Jambo Kenya!

Today Montessori learned to say hello-- "jambo" and thank you--"asante" in Swahili!

                        Mrs. Lloydie Zaiser from KEST came to teach us about Kenya.

                          We studied the globe and found North America and Africa.

We learned it takes one whole day to get to Nairobi--17 hours in a plane plus one flight change and a lot of waiting in London. Kenya is far across the Atlantic Ocean!

 

                                   The Kenyan flag has four colors and a Maasai shield.

             Maasai shields are made of cow hide, and wood. They are painted with beautiful designs.

                                        We could see the cow hide on the back!

Kenya is famous for its animals! We used story telling baskets to play an animal sorting game to figure out which animals ate meat and which ate plants. The people eat both in the US and in Kenya! Did you know "water is life" in Kenya?

We are sending backpacks to our "rafiki" (friends), the children of Nyumbani Village, so that they will be able to go to school.  We are including drawings and colored pencils for them as our Christmas gift.

Asante to all our parents for helping us share a bit of Christmas joy!