Enrich your study of Kenya—and save 20%— with the Discovering Kenya Bundle, which includes an introductory Snapshots book, SIX engaging cross-curricular activities, and an 11 x 17 inch reference poster.

Book and Poster Resources Included:

• Snapshots of Kenya introduces the location, national flag, cultural symbols, and landmarks of Kenya, along with common Swahili phrases.
• The colorful 11 x 17 inch poster, Symbols of Kenya, uses photos to highlight six cultural symbols.

Cross-Curricular Resources Included:

• The Big Five uses pictures and clues to highlight five iconic Kenya animals.
• The Lion King is a fill-in-the-blank story that focuses on the connections between Kenya and The Lion King movie
• The Maasai People features the culture of one of Africa’s most famous native tribes.
• Mapping Kenya is a two-part activity that builds critical thinking skills as children use a map key and compass to complete the map, plus the map and map clues to complete a crossword puzzle.
• Unique Birds of Africa targets reading strategies and focuses on three unusual African birds.
• Wild Kenya! is a word search puzzle that contains the names of animals found in Kenya.

Swahili Vocabulary Words: (includes phonetic pronunciations)

asante/thank you, fafadhali/please, faida/goodbye, hapana/no,jambo/hello, harambee, ndiyo/yes, rafiki/friend, simba/lion

Additional Vocabulary Words and Phrases:

acacia, Africa, fierce, flamingo, Great Rift Valley, heron, lilac, Maasai, Mombasa, native, nomadic, savanna, Swahili, trench, tusk, Zebu

Targeted Skills:

• Promoting respect and appreciation for cultural differences
• Identifying national and cultural symbols of Kenya
• Identifying native animals of Kenya
• Identifying traditions of the Maasai
• Using a map to gather information
• Introducing the Swahili language
• Critical thinking skills of comparing, contrasting, and analysis
• Building content-area literacy in social studies
• Reading fluency and comprehension

Sample Pages: Please see the preview for images of the book, activities, and poster. To view additional images, click on the thumbnails listed above.

Image Credits: Like all of my resources, this bundle features realistic illustrations and real-life photographs. The illustrations in the book and activities are my own original drawings (©Dr.J). The photos come from a variety of sources, including copyright-free images, copyrighted images licensed under the Creative Commons, and copyrighted images that I have purchased for commercial use. Please see the Image Credits Page, included with the Activity Pack, for a detailed list of image sources.

Technical Info: The files are in PDF format. The Activity Pack PDFs are combined into a zip file.

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UPGRADE AND SAVE: These resources are also included in two bundles:

• SAVE 25% with the Exploring the Culture of Kenya Bundle which also contains two beginning Swahili language books for teaching color names and number words from 1-10.
• SAVE 30% with the Discovering Countries and Cultures Around the World MEGA-Bundle, which includes Snapshots books and Activity Packs for more than thirty countries around the world, PLUS the entire Holiday Traditions Around the World series as the FREE bonus

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RELATED RESOURCES:

• COLORFUL KWANZAA BOOK/ACTIVITY PACK (Swahili language)
• LEARN TO COUNT IN SWAHILI (Kenya)
• OUR COLORFUL WORLD IN SWAHILI (Kenya)

PLUS...

• Let’s Explore the Continent of AFRICA POWERPOINT
• AFRICA: FROM ADINKRA TO ZULU
• Teaching with TOOBS®: AFRICAN SAVANNA
• THE GRASSLAND BIOME ACTIVITY BOOK
• THE SEVEN CONTINENTS

ADDITIONAL COUNTRIES IN THE DISCOVERING COUNTRIES AND CULTURES BUNDLE SERIES:

• AFRICA: Egypt, Ghana, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania
• ASIA/MIDDLE EAST: China, India, Israel, Japan, the Philippines, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Vietnam
• AUSTRALIA: Australia, New Zealand
• EUROPE: England, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland (FREE), Italy, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands
• NATIVE AMERICAN NATIONS: Cherokee, Chippewa, Comanche, Iroquois, Navajo, Pacific Northwest nations, Shoshone, Sioux
• NORTH AMERICA: Canada, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, the United States
• SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands, Peru

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