Vikings Day / Write Your Name in Runes
Write Your Name in Runes
Children use a rune alphabet chart to write their names and secret messages, exploring how people wrote long ago.
How to run it
- Share a rune alphabet chart and explain that runes were carved letters used long ago.
- Children find each letter of their name on the chart.
- Write their name in runes on paper, card or a smooth stone.
- Swap secret rune messages for friends to decode.
You will need
- rune alphabet charts
- paper or card
- pencils
- smooth stones and markers (optional)
Make it easier or harderYounger children can write their first initial; older children can write full coded messages.
My Time Our Place · Outcome 4, Outcome 5Decoding and writing a historical alphabet builds literacy and curiosity about the past.
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