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Swahili, journey, from Arabic safarī of a journey

1859, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing safari

• safari jacket
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• safari park

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Classroom Safari for Preschoolers

Lions and tigers and….elephants? Oh, my! Bring the African savannah to life with this interactive classroom safari.

There will be no long flights or passports needed here. Preschool students simply need their sense of adventure and love for learning to make this a “trip” they will never forget!

Activate Prior Animal Knowledge

Young children love learning about different types of animals. They are eager to share stories about pets in their homes and animals they may have seen in nature or at a zoo. An animal thematic unit is always a hit, and building upon previous knowledge is a great way to extend the learning. Begin the lesson during circle time with a group discussion about animals. Discuss movies they may have seen. (DreamWorks Animation’s Madagascar is always a favorite!) Where might you see wild animals? What kind of animals live in the jungle? Scaffolding the learning with guiding questions allows all students to access the activity on their level.

Preparing the Safari

To set up the classroom safari, there are a few things that will need to be done ahead of time. Initially, print off Safari name tags for each student (included in Day 9 of this Animals Unit ) and label them with student names. As additional literacy practice, the name tags could also be used as part of a morning welcome song, allowing each student to identify the names of the students in class.

Next, print off the safari field journal and animal pictures. Make copies of the field journal for all students and provide pencils and clipboards. Tape the animal pictures around the room at a preschool eye level. Incorporating the labeled picture allows students to begin to understand that print has meaning.

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Finally, if available, provide different props for the students to use. Things like safari hats, binoculars, or safari shirts bring this activity to a whole new level of fun. Students will be so excited to complete the classroom safari tour and find all the animals around the room.

Books to Add More Wild Animal Fun in the Classroom

• Ellie the Elephant by Mike Wu
• Welcome to the World of Kangaroos by Diane Swanson
• The Chimpansneeze by Aaron Zenz
• Mouse and Hippo by Mike Twohy
• Wild Animal Babies: An Alphabet Book by Katie T. Christiansen

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Exciting Safari Activities and Crafts that Spark Joy in Preschoolers

I watched him roam around our backyard in his safari hat looking through his magnifying glass. He was on the hunt. We were working on letters, and the letters were hidden all around him.

“Mommy! I found the a!” He screamed excitedly. He brought it to me and put it with the other letters he found already. 

We love getting up and moving to learn. Kids learn best through play , and it doesn’t get any more fun than going on your own safari adventure. There are many educational activities you can incorporate into a safari theme.

Safari Activities and Crafts for Preschoolers

Dress the part.

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Going on a safari is always more fun when you dress the part. Grab these safari hats or make your own by cutting a hole in the center of a paper plate, putting it over an upside-down bowl, and painting them tan. 

Make binoculars by gluing two toilet paper rolls together and decorating them with black paint. Attach a string to them so they hang around your neck and decorate with paint or safari animal stickers. (If you use stickers, you will likely need to use tape or glue to get them to stick).

Safari Math

There are many fun safari math activities you can do using toy safari animals .

• Sort into animals that are the same color, size, short/tall, heavy/light, or even by their diet. 
• Make a pattern of animals. Giraffe, lion, giraffe, lion. Try an AB pattern, and an ABC pattern. 
• Practice counting and number recognition . Put 10 animals in a container, have your kiddo take out a handful, and count. They choose the number from a deck of prewritten number cards and label the pile of animals. 

Grab some safari stamps or stickers and make a pattern. Start with an AB pattern and then move on to an ABC or an ABB pattern.

Making paper plate snakes is a fun craft you can do by cutting a snake out of a paper plate. Paint it, and add shapes cut out of construction paper to make patterns, practice counting, colors, and more/less. Don’t forget googly eyes and a tongue!

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Alphabet Safari

Our Alphabet Safari is a fun way to master your letters. It takes your child through 5 stages of learning their letters.

The Alphabet Safari takes you through 5 adventures, with 15 expeditions total. 

Adventure 1: Focus on the letters in your child’s name

Adventure 2: Focus on known letters and vowels

Adventure 3: Focus on known letters and common letters (M, S, P, T, D, R, L, C)

Adventure 4: All letters are known, practice matching uppercase and lowercase letters

Adventure 5: All letters are known: Review!

• Using the templates in our Alphabet Safari , color the posters of the letters you are working on.

• Rainbow write the alphabet (templates included in the Alphabet Safari).

• Watercolor the letters in your name , and make a banner to hang outside of your child’s room. (Templates included in the Alphabet Safari).

• Go on a letter hunt! Hide the letters found in the Alphabet Safari inside or outside, and send your child on an excursion to find them. When they bring the letter to you, they must identify the letter.

Safari Story Time

Giraffes Can’t Dance

This is a sweet story about Gerald the tall giraffe, who just doesn’t fit in with his jungle animal friends. They all can dance beautifully, and he doesn’t think he can. He finally discovers he can dance to his own tune with encouragement from a new friend.

Rumble in the Jungle by Giles Andreae and David Wojtowycz

Rumble in the Jungle is a great book that takes kids on a fun safari adventure to meet different jungle animals. With a fun rhyming text, kids love to discover new facts about different animals.

Over in the Grasslands: On an African Savanna by Marianne Berkes, Jill Dubin

This is a fun rhyming story that teaches counting and number recognition. It can be sung to the tune of “Over in the Meadow” and introduces young children to African animals, counting, and number recognition. It also includes a map of the continent of Africa and information about the animals found in the grasslands.

