Zander’s animal choice was LIONS! So of course we had to find all that we could about where they live, what they do and how they survive. I hope these are helpful!
BOOKS:
- Magic Tree House #11: Lions at Lunchtime HERE
- Lions by Tammy Gagne HERE
- I am a Lion by Karen Durrie. This AV2 book has a website you can visit for supplementary activities and some print outs. HERE
- Mouse & Lion by Rand Burkert and Nancy Ekholm Burket HERE
- Welcome to Kenya by Patrick Ryan HERE
- Tanzania by Patricia J. Murphy HERE
- (We also made use of various magazines… National Geographic, National Geographic Kids, Ranger Rick… all thanks to Nana and Gammie!)
TV:
- National Geographic’s Big Cat Odyssey
- Wild Kratts Bad Hair Day (Season 2)
- Lion King
WORKSHEETS:
- Daniel in the Lion’s Den with Bible Story Printables HERE and game HERE
- DLTK’s lion printables including a story HERE
- Colouring page with PreschoolMom.com HERE
- Letter L printable with Activity Village HERE
- Grassland Food Web printable (no activity) with Exploring Nature Educational Resource HERE
- EnchantedLearning printable HERE
- First Palette animal printables HERE
- Lion King official printables HERE with Family Go
- Africa Resources with Homeschool Creations HERE
- Africa Theme unit with edhelper.com HERE
LAPBOOKS:
- HS Highlights Lions lapbook for purchase HERE
CRAFTS:
- We watched the Lion King in the end and of course had to do some of the official crafty stuff found HERE on DisneyFamily.com
KENYA:
- We had a series of maps we looked at to answer some questions: Ducksters (HERE), The Forestry Department for a mountain location (HERE), BBC for the equator line (HERE)
- Kids 4 Kenya HERE
- Activity Village section HERE
- National Geographic Kids with printable HERE
Tanzania
- National Geographic Kids with printable HERE
- A map with Ducksters HERE
- Activity Village section HERE
VIDEOS:
Esther found this one for us on the Lions and the Masai…
And I came across this lovely ones of Kenyan children dancing.
We had two more from Esther that she deemed interesting… the kids agreed! First, A Lion Pride – Introducing Daddy to the Cubs by BBC Wildlife
And the other… Lion Pride in Kenya, Africa by Brian’s Art for Animals.
