An Egyptian Sensory Adventure
This sensory story is for our Ancient Egypt topic. Pharaohs, pyramids and camels all feature in our Egypt sensory story. As with the other stories it is written with a certain need type group in mind. I am fortunate enough to have access to a Multi-Sensory room. This means I can create immersive storytelling environments with a bit of forethought.
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Recommended Egyptian Sensory resources.
Each page has suggestions for sensory resources to use. I have left a space for your own notes/prop to use during your storytelling session. Where it says Sensory Umbrella click here to read more about how to make these. The free mp3 downloads for the sound effects can be found below the table.
| Light as the sun | Sand | Rocks | Reeds | Water sound effect |
| Egypt Sensory umbrella | Prunes | Snake skin | Papyrus paper | Toy boat in the water |
| Egyptian music | Fan for wind (warm if possible) | Toy snake | Rustling sound effect | Sailcloth |
| Camel fur | Toy beetle | Jackals sound effect | Gold shiny sensory umbrella | Crocodile tail |
| Camel sound effect | Homemade dung | Night Time Sensory Umbrella | Shuffling sound | 2d pyramid prop |
| Smell resources | Sticky wet sponge as tongue | Camel Smell | Toilet paper (to throw/wrap) | Stones |
Egypt Sensory Story Sound Effects
Egypt Sensory Story: It’s Miles to the Nile.
We are travelling through Egypt
Searching for a Pharaoh’s tomb,
But it’s miles to the Nile
And the sun will go down soon.
Riding on a grumpy camel
With a really smelly coat,
But it’s miles to the Nile
And we have to catch the boat.
The desert sands are blowing
Into huge and endless dunes,
But it’s miles to the Nile
And we are running out of prunes.
There! Look a scarab beetle,
It’s eating all the dung,
But it’s miles to the Nile
And the camel’s sticking out his tongue.
Watch out there’s a cobra
It’s hiding in the rocks,
But it’s miles to the Nile
And we are stuck behind an ox.
It is night and time for bed,
I can hear the jackals calling
But it’s miles to the Nile
And the camel smells appalling.
We’ve reached the banks
With rustling papyrus reeds,
We’re right here on the Nile
Let’s find out where it leads.
On the shimmering river
A boat with linen sails
Drifting slowly down the Nile
Look out, crocodile tails!
Tall and ancient made of stone
A pyramid looms into sight
We’ve sailed miles down the Nile
Just past Memphis then turn right
We climb inside the Pharaoh’s tomb
Lots of gold and honey. Yummy.
A shuffling sound, back to the Nile!
Quick run here comes a mummy!
Our Egyptian journey is ending
We have learnt an awful lot
Traveled miles down the Nile.
Would you come back or not?
I hope you enjoy our Egypt sensory story. I would love to see how you use/adapt it. Please tweet me or leave a comment. Cover Photo by José Ignacio Pompé on Unsplash
Ancient Egypt Maths Worksheets
To accompany this story for an SLD group I made up some simple maths worksheets (Free PDF download)
Our Other Free PDF Sensory Stories
The Sensory Stories below have all been written to match our Topics. Primarily for a PMLD class but they have also been adapted and delivered to Nursery and other classes.
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