,000 years ago. Cleopatra was their last pharaoh. We watched about the use of hieroglyphics (the language of symbols and how the Rosetta Stone helped us learn more about them. We also saw that it took 20 years to build the great pyramid and that cats were important to the ancient Egyptians because they protected them against snakes. Finally, in preparation for our science activity, we read a Time for Kids news magazine entitled Money Matters. We read that we can spend, earn, save, or give away (to the needy) our money. We talked about each topic including that Danny has a football shaped piggy bank. Also, we discussed various types of chores he could do around the house to earn money. We looked at coin values and counted up the pictures of coins to “buy” the items pictured on the page.