Sierra+Leone+Activities

Sierra Leone Activities Learning Activities for Home! There is something here for all ages, parents! Simply click the links to find age-appropriate activities related to Sierra Leone and Africa.  Also featured on this page is a calendar of upcoming classroom and school-wide events! ﻿  Early Elementary Students (K-3) Click [|HERE] for a fun word search. Kids will hunt for words representing foods commonly eaten in Sierra Leone! When they are done, they can draw visual representations for the foods, or cut them out of a local grocery ad. Many of the foods they eat in Sierra Leone and other parts of West Africa are foods we eat too! Are there foods that your child doesn't eat that are in the word search? Help them create a Venn Diagram (like the one below) to better understand how what we eat is similar to and different from what kids might eat in Sierra Leone!
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This image is from [|Louisiana Voices] <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Late Elementary (4-6) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Check out this awesome [|BOOK] from the library! <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> For extra credit, students can give a "Book Talk" on this book...enticing their classmates to check it out too! This image is from [|Amazon.]

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Read a biography and interview with an Elementary School student from Sierra Leone with your stuent, and help them get an insider perspective on what it is like to live there. Click [|HERE]! <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">As you read Yeawoma's story, think about these questions..... <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> How is she like me? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> How are we different? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> I was surprised that.... <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> What would I like to ask her? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> What would I like to tell her about life in America?

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Fine Arts <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Basket-weaving is a huge part of African culture, and life in Sierra Leone. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Watch this [|VIDEO] of how baskets are traditionally made, and then [|TRY IT] yourself!



This image is from [|Basket Africa.]

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;">Calendar of Upcoming Events! <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;"> This image is from [|Joseph E. Gary Elementary]