MERSEY REGION EPILEPSY ASSOCIATION
Reg Charity No:
504 366
CHILDREN’S ACTIVITY PAGES
The ancient Egyptians used
hieroglyphics to write their
messages. Look carefully at
the hieroglyphic alphabet at
the bottom of the page, then
work out the message left by
an ancient Egyptian on a pillar
in the tomb. Beware! Some
hieroglyphics stand for more
than one letter of our alphabet.
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You will need paper and pencil to work out the answers.
Many famous people in history had
epilepsy. Here are some anagrams of
the names of some of those people.
See if you can rearrange the letters
to find out who they are.
NECITV ANV HOGG
(A famous Dutch artist)
UUIJSL RAASEC
(He ruled Briton in 55BC
OEGEGR DEIRFKCRE
DHANLE
(This German composer
wrote “The Messiah)
ODOERF VOESDOTSKY
(This Russian novelist wrote
“The Idiot”)
LOPOENNA EARTPABNO
(Famous French General
who lost the Battle of
Waterloo)
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There is something
wrong with every
picture on this
page. See if you
can find out what
the deliberate
mistakes are.
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You will need to print out this page.
Ferst Oed
1. Rimoen colm.
ebli,
2. Rimavi cheld, ef pass
ta ploci af sofity
li.
3. Pratict hiod ef passeb
4. Lit thi siezuri run ets
causrsi.
.
5. Ollaw rist an ricaviry
There is something wrong
with the computer keyboard. Every time you type
an ‘e’ you get an ‘i’ and
every time you type an ‘i’
you get an ‘e’. Also, every
time you type an ‘o’ you
get an ‘a’ and every time
you type an ‘a’ you get an
‘o’.
Unscramble
the message
and write it
on the blank
screen.
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You will need to print out this page.
Our artist has been asked to make up a picture from an EEG tracing.
Print off this page and see what sort of
a picture you can make of it.
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You will need to print out this page.
Children who have epilepsy can play many
games and sports. Some of these are hidden
in this word search. There are picture clues
to them. The words can run from top to
bottom, bottom to top, left to right, right to
left or diagnonally. See how many you can
find.
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You will need to print out this page.
Years ago messages were sent using Morse
Code. Dots and dashes stood for each letter
of the alphabet. For example, SOS was ... ...
This saved many lives. You can send Morse
Code using the flash button on a torch. Work
it out and send the following message to you
friend. After that make up you own.
Have a look at the two pictures, A and B,
of an EEG clinic. They both look the
same, but there are 10 differences. Mark
the differences on picture B. When you
have found them all, colour in picture A.
Joke Corner
Knock knock
Who’s there?
Boo
Boo who?
Don’t cry. it’s only a joke!
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In order to play this game you will need to print out this page.
Look at the screen and concentrate on it for exactly one minute.
Turn away from the screen and see how many objects you can
remember. (There is at least one you should never forget). Try again and
see if you can remember more.
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You will need to print out this page.
Colour in this picture which shows
Hippocrates, the Greek Father of
Medicine, teaching his students about
epilepsy as they sat under the Plane Tree
on the island of Kos.
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