Dramatic Play Adventures Preschoolers Love

Pretend play is essential for kids’ development. Develop your kids’ imaginations and invite your little explorers on a safari. Grab your safari hat, binoculars, and vest to be ready for your adventure. Look at animals through your binoculars, sit in a jeep (made out of a cardboard box), and imagine what you would see on the African Safari. Grab your favorite stuffed animals you may see on a safari to decorate your savannah.

Safari Large Motor Games for Preschoolers

• Make a game out of these movements that encourage gross motor development by pathways.org. Have kids stand in a line and when you call out an animal, they must start to move like that animal. You can also make cards with these animals on them. Each child gets a turn to come up, pick a card and act like that animal. 
• Go on a lion hunt! Pick one child to be the lion and have them hide. Everyone else needs to grab their binoculars and sneak around the room until you see the lion. Once you spot him, run back to the safe space without being tagged. The child who gets tagged is the next lion.
• A great way to review while getting kids up and moving is to make large paw prints out of different colored construction paper. On each paw, write a number or letter (you will want several paw prints with the same number/letters if you are playing with a group of kids). Spread your paw prints throughout the room on the floor. Call out a color, number, or letter. Each child has to find a paw print with that attribute and stand on it (or put one foot on it if they are sharing the paw.)

Fine Motor Skills Development

• Color or paint the letter posters in our Alphabet Safari.
• Make a banner by decorating the letters in your name and stringing them together (templates included in the Alphabet Safari)
• This safari board game takes preschoolers on a fun adventure that helps them practice taking turns, learning facts about different animals, and developing hand-eye coordination

Make snakes by cutting straws into 1″ pieces. String pieces of straws together to make your snake. You can make a color pattern too!

Safari Crafts

These easy animal crafts will get your little explorers excited about your jungle safari!

• Find adorable lion crafts by Kids Art & Craft
• Crafty Morning makes an easy elephant craft out of paper plates.
• Our Kid Things has a simple fingerpaint giraffe craft . This would be perfect for scissor practice. 
• You can find 10 adorable zebra crafts by Artsy Craftsy Mom

Safari Snacks

• Animal crackers are always a hit. Kids love pretending the animals are alive and making animal sounds.
• Animal Cookies: Using these cookie cutters , make sugar cookies. For added fun, and a little mess, invite kids to decorate their favorite animal with icing.

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Easy to Prep Activities: Print and go activities are the perfect activity to keep your child interested, excited about learning, and strengthening their fine motor skills, while all the templates are organized for you and ready for you to dive in.

• As an educator, I know the more senses you use to learn , the better you will remember the content. No worksheets here! We focus on getting our body moving, touching, and manipulating the letters in an exciting way so we will make learning fun- and learn it for good!
• We learn best through play. Who looks forward to sitting at the kitchen table reviewing flashcards? (or better yet completing worksheets?) NOBODY. In this Safari Pack, your child will experience 15 excursions that will get them up and moving… and actually excited about learning.
• We know we learn best when it is meaningful. Rather than worksheets, this Safari Pack focuses on activities kids can connect with their life experiences. Starting with the letters in their name, and using their environment (and people they love) this adventure makes learning exciting and memorable.

The Alphabet Safari Includes:

• 15 Alphabet Safari Expeditions that utilize the items already found around your home. Print-and-go activities for hands-on learning are organized at your fingertips.
• A Must-Read Alphabet Book List to integrate your learning into your daily routine
• Learned Alphabet Letter Tracker to boost your child’s confidence as they track their progress
• Letter Cards and Templates to use in games and activities
• Rainbow Writing Pages that are fun and great practice for fine motor skills
• Coloring Pages for each letter also make great posters to reinforce learning
• Letter ID Assessments help you know if your child really knows the alphabet, and have confidence that you are focusing on the right letters

Jacob was able to master his letters in no time at all. He loved the activities from our Alphabet Safari , and kids learn best when they are engaged and learning is meaningful . Making your African Safari unit is simple to do, and it’s exciting to meet the creatures of the wild jungle…even when they are the creatures that live with you.

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Safari preschool activities and crafts

We are going on a African safari with a theme packed full of preschool and kindergarten safari and jungle learning adventures. Pack your binocaulars and let's go to find elephants, monkeys, lions, zebras, snakes, and the tallest land animals - giraffes.  Through our safari-themed preschool and kindergarten activities and lesson ideas, crafts, and games, your children will move like the wild animals, dance with the animal in the African savanna, create animal artworks, go on a lion hunt, and learn about camouflage. So join us now and get ready to begin your safari adventure.

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Preschool and Kindergarten African Safari Activities and Games

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Most children have seen the movie Lion King. Talk about the movie to get them thinking about African animals. Introduce the word safari.

What is a safari? (A safari is an adventurous trip to Africa to observe and photograph wildlife in their natural habitat and to experience African culture.)

Where would you go on a safari. How does the landscape look like? What would you find there? (eg. Things like grassland, lakes for the animals, trees)

What types of animals might you find on a safari? (eg. Elephants, lions, rhinoceros, zebras, hippos, cheetahs, chimpanzee, monkeys.)

Provide colorful picture books and photos of the animals and people going on a safari.

Story Time: We All Went On a Safari

Arusha, Mosi, Tumpe and their Maasai friends travel through the grasslands of Tanzania and count animals along the way. The children encounter all sorts of animals including elephants, lions, zebras, and monkeys, while counting from one to ten in both English and Swahili. Children will learn about the meaning of the Swahili names for the African animals, look at a map and learn interesting facts about Tanzania and the Maasai people.

