Marshmallow Ziggurat

We’ve been learning about Ur, Mesopotamia, Babel, and ziggurats over the last few weeks. One of our fun activities was building a ziggurat from toothpicks and marshmallows.

Though I did most of the actual building, the kids had a grand time stabbing the marshmallows onto toothpicks and having them ready for me—not to mention snacking on lots of marshmallows in the meantime.

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I also taught Oldest about Venn diagrams as we compared pyramids to ziggurats. We compared their shape, their purpose, and their building materials. It was a great learning tool and made a nice notebooking page, but not nearly as memorable as our tower of marshmallows!

Eating makes learning so much fun.

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Our life is creative and full, challenging and blessed. I'm a pastor's wife and homeschool mom to my crew of three kids with ADHD/dyslexia. I'm passionate about helping women find joy and hope in treasuring Christ, loving their families well, and finding creative ways to disciple and teach in their homeschools. Visit growingNgrace.com to find grace for the messes and mistakes, and knowledge to pick up the pieces and make something special. Let’s grow together!