AFRICAN ANIMAL BINGO Using the printables make 4 bingo cards and print 2 sets set of named animal cards. Laminate or cover with clear sticky backed plastic for durability How to play Game 1-Up to 4 players can play Give each player a bingo card and then using the named animal cards place them face down on the table and then invite the children to pick a card and try and match with an animal on their bingo card when they have found their six matches the game is over. Game 2- Up to 4 players and one caller Give each player a bingo card and then using the named animal cards place them face down in front of the caller. The caller takes the first card and describes the animal and the players have to call wanyama if they have a match. Wanyama is Swahili for animal. Make up your own games or use the cards to talk about the animals. Learning Areas Personal, Social & Emotional: Interactions with others, developing confidence, independence and understanding feelings. Language: Communication, developing skills in listening, talking and understanding. Knowledge of the world: Investigating and beginning to understand places and people around the world and ICT Exploring and Thinking - children making sense of people, places and things in their world by interacting with others Well-being - children being confident, happy and healthy. Montessori Language - Discussion, conversation and literacy skills Maths - Numbers, counting, sorting, matching, shapes, measurement. Sensorial - Experiences of sight, sound, touch, taste and smell.
BABY ELEPHANT MAZE Help the baby to find her mammy! Use the printable for a fine motor skills activity. Print a copy for each child to practice or print two or three and laminate and use a dry wipe board pens. Learning Areas Physical: Control and coordination of bodies while learning to move and handle equipment. Fine and gross motor skills Exploring and Thinking - children making sense of people, places and things in their world by interacting with others Montessori Practical - Developing concentration, coordination, independence and order
BUILD YOUR OWN PYRAMID Show the children pictures of pyramids use the printable flash cards and invite them to build their own. Try building with Lego/Duplo, Stickle bricks, blocks, cardboard boxes, sugar cubes Ice cubes (sprinkle each layer with a little salt to help stick the cubes together. Learning Areas Physical: Control and coordination of bodies while learning to move and handle equipment. Fine and gross motor skills Maths: Developing skills in numbers, space, shape, measurements and quantity Knowledge of the world: Investigating and beginning to understand places and people around the world and ICT Exploring and Thinking - children making sense of people, places and things in their world by interacting with others Montessori Culture - Geography, history, science, art, music and diversity. Maths - Numbers, counting, sorting, matching, shapes, measurement.
COUNTING IN SWAHILI Teach the children to count to ten in Swahili. Get them to repeat each number after you to pronounce the numbers correctly Use the printables to make a set of cards for the children to sequence Number Swahili Pronounced 1 moja Mo-ja 2 mbili m - bee - lee 3 tatu ta - too 4 nne n - nay 5 tano tah - no 6 sita see - tah 7 saba sah - bah 8 nane nah - nay 9 tisa tee - sah 10 kumi koo - mee Learning Areas Language: Communication, developing skills in listening, talking and understanding. Maths: Developing skills in numbers, space, shape, measurements and quantity Knowledge of the world: Investigating and beginning to understand places and people around the world and ICT Exploring and Thinking - children making sense of people, places and things in their world by interacting with others Communicating - children sharing their experiences, thoughts, ideas, and feelings with others Montessori Language - Discussion, conversation and literacy skills Culture - Geography, history, science, art, music and diversity. Maths - Numbers, counting, sorting, matching, shapes, measurement
FUN FACTS ABOUT ELEPHANTS There are two types of elephant, the Asian elephant and the African elephant Elephants are the largest land-living mammal in the world. Both female and male African elephants have tusks but only the male Asian elephants have tusks. They use their tusks for digging and finding food. Female elephants are called cows. They start to have calves when they are about 12 years old and they are pregnant for 22 months. An elephant can use its tusks to dig for ground water. An adult elephant needs to drink around 210 litres of water a day. The elephant s trunk is able to sense the size, shape and temperature of an object. An elephant uses its trunk to lift food and suck up water then pour it into its mouth. An elephant s trunk can grow to be about 2 metres long and can weigh up to 140 kg. Some scientists believe that an elephant s trunk is made up of 100,000 muscles, but no bones. Elephants can swim they use their trunk to breathe like a snorkel in deep water. Elephants are herbivores and can spend up to 16 hours days collecting leaves, twigs, bamboo and roots. Learning Areas Language: Communication, developing skills in listening, talking and understanding. Knowledge of the world: Investigating and beginning to understand places and people around the world and ICT Exploring and Thinking - children making sense of people, places and things in their world by interacting with others Montessori Language - Discussion, conversation and literacy skills Culture - Geography, history, science, art, music and diversity.