Together locate Africa and Tanzania on a map or globe.

I Went On Safari - Oral Language Skills

Print African animals pictures. Introduce the word ‘safari’ to the children. Choose a picture without showing it to the childen. Say, “I went on safari, and what did I see? I saw a (describe the animal) example  tall animal with a long neck  looking at me!” Let children guess the animals. Show the picture to the children and let them descibe the animal. What color is it, how many legs does it have, do they know what the animal eats? Next, let children move like the animals. 

Dramatic Play

Block Center Add some jungle animals to your block center together with plastic trees, blue paper for lakes, and artifical grass.

African Safari Pretend Play 

Cardboard Jeep

Create a simple jeep out of a cardboard box.

Tape pictures of a variety of African animals around the room. 

Provide safari hats, and toy cameras for children to use on their safari trip. 

Safari hat crafts from Widget Worm

Let children make some binoculars out of toilet paper rolls.

Circle Game

Going on a Safari 

Going on a safari with the beat in your jeep, Think of a wild animal that you'd like to meet. That you'd like to meet  (Have a child name a safari animal.) A (lion), a (lion), she wants to see a (lion)!

Continue the chant until everyone has had a chance to name an animal.

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Movement Activities (Gross Motor Skills)

Children stomp like elephants, walk tall like giraffes, prowl like lions, and skip like zebras around the room behind each other in a line.

Giraffes Story Time and Activities: 

Outdoor Wild Animal Hunt

Glue pictures of African animals on construction paper. Hide a picture of each animal in various places outside. Before going outside talk about the weather in the Africa. Discuss that the animals and people need to protect themselves from the hot strong sun. The animals look for shade from trees, roll in mud, or cool down in the water. People wear sun hats and drink lots of water. Explain to children that you will go on a safari outside. Invite children to walk around looking through their binoculars to find some wild animals that are hiding. After 5 minutes call children back to your "camp". Ask children which kind of animals they saw on their safari. Do they remember where the zebra was? Ask one child to go and catch the animal. Repeat with the remaining animals.

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Safari Animal Activities For Preschoolers

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My preschool aged daughter is spending her school time at home these days (hello 2020 quarantine). We are trying to keep her enriched with fun and easy play-through-learning experiences.  Making sure she has some basic art, math, reading, writing and play time in her day is challenging for my brain but important and crucial for hers. I thought it would be easier to come up with ideas if I first came up with a  “theme” of things she wanted to learn about. That got my wheels spinning in order to find age appropriate learning activities for her. So I searched and came up with tons of safari animal activities for preschoolers.

The safari animal theme was tied into our week. We did all sorts of arts and crafts, and mixed in learning lessons.

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Safari Animal Words

We talked a lot about different animals, and how some of them live on a farm, some in the sea, some in the jungle and some of them in the safari. 

Using a piece of butcher block paper I asked my daughter to come up with a few animals that she thought were safari animals. As she said an animal, I asked her to tell me what the first letter of the word started with. I also asked if she could hear any other sounds in the word. We compiled a long list and kept coming back to it throughout the week.

Safari Writing

My daughter’s teacher encouraged us to continue with an at home journal, so we did a simple safari journal prompt. If I could have any safari animal as a pet it would be….. and I asked her to draw a picture of her and the animal playing together.

We also used some of these playdough m ats and first traced the letters, then used playdough to create the letter.

Safari Small World Play

Using objects from around the house, I set up all the elements in order for my daughter to create her very own safari habitat. This was so much fun, and she kept coming back to it over and over again all week. A perfect activity for imaginative play. Full details and setup can be found here .

Safari Puppet Show

We talked about how each story has to have a beginning, middle and an end. I decided to let my daughter come up with her own puppet show and story but told her it needed to have all the elements of a story. 

I found free safari animal clipart online and printed them out on a single piece of paper. I drew a circle around each animal and asked my daughter to cut them out.

We then placed the animal on top of a craft stick with a glue stick.

I used an old table cloth and put it over the top of the table. My daughter sat underneath and had her puppet story come to life! It was about a elephant who needed to go to the doctor but slipped on his way in BTW.

Safari Arts and Crafts

Lion painting.

This project is so easy to set up. We used this easel  and I had my daughter on one side and my son on the other.

The first step was to draw the face. We did a guided and directed drawing, I told her in the middle of the paper to draw the triangle, and then the eyes etc and she followed along.

I LOVE painting with cotton balls it’s so easy and provides way less of a mess than traditional paint brushes. We used orange and yellow paint , and then I took two clothespins and attached cotton balls to them in order to create the circular dots around the lion’s face.  If you don’t have the supplies at home, dot paint  would also work well here.

Pro tip: whenever you do a painting project with littles add a washable plastic table cloth underneath. We also use these bibs to avoid getting paint on our clothes.

Safari Themed Preschool Craft

Moving along in the week, what’s a safari without a lion mask? This was a great opportunity for my daughter to work on her scissor cutting skills.

• On a piece of orange and yellow construction paper, draw 1 inch thick lines, and ask your child to cut them out (if not scissor ready have an adult cut them out). 
• Cut a hole in the middle of a paper plate
• Using a glue stick, fasten the strips on the top of the paper plate, alternating yellow and orange stripes 
• Let the glue dry and then use the mask!

