Travel the World - Africa

This year of learning about our world has been incredible. I have, er, I mean my Kindergartner, has learned so much! Alas, we are almost done with our trip around the world. From Asia, we traveled to Africa. It has been fascinating learning about the different regions and people of Africa. Below, I have listed the resources we used.

Spine Books ~

• National Geographic Beginner's World Atlas pp. 38-43
• The Usborne Book of Peoples of the World, by Gillian Doherty and Anna Claybourne, pp. 48-63
• The Usborne World of Animals*, by Susanna Davidson and Mike Unwin, pp. 54-65
• Galloping the Globe, by Loree Pettit and Dari Mullins: Egypt (flag p. 211), Morocco (flag p. 203), Kenya (flag p. 199), and South Africa (flag p. 196)

Read Alouds ~

• Egypt in Colors, by Nathan Olson
• Egypt ABCs: A Book about the People and Places of Egypt, by Sarah Heiman
• Count Your Way through Egypt, by Jim Haskins and Kathleen Benson
• Ethiopia: Faces and Places, by Elma Schemenauer
• The Lion's Whiskers: An Ethiopian Folktale, by Nancy Raines Day
• Morocco: Faces and Places, by Patrick Merrick
• We Come From Kenya, by Wambui Kairi
• Kenya ABCs: A Book About the People and Places of Kenya, by Sarah Heiman
• Kenya in Colors, by Sara Louise Kras
• My Rows and Piles of Coins, by Tololwa M. Mollel {takes place in Tanzania}
• Shaka: King of the Zulus, by Diane Stanley and Peter Vennema
• Count Your Way through South Africa, by Jim Haskins and Kathleen Benson
• Country Explorers: Ghana, by Lyn Larson
• Anansi The Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti, by Geral McDermott {Ghana folktale}
• Desert Elephants, by Helen Cowcher
• Hero Tales, by David & Neta Jackson {David Livingstone, pp. 56-67}
• Ricky and His Friends Go to Africa, by Tony & Tracey Van Dyke
• Stories from Africa, compiled by Kerry Lovering

*Most of these we found at our local library.


Projects ~

Kente Cloth
Inspiration found at

• Kente Cloth at Crayola
• Kente Cloth Strips at Kinder Art
• Kente Cloth printable lesson plan from Teacher Vision

 

Mask
The Usborne Art Treasury, by Katie Dickins, pp. 24-27

Next Stop: Australia