For Active Learners
Activities
- Niger River hidden word game
navigate the Niger River with this vocabulary
(pdf document) - Make your own map-puzzle
map of Africa to print, cut apart, and make a puzzle
(pdf document) - Market hide and seek
go shopping in the local market with this matching
word game (pdf document) - Coloring book
drawings by Romney Nesbitt, Tamara Gagara and others
(pdf document)
Play an African game
A well-known game throughout West Africa for all ages is called Mancala (also Ayo or Oware).
Make a meal
- Market shopping
a mini photo trip through the "Little Market" of Niamey - Cook a Songhai meal
a few African recipes - Host a devotional dinner
how-to's, with meal suggestions and devotional guide
Learn about local animals
A few interesting facts and learning activities about some of the more common animals Songhai people see often – some on a daily basis! Wow!! How different than what you might see strolling down Main Street of your hometown... then again, maybe not!
(The craft ideas are not my own, but a collection from our four children’s school activities and from friends and family who are teachers-- many thanks to them. SW)
- Goats and sheep
- Chameleons, lizards and geckos
- Donkeys
- Camels
- Hippos
- Giraffes
- Dinosaurs
- Animals of the Songhai Land
A Man and his Turban
Dress like a Songhai woman
A child's view of Africa and the Songhai
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