This was great for talking about patterns. She had to think each time she put a colored strip on what came next. We also went back to the mask later in the day and gave it a “hair cut.”

Math Safari Games

My daughter really enjoys playing dice games at school, so right before bed each night during safari week, we played a super fun and easy giraffe dice game. 

Safari Snack

Who said you can’t play with your food? We took oranges and used edible pens and drew cute lion and tiger faces on our oranges. 

Safari Books

Since we can’t hit the bookstore or library these days, I had to get creative and find all the animal and safari books we already had. Luckily we had a few and they are a great addition to any littles library:

• Put Me In the Zoo
• Giraffes Can’t Dance
• If Animals Kissed Goodnight

Safari P.E. Time

Now more than ever it is so important for my kids to stay active! They are used to a half an hour of straight running around the gym or playground at school, and being cooped up in the house means we have to get creative.

My daughter has been OBSESSED with Cosmic Kids Yoga. The narrator does an AMAZING job at telling a detailed story and then having very kid friendly yoga poses to go along with it. We did the jungle safari themed yoga and it was a huge hit.

Safari’ed Out

We had such a fun week learning about safari and jungle animals and can’t wait till our next theme, we are headed to Outer Space!

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30 Days of Safari Preschool Activities and Crafts

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It’s time for a Safari Adventure! Throughout this month of activities, you and your little one will learn about giraffes, hippos, going on a Safari, and more! Animals galore, arts and crafts, and beautiful books will greet you in this Activity Plan. We hope you enjoy these Safari preschool activities and crafts!

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Book recommendations for Safari Preschool Activities:

One of Little Miss’ favorite stories, Library Lion is a sweet story about reading and lions. Great for story time! Check out our other favorite Lion books in our Lion Activity Plans.

Safari Set is a nice board book for our little kiddos. It is a nice introduction to the big animals of the Safari.

Little Miss really loved this story ! It was a great addition for our Jeep project, too!

We absolutely love Julia Donaldson’s books and this one did not disappoint! Not only is the story fun, but it introduces you to several safari animals that aren’t necessarily the popular ones!

Little Miss loved this book, too! We read this book so many times throughout our hippo week. Check out the activity we did with it in our hippo activity plans!

Little Miss always likes her National Geographic Kids books . The pictures are always great and they teach some fun facts, too!

toy recommendations for Safari Preschool Activities:

Schleich animals are always our favorites. While they may seem a little more expensive, the quality makes them worth it for us! This set is a great starter for Safari animals!

This set is another nice Schleich option for several Safari animals!

This Melissa and Doug puzzle is the perfect addition to Safari week! Little Miss still loves to do this one!

While we personally do not have this Magna-Tiles set , it is on our wish list. Magna-Tiles are a great addition to any playroom, so I’m sure this one would be great if your toddler loves them as much as Little Miss does!

We have the shapes addition of Melissa and Doug’s shape sorting truck and it is one of Little Miss’ favorite toys, so this one would be another great option for Safari week!

If quantity over quality is the name of the game for you (which isn’t a bad idea when you have toddler’s that “misplace” things often!), then this set of Safari animals would be a great starting point for your animal collection!

Safari activities for toddlers:

5 giraffe activities to get you off to a great start! Make an awesome giraffe rain stick, learn about how tall giraffes are, read and play, exercise your creativity, and practice the letter “G” all in one week! Check out the whole Giraffe Activity Plan here:

How to Do 5 Awesome Giraffe Activities With Toddlers

Another of the famous safari animals is the mighty hippo! Did you know hippos can be 15 feet long? Learn this and more with this week long activity plan that includes learning the letter “H”, making your own hippo game, playing with playdough and hippos, and more! Check it out here:

Super Cute and Fun Hippo Toddler Activities

Let’s go on an alphabet safari! Print out your own safari cards with the full game instructions here!

Activities involving patterns, ordering, and counting are all important for early math skills. Using safari animals to practice these skills is a great way to do so through play! Here are some ideas:

• Line up all the animals and then ask questions like “who is in the front?” “who is behind the elephant?”
• Divide the animals evenly between you and your toddler. Put your animals in a pattern and then have your toddler copy the pattern.
• Put all the animals in a pattern and then remove 2 or 3 from the line. Ask your toddler to put them in the correct place to complete the pattern.
• Ask you toddler to group all the same animals together. Then ask them who has the most and least.
• Count the animal groups.

Let’s make safari cookies! Sugar cookies are so fun to make with toddlers and they are so easy, too! Get some safari cookie cutters like these or these and make some adorable safari themed cookies. (We have the first set, which Little Miss loved, but they aren’t as durable as metal ones like the second set listed.)

Making sugar cookies allows our little ones to practice fine motor skills as they roll out the dough and cut the shapes. You can also use this time to talk more about animals and what color they are, what noises they make, etc.

If you are looking for a nice, quick activity, this one has got you covered.

Show your toddler how they can line up the paper clips to figure out the distance between each animal. Talk about how many paper clips it takes to get from the giraffe to the hippo, hippo to elephant, and elephant to giraffe. Ask them questions such as, “Which one is the furthest? How do you know?” They may need some help to figure this out, but this is great for introducing them to early math skills! When you are done, let them make a paper clip train, just for fun!

If you are going on a Safari, you want to see some animals! Make these cute and fun binoculars to see the animals with!

Using binoculars is a great way to practice coordination and motor skills. It also makes looking for things more fun! Use these for other activities throughout Safari month, such as looking for animals, letters, and more!

