Safari Prop BoxBy Holly Mitchell

Objectives• Students will develop oral language that is

associated with safari tour guides and safari animals• Students will be able to act out the role of a safari

tour guide and a tourist as demonstrated by their oral language

• Students will be able to explore developmentally appropriate nonfiction and fiction about safari animals in their natural habitats

Vocabulary

Safari, binoculars, tour guide, lion, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, zebra, giraffe,

leopard, elephant, Africa, tourists, wildlife, habitats, grasslands, savannas

Materials

Hat

Binoculars

Safari Vest

Safari Map (Could be made or

borrowed)Stuffed animals

or cut outs

Fake tree (could be blow up or made out

of paper)

Fake grass or grassland background

set up

Toy camera

Pencil, paper, and maybe clipboard

to write down observations

Open-ended questions:

oWhat is a safari?oWhy do tourists go on safaris?oWhat is the tour guide’s role and what

supplies does she/he use?oWhat is the land like where the animals

live? (more advanced use the word habitat) oWhat types of animals would you see on a

safari?

Fingerplays and songs:

I'm a little zebra white and black With a bush mane running down my back

I like to gallop and run and playOut on the African plains all day.http://www.everythingpreschool.com/themes/jungle/songs.htm

I'm a Little Zebra(Sung To: "I'm a Little Teapot")

http://prekinders.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/lion-hunt.pdf

Barney Songs: Animals Safari Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IruDeifg_aI

Hear the beat at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwcJ-tMun0Q

Oh, I’m going on an African safari, Oh, I’m going on an African safari,Oh, I’m going on an

African safari, Oh, won’t you come along with me?

I hope I’ll see some lions on safari, Oh, I

hope I’ll see some zebras on safari,Oh, I hope I’ll see some cheetahs on safari, Oh, won’t

you come along with me?Oh, won’t you come along with me? Oh, won’t you come along

with me?

African Safari Animal Song Lyrics by Diana Colson

http://songsforteaching.com/animalsongs/junglesafari.htm

Book list:

1. Alborough, J. (2000). Hug. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press.2. Krebs, L., & Cairns, J. (2003). We all went on safari: A counting

journey through Tanzania. Cambridge, MA: Barefoot Books.

3. Kennaway, A. (1990). Lazy lion. Boston, MA: Little, Brown.

4. Tuchman, G. (2010). National GeographicReaders: Safari. Washington D.C.: National Geographic Children's Books.

5. Aardema, V., & Vidal, B. (1993). Bringing the rain to Kapiti Plain. New York, NY:

Penguin Books USA.6. Edwards, P., & Cole, H. (2000). Roar: A noisy counting book. New York, NY: HarperCollins.

7. Shepherd, J., & Ovresat, L. (2006). Safari friends. Pleasantville, NY: Reader's Digest Children's Books.

8. Villalobos, L., & Maher, A. (2007). Diego's safari rescue. New York, NY: Simon Spotlight/Nick Jr.

9. Peck, J., & Petrone, V. (2006). Way far away on a wild safari. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster Books for Young

Readers.10. Worth, B., & Ruiz, A. (2011). Safari, so good! New York, NY:

Random House.

Extension activities: Field trip to the Virginia Safari Park in

HarrisonburgAddress: 229 Safari Ln, Natural Bridge, VA 24578

Power point reviewing the animals we saw on

the safariFor example:

http://www.prekinders.com/pdf/onsafari.pdf

http://www.prekinders.com/safariunit/wild-animal-dice-race2.pdf

Class Book:Children choose

an African grasslands animal

to draw on the page. Each page says: “I went on safari, and what did I see? I saw a ____ looking at me!” The pages are put together to make the class

book.

http://www.prekinders.com/safari-theme/)

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