Courage: Imaginative Arts
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.
Make a notebooking page of your favorite stories/quotes from the book - you can do this as a family or individually. Capture things that you learned about Uganda and about living in Africa and something you learned about courage. Make it beautiful and add it to your folder. You can take a picture of it and post it in the comments on this post. We would love to see. This is a great excuse to draw, color, use fancy writing and add some African flair. Check out my Africa Pinterest board and scroll down for some African inspiration.
There are also some crafts to do with your family if you are so inclined.
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.
Make a notebooking page of your favorite stories/quotes from the book - you can do this as a family or individually. Capture things that you learned about Uganda and about living in Africa and something you learned about courage. Make it beautiful and add it to your folder. You can take a picture of it and post it in the comments on this post. We would love to see. This is a great excuse to draw, color, use fancy writing and add some African flair. Check out my Africa Pinterest board and scroll down for some African inspiration.
There are also some crafts to do with your family if you are so inclined.
https://www.npr.org/2015/12/29/461392042/in-exile-burundian-musicians-create-out-of-crisis
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A boy Saruni saves coins to purchase a new bicycle. While saving coins, Saruni practices riding his father’s bicycle and dreams of helping his mother carry goods to market on his new bicycle. My Rows and Piles of Coins describes how one Tanzanian family makes money by raising crops and selling them at the market.
https://youtu.be/iKQ9NkqoFjA
ReplyDeleteThis yYouTube movie was made by kids about courage. It reminded us of the courage of Augi in the movie "Wonder". We have a DVD of the movie "Wonder" if anyone would like to borrow it.
Discover the music of Africa, Artists, Instruments, a couple of the countries, and history of African music http://www.african-music-safari.com/
ReplyDeleteVideo we found last week that I just found again about the making of a drum and the rythm of music in an African village. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVPLIuBy9CY
A variety of collections from The Museum of African Art gives simple descriptions and shows examples https://www.museumofafricanart.org/en/collections.html
a couple videos that helped my children develop their characters for their stories, even though they are not from Jirja or near Amazima
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmH3U39mZ88