“I” is for Ice Cream, of course! When you are on a Safari, it can get pretty hot, so you will need to stop for a cool snack. But you better eat fast or your ice cream will melt! Learn a new technique for painting and practice recognizing the letter “I” with this super sweet activity !

Learn the letter J with this fun and easy J is for Jeep activity! Free template makes it easy to complete!

Check it out here !

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Tips for Taking Your Kids on Safari

African safaris are the things of bucket-list dreams. Who in their right mind would pass up the opportunity to watch animals in their natural habitat, roaming free as they were meant to?   Who wouldn’t get excited about this chance of a lifetime?

Of course, they liked the idea of a safari. I’d told them about how we would bump along the great plains of Kenya and Namibia in a high-seated jeep, spying lions, elephants, and zebras through our binoculars and, perhaps — even thrillingly — up close.

What I neglected to tell them is that safaris require much more than a desire to see the animals. They require patience.   It’s possible to be out in the fields for hours and only see baboons and gazelles. Beautiful in their own right, but not exactly the thrill the kids were after.

It’s that lack of excitement in the field that actually makes a safari magical — the anticipation of it all. It’s the   way your heart jumps when the lump you thought was simply a large stone…moves, or when   you spy something small in the bush, only to realize it’s a lion cub, no, wait, two — and there, in the shadow, its mother, too!

In those moments the entire jeep will go momentarily silent. And then the cameras will start clicking and your family will be among them, wondering how you managed to find yourself right there, right then.   But in the moments in between, your children’s tired cries of “I’m bored” may just drive you crazy.

Fear not, adventurous ones! I’m here to save you at least some of the trouble we went through by giving you a few things   to think about before booking a trip to the Serengeti or beyond:

Start small. When we were in Namibia we moved from smaller game parks up to the enormous Etosha National Park . While the animals we saw while at our first overnight stop just outside the city of   Windhoek   were smaller, the kids — who had never been on safari before — were excited to spot them and way more receptive to learn about them than they would have been if they had already seen a lion. By the time we reached Etosha, they could point out some of those smaller animals on their own and were even more blown away by the big game.

Manage expectations. Talk to your kids about patience, and remind them that they might   have to wait to see the big game they’re hoping for. Make it a game. Teach them the fun of the search, and be prepared to help them pass the time when there’s not much to see. Many lodges offer books (either at the front desk or in the gift shop) that will help your kids identify less familiar animals. Mine loved working through a checklist that included everything from different species of birds to the varying types of gnus.

Help them create their own memories. If you can give your kids their own camera or let them man the video recorder you’re bound to get multi-media memories that are sure to bring smiles later on. It will also help keep them engaged with what’s happening around them. And having paper, crayons or colored pencils on hand will buy you more time when you’ve spotted something that isn’t moving much. I could’ve watched the lions sleeping alongside the road for hours. My kids? Not so much.

Let them sleep. Safaris tend to take place in the early morning and evening hours. Kids who hate long car rides, getting up early, or who tend to fall asleep once they’re in the car may actually dose off now and then. Don’t fight it. Let your little ones rest when things are slow and rouse them for the highlights. Some of my favorite memories are of bumping along in the fresh air with one of my son’s heads on my shoulder.

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Weigh the “prey factor.” I once went on a night safari with a woman who insisted on getting out of the jeep, in the middle of the bush, to use the bathroom in the wild, and insisted no one in the jeep look in her direction. We spotted the hyenas heading her way only after she returned. It sounds silly, but the Disney-like ramble of some tour operators can lead you to believe all is perfectly safe. It never is. Nothing is. Keep your wits about you and remember that small children can look like prey to wild animals. Keep them close. My sons once stepped out of a jeep at a game reserve where wild dogs were being preserved and the immediate transformation of the dogs from playful puppies to hunters made me very grateful for the electric fence. Remember where you are.

Do due diligence. Double check the age limits at your intended safari lodge before you book. Not all lodges allow small children on game drives for many of the reasons stated above. Usually the biggest concern is noise level (they may frighten off the very animals you’re looking for) and safety. The smaller the child the more that can be an issue. Most safaris we experienced wanted kids to be 7 or up. Others may lower the age limit if you’re in a private jeep just for your family, or suggest you only take certain game drives over others. Take their advice and think long and hard about your child’s personality before booking the trip. A temper tantrum in the wild can have consequences no one intended.

Know when to call it a day. Tired kids make for terrible safari companions. Early mornings and late nights can take more out of them than you anticipated. Think long and hard about filling your days with game drives- most lodges offer anywhere from 2 to 4 per day – and pack in time for just relaxing at the lodge. Don’t underestimate what you might see without actually going out to look for it. In Kenya, we had hippo companions at every meal.

Heather Greenwood Davis and her family were recognized as   Travelers of the Year   by   Traveler magazine   in 2012. Learn more about their journey on   globetrottingmama.com   and by following Heather on Twitter   @GreenwoodDavis .  

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What is an African Safari – An Introduction

Elephants walk past the camp at sunrise. A herd of zebra skips around the river below. Hyenas cackle until a resonant lion roar echoes through the trees. This is African safari, an evocative immersion in the wild world , an intimate insight into a wilderness that hasn’t been tamed.

The best way to think about it is to consider the etymology of safari. It’s a Swahili word meaning “journey” and journey is the only adequate descriptive for the experience.

It’s a journey that connects you with your wild side , an experience that can only be understood after you’ve taken the plunge and visited Africa’s wildernesses.

