Exploring Africa

We continue to explore our world! We reviewed where we have been so far this year: The United States (North America) and then China (Asia). Next, we focused on Kenya in Africa. We labeled a  map with many of the countries of Africa. We have studied the Kenyan flag and what the different colors and symbols mean. Be sure to ask your child about these. 

We also read a  shared book called Postcards From Africa and recorded important facts. In addition, we enjoyed another “Around the World Time for Kids”, this time focusing on Africa. This provided us with an abundance of facts about life in Kenya. We made postcards from Kenya as if we are visiting this special country. We also played Jeopardy to test our new knowledge.

We used the laptop computers to watch African Animal videos. I shared all of the videos on Google Drive so that the students continue to have access to them. We noted appearance, diet, habitat and interesting facts on our record sheet. The students then published another google slides and presented to the class. Please have your child share their finished product at home.

We finished up Kenya with some African mask making and "beaded necklaces". Check out our African Dance video below.