Ancient Egypt Unit - Toys and Games

“Toys and Games” is one of ten songs I’ve written on the subject of Ancient Egypt. The whole pack is available from my store.

The zip file contains:

1. PDF of the music

2. The lyrics in a separate Word document

3. An mp3 vocal backing track

4. An mp3 piano backing track

5. PowerPoint with both the vocal and piano tracks embedded (great if you have speakers attached to your whiteboard!). See the illustration to see the icons – the one on the top left is for the vocal, the one on the right is piano only.

6. PowerPoint of the staff notation

I hope you and your pupils enjoy singing the song! If you do you may want to check out my complete “Ancient Egypt” pack. It contains songs about Tutankhamun, the pyramids, the Nile, mummies, hieroglyphics, the Sphinx, toys and games and Egyptian gods and goddesses.

I’d really appreciate your feedback!

Happy singing!

Donna

9. Toys and Games

1. Inside Tutankhamun’s tomb was a game of senet.

Thirty squares on a board.

What score could you get I wonder?
Images could stand for perils or advantages,

In the struggle getting to the kingdom of Osiris.

2. Ball games were a popular pastime for Egyptians.

Leaping high in the air,

Sometimes piggy back position.

Balls were made of clay and sometimes filled with little seeds.

When you threw them they would rattle, might help you succeed.

3. In the game of snake the board looked like a coiled serpent.

Small stone balls, sometimes carved

With the names of Egypt’s Pharaohs.

Move the balls around the board, if you want to enter.

Now to win you must make sure you’re first one to the centre.

4. Khuzza Lawizza is known nowadays as leap frog.

Children had wooden toys:

Cats and dogs and other creatures.

Storytellers told of magical enchantment.

Boys had soldiers, girls had dolls to give them their amusement.