What Makes Safari So Special

Africa and African safari are usually too challenging to preconceive . If you’ve been to Paris you can make a guess as to what Rome looks like. But it doesn’t matter how many wildlife documentaries you’ve seen, nothing can prepare for the feeling that exists in Africa’s great wildernesses .

A zoo is where a handful of animals are caged for the enjoyment of thousands of visitors. A safari is where you’re invited into the wildlife world , where you are amongst a handful of visitors admiring hundreds of thousands of wild animals.

Visit a zoo and you’ll see animals, perhaps even get a selfie with them. Go on a safari and the experience can’t be encapsulated in a single moment.

Every day brings an incalculable number of scenes and impressions : baboons shouting, leopard stalking, antelope grazing, buffalo charging, giraffe turned to silhouette at sunset.

So trying to compare a safari to a zoo is like confusing Paris’ Louvre with an elementary school art exhibition: sure, both are art, but they’re not the same.

Embracing the Immersion and Intimacy

With an African safari you are completely immersed in the wilderness and the wildlife world. Through game drives and other activities you will really explore, but the experience is 24-7 . Nature sings a daily lullaby, exotic smells guide your journey, and you can be in awe of the landscapes even when there are no animals in the vista.

At a zoo you’re on the outside looking in. With a safari you’re in the heart of it all, surrounded in 360 degrees of wildlife drama. Seeing animals in their natural habitat is one part of the experience; waking up in the wild is another experience entirely.

This immersion is complemented by intimacy . You get close enough to hear the crunch of lions ripping apart a zebra carcass; glances are shared as an elephant bull looks you up and down; an endangered white rhino seems almost close enough to touch.

Often there is so much going on that everyone gets a different experience in the same place . For example, come across a herd of 2000 zebra and there are many micro scenes to find, not including a lone leopard hiding in the grass nearby.

Experiencing Both the Scale and the Detail

On a first-time safari it’s impossible to ignore the call of specific animals . You want to see lions, leopards, elephants, and all the famous characters endemic to Africa. There’s the big five of course and they’re often high on the list.

At first you’re enjoying redolent snapshots of single animals , taking in all the details on a micro level: a baby elephant chasing a warthog, a lion’s mane, hippos yawning in the water. The level of detail is remarkable and after the first two hours you’ll realise that there is always something new when you look the other way.

Even the smallest private game reserves are on a baffling scale. Some of the big national parks and reserves are larger than most European countries! Such enormous wildernesses provide home for huge animal populations .

Witnessing an elephant is a special experience; around 100,000 elephants can be seen in Botswana’s Chobe National Park . It can take three days just to cross Tanzania’s Serengeti , which is home to more than 2 million wild animals .

It’s this mix of scale and detail that has people coming back year after year for a safari.

But Really, What is an African Safari?

Safari isn’t just going to Africa to see some animals. It’s an opportunity to connect with your wild side and experience the natural world as it really is. But all that’s to come.

Where do you start when there are hundreds of different safari destinations and many distinctive ways to discover the landscape?

Although it’s possible to go on a half or full-day safari, especially if you’re staying in Cape Town, at Africa Freak we always recommend a multi-day safari experience . You’ll see more , feel more , and get a deeper sense of the wild world .

On a typical multi-day safari you’ll enjoy two specific activities each day , which usually maximise the times when animals are most active : early morning and late afternoon . There could be other activities after dark as well, or in big parks like the Masai Mara or Kruger you may spend the whole day exploring.

For the rest of the time you are still on safari. Even at the lodge or camp you’ll be listening to and watching the animals. In most destinations it’s worth the trip just to feel the landscape , before you even set eyes on any of its four-legged inhabitants.

Safari is a Journey

On a multi-day safari you’ll start to understand why safari is such a strong Swahili word. Safari really will take you on a journey as it helps to open up your wild side . With two or three days you can fully explore a single park or reserve, but we’d recommend much longer.

Every safari destination is different , with contrasting landscapes, animals and scenes. Spend a week and you could visit three or four different parks, building a more complete picture of Africa’s wild world.

Hey, if it was up to us we’d spend our whole lives on safari, experiencing all the beauty of the world’s final animal strongholds.

Just by reading this you’ve started the journey and we encourage you to continue. That wild side is ticking within you and there’s never a better time than now to start exploring. Remember, Africa is an enormous continent of 54 countries and over 1000 languages .

Every destination is a little different and suited to a different kind of visitor; you could have a private plunge pool overlooking the herds or a mobile camp hundreds of miles from civilization; for some, safari is sitting back and watching the wildlife roam past, while others want to be out discovering at all times of the day.

So explore the WHERE and learn about Africa’s safari destinations .

Read about WHEN to go on safari to maximise your experience.

Learn about WHO you’re going to meet on the journey, from communities and cultures to all the animals.

Discover HOW a safari day unfolds and get practical tips on making your safari an even better success.

See WHY safari is so important for conservation and self discovery.

And start planning your own safari in Africa .

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Let’s Learn About African Safari Animals Unit Study for Kindergarten

June 2, 2023

Are you looking for ideas to implement for your own African safari animals unit study ? Take a look at our week for some inspiration.

I truly get so excited about each new animal theme, but there is something so incredibly fun about African safari animals! Most animals that come to mind when we mention safari animals are pretty large compared to other animals we’re used to seeing. Afterall, it’s not every day kids see giraffes and elephants.

