Africa

All Ye Lands, pp. 273-278. Take notes and make entries into Book of Centuries/Adventure: Africa scrapbook. Read Aloud: For You Are A Kenyan Child Tea Party!!! For an African Princess, from Princess Tea Continue working on mural/Flora/Fauna. Continue reading

Read aloud: Beatrice’s Goat. Start a collection box for Heifer International-Uganda. Play Mancala. Read the Wikipedia entry about it and take notes for the scrapbook. Compare it to our Filipino sungka. Mom and older kids: Read Our Lady of Kibeho.… Continue reading

Read Kingfisher History Encyclopedia, pages 243, 270-273. Make entries into Book of Centuries/Adventure: Africa scrapbook. Read Aloud: Honey… Honey… Lion! by Jan Brett. Print out animals and plants/trees to color. You can either a) make a mural or b) put… Continue reading

Pick an African country (we will do at least 3 each) for inclusion in our Adventure: Africa scrapbook. Use flags from Usborne Flags Sticker Book and choose facts and figures to copy. Work on these for the next 3 days.… Continue reading

Mom and Older Kids (15 and up): Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust Discuss at dinner table. Make journal entries into Africa scrapbook. Read Kingfisher History Encyclopedia, pages 212, 213, 216-217. Make entries into Book of Centuries/youngers… Continue reading

Read DK Eyewitness: Africa. Share what you have learned at the dinner table. Take notes on areas you want to explore further. Read (older kids): Mogo’s Flute. Study questions here. You can take up to 3 days to answer these… Continue reading

Read aloud:: Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book. Weave a vocabulary mat with English words on one side and Kiswahili words on the other. Keep adding to this mat as you learn more words. Alternative activity: Write a story using… Continue reading

Watch Kilimanjaro: To the Roof of Africa Read aloud Zambia/The Hare’s Revenge and Zimbabwe/The Cat Who Came Indoors in Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales Read Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters. (Reading Rainbow movie link here). Read I Lost My Tooth in Africa.… Continue reading

History: Read Kingfisher History Encyclopedia, pages 174, 175 and 195. Take notes/Make entries in Book of Centuries. Listen to Putumayo Kids African Playground. Amazon Link Lyrics here: http://www.putumayo.com/en/pdf/Lyrics_AP.pdf Additional activities here: http://www.putumayo.com/en/pdf/African_Playground_Guide.pdf Visit the Vatican Museums’ Ethnological Missionary Museum online.… Continue reading