Pyramids and the Great Sphinx means huge stone pyramid tombs for pharaohs—and the Sphinx, a lion-bodied statue with a human head, that guards them. We will build a pyramid shape, name its job as a tomb, sketch the Sphinx idea, then check a fresh fact.

Materials: Blocks, boxes, or stacked books for a pyramid shape; Paper and pencil to sketch a sphinx (lion body + human head). 1. Stack blocks into a pyramid. Say pyramids were enormous stone tombs for pharaohs. 2. Name the Great Pyramid at Giza as a famous one still standing. 3. Sketch or build a Sphinx idea: lion body + human head that “guards” the pyramids. 4. Fresh check: child answers one new prompt on the same idea. Record and stop. Done: Ask what a pyramid was for and what body parts make a sphinx. Proof: parent note of examples tried and support used. Stop: End after the fresh check; keep optional challenge for another day.