African Safari Animals Unit Study

I like to introduce the animals we’ll be studying each week with an activity. Here are a few ways you could introduce the animal theme for your students:

• Brief Video or Documentary
• Close-up Pictures – Have them guess
• Picture Book

Who Am I? Game

• Show Pictures of the Habitat
• Non-fiction Book
• Run & Find or Run & Color Game

We played the Safari Animal “Who Am I?” Game to introduce the animal theme for the week. It didn’t take them long to guess what kind of animals we would be learning about.

Safari Animals Unit Study Science Activities

We used a few activities to learn more about African animals throughout the week:

Safari Animal Fact Cards

My boys enjoyed seeing the pictures of the different animals and learning a quick fact about them. We also used them as 3-part cards for them to match, but their favorite thing to match to the fact cards were the close-up pictures of the animals. They had to look closely to see which picture belonged to each animal.

We read a few books about African animals. Their favorite was an Usborne book called Big Cats . It’s full of colorful photos and quick facts.

We played the Who Am I? game again, but this time they tried to stump me by telling me facts they had learned throughout the week about the different safari animals.

What Animals Live in Africa’s Grasslands? 

To discover more about the habitat that African safari animals live in, they sorted photos of animals and placed the ones that are from Africa on the picture of the grasslands. Then we practiced recognizing the names of the animals, by matching the names with the correct pictures.

Draw & Tell 

On Friday they drew a picture of their favorite African safari animal and wrote a sentence about it.

We have a local zoo we are members at, and it has a few African animals. It was the perfect end to our week of learning about safari animals.

Safari Animals Unit Study Math Activities

To keep their interest in African animals peaked, our math activities for the week were themed around safari animals.

Solve the Room Activities

I have found activities that get my boys up and moving, keep them engaged and make learning more fun. Solve the room activities do just that! You can learn more about how to do solve the room activities in your own classroom here .

The safari animals solve the room activities they did throughout the week were:

• Comparing Sizes – Compared which animals were smaller, smallest, larger and largest.
• Number Lines – Wrote the number that was missing from the number line.
• +7 Facts – Wrote the answers to +7 facts.

More Math Activities

The other math activities were great for them to work on by themselves, so they could take turns working one on one with me. They would work well for math centers too.

• They used the 10 frame task cards to practice counting, addition, and subtraction.
• My boys love baby animals, so the counting on worksheets were a hit. They filled in numbers along the path to help the baby animals get to their moms.
• The +9 clip cards were an easy way to practice their math facts.
• They practiced skip counting by 5 with the safari animal number puzzle .
• For the graphing activity they had to spot the different animals in the picture, count, and then color in the bar graph to match their findings.

Safari Animals Unit Study Phonics Activities

Our phonics activities for the week were also African safari themed.

Write-the-Room Activities

They worked on two write-the-room activities during the week, which included short a and short i words and sight words.

Letter Safari Game

The letter safari game was their favorite phonics activity for the week. It was a simple way to review letter sounds.

Read, Build, and Write

Each week they work on a read, build, and write center. I love that they can practice reading the word, building the word which makes it tangible to them, and then writing the word.

Sentence Puzzles

The sentence puzzles and worksheets were a fun way to practice building and writing sentences.

Safari Animals Unit Study Fine Motor Activities

Practicing fine motor skills can get tedious, so I try to include a few themed activities to make it more interesting.

African Safari Animals Mini-Book

My boys enjoyed learning quick facts about African animals in the mini book they colored.

Animal Match-Up

They got to practice their scissor skills with the animal match-up activity. Then they had fun putting the pieces together “wrong” to make some silly animals.

Q-tip Giraffe Painting

Do your kids love to paint? Mine do! The Q-tip giraffe painting project was a hit for sure!

Safari Animals Unit Study Gross Motor Activities

We of course had to add in some gross motor movement to our African animal’s week.

Safari Animal Run and Find

My boys loved running around the house finding the safari animal pictures that matched their close-up clue cards.

Safari Animal Action Cards

We used the safari animal action cards throughout the week to get out extra wiggles.

Safari Animal Hop

I taped paw prints to the ground at a distance from each other that my boys could hop from one to the other. They had a blast hopping to the paw prints and loved the challenge!

We had a great time learning some new things about African animals.

Do you have a favorite activity or resource you would include in an african safari animals unit study.

If you would like to use any of these activities with your kids or students, you can purchase the African Safari Animals Unit Study for each subject or save money by buying the bundle in my TpT store .

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21 Educational Safari Crafts And Activities For Kids

February 9, 2023 //  by  Monique de Villiers

It’s time to teach your students about the wonderful world of African animals and the best way to go about this is by taking your students on a safari adventure! These 21 educational safari crafts and activities for kids will help you bring the wonders of the wild into your classroom.

From creating your own safari animal crafts to action-packed wild animal activities, these projects will spark your student’s imagination and bring the outdoors indoors. Let’s get started!

1. Create Your Own Animal Hand Puppets

Crafting animal hand puppets is an excellent way to get your students enthused about their favorite animal and have a blast in the process. They can discover different species and their behavior while constructing their own puppets using paper bags and pattern printouts.

Learn More: Simple Mom Project

2. Make a Safari Sensory Bin

By exploring the bin with sand, figurines, and other items, kids can learn about the natural world in a fun and engaging way. They’ll get to experience animal-themed fun while discovering different species and learning more about their behavior.

