African Animals

Geography: This week we read stories about the many amazing African animals and learned a lot about primates and the differences between apes and monkeys. Our favorite stories were Honey...Honey...Lion, Here Is The African Savanna, and How Giraffe Got Such A Long Neck...There are so many stories for Africa, I am working on compiling a list. We have lots of giraffe toys, so the boys acted out stories with the giraffes.


Language Arts: There's nothing like a beginning reader picking up a book for fun. Here's Govinda relaxing with Hop On Pop by Dr. Seuss:


Looking ahead to Egypt, I'm not sure how much mummy info the boys can handle at this age. I don't want the baby to get scared or any bad dreams, so we may keep our Africa focus on animals and tribal village life and come back to ancient Egypt for history later on.

We have introduced Alphabet Island and it is a big hit! The boys love the letters each being a character, it's like the alphabet just became their new best imaginary friends, and they like to read and spell! Woohoo!