Curriculum Plans FUN FACTS ABOUT AFRICA Using the Images of Africa printable to make a book and the maps discuss the fun facts with the children. Add dress ups and some African inspired cooking implements such as wooden bowls and spoons etc to the home corner and add African animals to the sand tray and give the children the opportunity in explore and find out about the continent of Africa. The continent of Africa borders the southern half of the Mediterranean Sea. The Atlantic Ocean is to the west and the Indian Ocean is to the Southeast. Africa stretches well south of the equator to cover more than 12 million square miles making Africa the world s second largest continent. Africa is also the world s second most populous continent. Africa is one of the most diverse places on the planet with a wide variety of terrain, wildlife, and climates. The highest point in Africa is Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania at 5895 meters high. The lowest point is Lake Asal in Djibouti at 153 meters below sea level. The largest country in Africa is Algeria, the smallest is the Seychelles. The most populated country is Nigeria. The largest lake in Africa is Lake Victoria and the longest river is the Nile River, which is also the longest river in the world. Africa is rich with varied wildlife including elephants, penguins, lions, cheetahs, seals, giraffes, gorillas, crocodiles, and hippos. African languages are varied with more than 1000 languages spoken across the continent.
FUN FACTS ABOUT AFRICA Major cities: Cairo, Egypt Lagos, Nigeria Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo Johannesburg-Ekurhuleni, South Africa Khartoum-Umm Durman, Sudan Alexandria, Egypt Abidjan, Cote d Ivoire Casablanca, Morocco Cape Town, South Africa Durban, South Africa Major Rivers and Lakes: Nile River, Niger River, Congo River, Zambezi River, Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Nyasa Major Geographical Features: Sahara Desert, Kalahari Desert, Ethiopian Highlands, Serengeti grasslands, Atlas Mountains, Mount Kilimanjaro, Madagascar Island, Great Rift Valley, the Sahel, and the Horn of Africa. Learning Areas Language: Communication, developing skills in listening, talking and understanding. Knowledge of the world: Investigating and beginning to understand places and people around the world and ICT Exploring and Thinking - children making sense of people, places and things in their world by interacting with others Montessori Language - Discussion, conversation and literacy skills Culture - Geography, history, science, art, music and diversity.
FUN FACTS ABOUT PYRAMIDS Ancient Egyptian pyramids are the most well known pyramid structures. Most Ancient Egyptian pyramids were built as tombs for Pharaohs and their families. Over 130 pyramids have been discovered in Egypt a country in Africa. The first Egyptian pyramid is believed to be the Pyramid of Djoser, it was built in Saqqara around 4650 years ago (2640 BC). Nearly all Egyptian Pyramids are located on the west bank of the Nile. Egyptian Pyramids often contain multiple chambers and passages. Bodies placed in the tombs were preserved by mummification. Egyptians buried their dead with burial goods that ranged from everyday items they believed would useful in the afterlife to more expensive items such as jewelry. Pyramids have triangular sides that come together at the top (apex). If they have 4 sides and a square base they are called a square pyramid. If they have 3 sides and a triangular base they are called a tetrahedron. Learning Areas Maths: Developing skills in numbers, space, shape, measurements and quantity Knowledge of the world: Investigating and beginning to understand places and people around the world and ICT Exploring and Thinking - children making sense of people, places and things in their world by interacting with others Montessori Language - Discussion, conversation and literacy skills Culture - Geography, history, science, art, music and diversity. Maths - Numbers, counting, sorting, matching, shapes, measurement.
