Learning Becomes Me

We hope you enjoyed Kisses from Katie and learning a little bit more about the struggles the children of Africa go through and a little bit about the country itself.  As a family discuss how Katie showed courage.  What part of the book stood out to you as the most courageous? In the book, Kisses form Katie, she tells a lot of stories about children and families she met in Uganda.  Your challenge is to develop your own character or set of characters and develop of story of how they became a part of Amazima.   Draw a picture of where your child might live or what their family may have looked like.  Develop your character by giving him/her a name, a birthday,  describe what he/she looks like and also characteristics that define him/her.  Discover what one 18 girl was able to accomplish by following God's direction across the world.  Check out what Amazima is now .   Make sure to watch the school tour.  Listen to this interview by Katie's husband of how things started .  M

We are going to Africa this month!  Africa is a huge continent - the second largest in the world and it is made up of many different countries and climates.  There is so much to discover here but let's begin by getting in the mood by listening to the steel drums .   Drums have a deep symbolic and historical meaning in Africa.  They accompany any manner of ceremony.  They are the first telephone of Africa.  These are more modern but they sound really amazing. As a family take this video tour of Africa.  Notice how each region is similar and very different.  Which part would you want to visit?  Where would you chose to live?  Why? ---Tour of Africa by National Geographic East Africa Northern Africa Southern Africa West and Central Africa Africa for a long time relied on superstition and didn't have a lot of access to religion until David Livingston traveled there in the 1840s.   ---Read about David Livingston in the Libraries of Hope book and watch this short video

Have you ever been scared to touch a spider or jumped when you feel a fly on your shoulder?  It takes a level of courage to tackle insects and other bugs, which is exactly what we are going to be studying  this week. Insects have some unique things - an exoskeleton, jointed legs, compound eyes and 6 legs and three body sections -head, abdomen, thorax, a symmetrical body and  antennae.  Some insects but not all have wings.     Watch this  collection of videos to get an overview of what makes an insect an insect and why they are amazing.  Explore some insects  this website  to explore the world of insects for older youth  check out this one Draw a picture of your favorite insect.  We'd love to see it - share in comments or bring to class. Listen to this  music and imagine your a hardworking ant who can carry 50x his weight and then l isten to this   one and imagine you are an industrious bumblebee working to help your hive collect nectar. Read or listen to one of these folkl

This month's principle is Courage.  There are a lot of misconceptions about what courage means.  It doesn't mean to be fearless.  It isn't reckless.  It is so much more.  For your inspirements this week we are going to learn about what courage REALLY is.  In class we will discuss how having the courage to act appropriately helps us to be great leaders.  Listen or Read this talk by Thomas S. Monson - listen for what he says courage is and make a notebooking page so you can remember what you learn and put it in your notebook.  Bring it to share on Wednesday. I loved this quote from  Christian author Charles Swindoll: “Courage is not limited to the battlefield … or bravely catching a thief in your house. The real tests of courage are much quieter. They are inner tests, like remaining faithful when no one’s looking, … like standing alone when you’re misunderstood.”   President Monson added "I would add that this inner courage also includes doing the right thing even