Africa Visitor and Ugli

This is Mr. Kaiser who moved to our area three years ago from South Africa where he grew up.

Here he is showing us the flag of South Africa. Each color stands for something but the "y" symbol is what I wasn't aware of. It represents the white people and the black people blending together to make the world a better place to live.

This week we learned about more of the cultures that exist in Africa.

Here we are with our music shakers performing for our second grade friends.
EN and SO with their shakers.

KC coloring her shaker.

We also make necklaces. We rolled paper triangles around a pencil and the strung them on our necklace.

BR making his beads.

We also tried a staple food from Africa. It is called ugli (oo-gaul-ee).

Some of us loved it while others thought one taste was enough.

At another station we used clay to make a map of Africa and the water around it.

At another station we listened to a tale of Anansi the Spider.

Later this month we will be making an Anansi story into a play.

We will invite you in to see it when we know the date.

Cheers to Ugli and all the traditions that occur in the diverse land of Africa.