Second stop…..let’s board the plane and head to Kenya! When visiting another country it is always helful to know a few basic words in order to effectively communicate! What language is spoken in Africa? Do you know any African words? What are they?  Can you share them with your classmates? Let’s look at the video together to learn Swahili words.

As you can probably guess, not all families are the same.  Everybody likes different things, it doesnt mean that one is better than the other. As we discovered when we visited Kenya through the book titled, Bim-bee Bop by Sue Linda Park, every country has it’s own special types of foods and traditions.

My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me by Maya Angelou and Margaret Courtney-Clarke.  A South African Ndebele girl, her mischievous brother, her beloved chicken, and the astonishing mural art produced by the women of her tribe.  With never-before-seen photographs of the very private Ndebele women and their paintings, this unique book shows the passing of traditions from parent to child and introduces students to a new culture through a new friend.

Africa

• I Lost My Tooth in Africa by Penda Diakité and Baba Wagué Diakité. Ages 3+
• My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me by Maya Angelou and Margaret Courtney-Clarke. Ages 3+
• For You are a Kenyan Child by Kelly Cunnane and Ana Juan. Ages 3+
• Galimoto by Karen Lynn Williams and Catherine Stock. Ages 4+
• The Butter Man by Elizabeth Alalou, Ali Alalou, and Julie Essakalli. Ages 4+
• Mama Panya’s Pancakes by Mary and Rich Chamberlin and Julia Cairns. Ages 4+
• Boundless Grace by Mary Hoffman and Caroline Binch. Ages 4+
• My Father’s Shop by Satomi Ichikawa. Ages 4+
• What’s Cooking, Jamela? by Niki Daly. Ages 4+
• Beatrice’s Goat by Page McBrier and Lori Lohstoeter. Ages 4+
• Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai by Claire Nivola. Ages 4+
• My Rows and Piles of Coins by Tololwa Mollel and E. B. Lewis. Ages 5+
• Nii Kwei’s Day: From Dawn to Dusk in a Ghanaian City by Francis Provencal and Catherine McNamara. Ages 5+
• The Day of Ahmed’s Secret by Florence Heide, Judith Gilliland, and Ted Lewin. Ages 5+