Fun Family Activity About Africa From Wycliffe

If you are looking for a fun activity to do with the kids at home, check out Wycliffe.org for a fun safari from home.  You can learn about different animals in Africa and even make a 3D cut out animal of three of the fun ones!

Research Some African Animals

In addition to this fun activity, head to your local library to check out some books about wild animals.  You might even find some fun books that would tell you more about the countries where these animals live.  Here are some examples:

Journey Through South Africa tells a little bit about the Kruger National Park in South Africa and the Mlilwane Nature Reserve in Swaziland.  It has a fun map with a journey planner page that older kids can use to follow along as you “travel” through the country. 

You can learn more about Elephants with a National Geographic Kids book for early readers.  They have a variety of books representing different animals. 

If you have little ones that are working on learning their alphabet, the African Animal Alphabet from National Geographic Kids is fun.

There are so many books to choose from about wild animals. Look through the sections about animals and African travel at the library and pick some of your favorites!  For a good read about a missionary to Africa check out David Livingstone: Africa’s Trailblazer.

Watch a fun video together

If you have kids that love watch TV (and who doesn’t?), try watching a video about animals together.  If you are an Amazon Prime member, you can watch episodes of Wild Kratts for free right now, including one about elephants.

There are also some great documentaries about African animals and their habitats available on Amazon Prime.  Check out Growing Up in the Savannah or Strange Encounters in the Savannah.

Have fun making your animals and learning about them!

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Jennifer Brannon

Jennifer Brannon is a former missionary kid who lived in Puebla, Mexico, from age 11 to age 19. She now lives in Kansas with her husband and three children. She wrote "Missionary Kid Stories" to educate and inspire children to dream about becoming missionaries. She wants children to learn about all different kinds of missionaries and mission work. In this way, they will grow to understand that God can use all kinds of people and talents to tell others about Himself.

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