If you want to do more to support your child’s learning, here are some ideas:

Watch Together

• The Lion King
• Big Cat Week or Elephant Diaries from the BBC
• Christian the Lion - Youtube

Do Together

• Try any new African foods, like plantain or okra
• Try to use only one jug of water for a day
• Listen to African music
• Talk to friends and relatives who have visited Africa

Read Together

• Some of the many African folktales
• Bringing the rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema
• Handa’s Surprise by Eileen Browne
• Emeka’s Gift by Ifeoma Onyefulu
• Masai and I by Virginia Kroll