KHAMSA HAND The khamsa is a symbol of good luck from Morocco, a country in Africa. This good luck hand has been used as an amulet in northern Africa for centuries - it is often made from precious metal, like silver. It is said to keep away the evil eye and can be worn around the neck or used as a wall decoration. The children can make their own collage version using shiny paper, aluminium foil, bright colours etc. Khamsa means five in Arabic. You will need thick paper or card Scissors Glue Foil/shiny paper Crayons, markers, or paint Sequins, glitter, glitter glue Stick on eyes, buttons etc Get the children top draw round their own hands or they could draw round each others. Older children could cut out their hand. Decorate and display. Learning Areas Physical: Control and coordination of bodies while learning to move and handle equipment. Fine and gross motor skills Knowledge of the world: Investigating and beginning to understand places and people around the world and ICT Creative: using colour, texture, sounds and music, dance, drama, role play and stories Exploring and Thinking - children making sense of people, places and things in their world by interacting with others Well-being - children being confident, happy and healthy. Montessori Culture - Geography, history, science, art, music and diversity. Sensorial - Experiences of sight, sound, touch, taste and smell.
LEARN A SONG IN SWAHILI Swahili is wildly spoken in parts of Southeast Africa, including Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Around 5 million people speak Swahili as a native language, and a further 135 million speak is as a second language. Teach the children a song that children in Tanzania sing. Tanzania is a country in South East Africa. The rhyme is sung to the tune of frère Jaques Eh Yakobo Eh Yakobo, Eh Yakobo, Walala? Walala? Amka twende shule Amka twende shule Haya njoo, Haya njoo. Hey Jacob Hey Jacob Hey Jacob Are you sleeping? Are you sleeping? Wake up let s go to school Wake up let s go to school Ok come Ok come Learning Areas Language: Communication, developing skills in listening, talking and understanding. Knowledge of the world: Investigating and beginning to understand places and people around the world and ICT Creative: using colour, texture, sounds and music, dance, drama, role play and stories Exploring and Thinking - children making sense of people, places and things in their world by interacting with others Communicating - children sharing their experiences, thoughts, ideas, and feelings with others Montessori Language - Discussion, conversation and literacy skills Culture - Geography, history, science, art, music and diversity.
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Mount Kilimanjaro Mount Kilimajaro is in Tanzania. It is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest free-standing mountain (i.e., not part of a mountain range) in the world at 5,895 metres (19,341 ft) above sea level
Victoria Falls The falls average over 300 feet (100 m) in height and stretch over one mile (1,688 m) from the Zambian side to the Zimbabwe side, and both countries share the falls. At peak river levels about 200 million gallons (750 million liters) of water fall over the precipice every minute.
Many children in Africa don t have money to buy toys so they must make their own playthings. One of the favorite activities is to make a car from discarded wire. The kids call this kind of toy car galimoto (a Chichewa word also used for the real thing). The car has wheels that rotate and a fully functional steering wheel. This is operated by remote control a stick extending from waist height to the car s front wheels. Rolling tyres or hoops is another popular game.
Women in Africa traditionally wear the chitenge. This is a brightly coloured length of material wrapped around the waist. The cloths are mostly made in India and exported to Africa where they are sold in trading stores common in any African town.
Over 130 pyramids have been discovered in Egypt a country in Africa. Ancient Egyptian pyramids are the most well known pyramid structures. Most Ancient Egyptian pyramids were built as tombs for Pharaohs and their families.
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Number Swahili Pronounced 1 moja Mo-ja 2 mbili m - bee - lee 3 tatu ta - too 4 nne n - nay 5 tano tah - no 6 sita see - tah 7 saba sah - bah 8 nane nah - nay 9 tisa tee - sah 10 kumi koo - mee