Learn More: Toddler at Play

3. Jungle Animal Math Puzzles

Jungle animal math puzzles are an exciting way for your students to learn math! With colorful illustrations and interesting puzzles, kids can explore the jungle while learning math concepts in an enjoyable and interactive manner.

Learn More: The Kindergarten Connection

4. Wildlife Coloring Pages

Wildlife coloring pages are educational for children as they introduce them to different species of animals, including those found on an African safari. This helps to spark an interest in nature and promotes a love for wildlife at a young age.

Learn More: Super Coloring

5. Play Animal Memory Games

Animal memory games are educational for children as they enhance their memory and concentration skills while providing an enjoyable experience. These games are a fun way for kids to learn about different animals and their characteristics; making them an effective educational activity.

Learn More: The Purposeful Nest

6. Make a Safari Scene

Making a safari scene is a great craft activity for children as it allows them to use their imagination and creativity while learning about African animals and their habitats. This fun and educational experience help to bring their knowledge to life and fosters a love for wildlife.

Learn More: Busy Bee Kids Crafts

7. Complete a Safari Scavenger Hunt

A safari scavenger hunt is an educational experience that combines exploration, discovery, and learning about jungle safari animals. Children get to identify animals based on their descriptions and tracks; helping them develop their observation skills and learn about animal sounds.

Learn More: Queen of Theme Party Games

8. Design an Animal Habitat

This craft is a fun way for children to learn about the various habitats of different African safari animals and their adaptations. Using materials such as paper, scissors, and a glue stick, children can create unique and imaginative homes for their favorite animals.

Learn More: Explore Planet English

9. Safari Animal Plates

This creative craft activity teaches children about different African safari animals and their physical characteristics. By transforming paper plates into their favorite safari animals, kids get to engage in hands-on learning and bring their favorite safari activities to life.

Learn More: First Palette

10. Play Safari I Spy

This is an educational activity that helps to develop little one’s observation skills and knowledge of zoo animals. These print-and-go activities provide a fun and interactive way for kids to learn as they search for, and identify,  various animals in the picture.

Learn More: Mrs. Merry

11. Safari Animal Origami

Safari animal origami is a fun and educational craft activity for children that helps to develop their motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and creativity. By folding paper into different African safari animals, kids get to learn about the animal’s physical characteristics and bring them to life.

Learn More: Simple Origami Ideas

12. Safari Animal Sand Art

This activity promotes creativity and imagination. Kids get to learn about different amazing animals in the jungle and express themselves by creating colorful sand art pictures. This is a great way to bring their knowledge of the jungle and its animals to life.

Learn More: In The Playroom

13. Make a Safari Lapbook

This hands-on activity allows children to learn about a variety of safari animals and their habitats. By creating a lap book filled with informational cards, kids get to engage in a multi-sensory experience and retain their knowledge of the animals and their environments.

Learn More: Trying 2 Walk Wisely

14. Play Safari Charades

Safari animal charades are an entertaining activity for children that helps to develop their motor skills, creativity, and communication skills. By acting out different African safari animals, such as a slithery snake, kids get to engage in imaginative play and improve their ability to express themselves.

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15. Put Together a Safari Collage

This activity combines crafting and learning about African jungle animals. By creating a handprint collage, children get to engage in hands-on learning and express their creativity- making it a great choice for educational crafts for kids.

Learn More: Fun Handprint Art Blog

16. Safari Animal Clay Creations

Help your students to learn about the different kinds of animals they would find on an African safari. By following a tutorial and painting their own versions of the animals, kids will get to express their creativity and enhance their understanding of the animals and their habitats.

Learn More: Art Station

17. Draw a Safari Scene

Teach your students the concept of animal camouflage in the African savannahs and jungles. By following this easy drawing tutorial, kids get to express their creativity and enhance their understanding of how animals blend in with their environment for protection.

Learn More: Crafty Prapty

18. Safari Animal Cookies

Learn about African safari animals while baking some delicious treats. By following a recipe and creating their own animal cracker cookies, children get to express their creativity and enhance their understanding of the animals in a delicious and engaging way.

Learn More: Sally’s Baking Addiction

19. Create a Safari Shadow Box

Have some fun with shadows while teaching your students about the wonder of African wild animals. Show your students how to make a giraffe head and other animals with their hands, and give them interesting facts as they play.

Learn More: Emma Owl

20. Safari Animal Paper Bag Puppet

Children can make their own animal puppets using paper sacks and adding details like googly eyes, noses, and mouths to bring the puppet to life. This activity helps with hand-eye coordination and imagination and allows kids to learn about different animals and their unique features.

Learn More: The Happy Scraps

21. Safari Animal Word Search

If you’re looking for a fun and educational quiet-time activity for your students, this safari animal word search may be a good option for your classroom. Teach your students about the different African safari animals while they work passively.

Learn More: The Word Search

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Free Printable Safari Animal Worksheets

Introducing our captivating collection of “Free Printable Safari Animal Worksheets” designed to engage young learners in a wild adventure of education and discovery!

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Top 10 Safari Books

Whether heading deep into the jungle or across the African savanna, a safari can be the ultimate adventure. There are animals to spot, tracks to identify, and maybe even some dangers to avoid! Below are some of our favorite children's books that make the excitement of a safari available to the adventurous reader anywhere, anytime.

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FREE Safari Animal Worksheet for PreK/Kindergarten (4 Pages)

Description

Safari Animal Worksheet Pack includes:

• Animal Name Tracing
• Animal Adding (with pictures)
• Number Matching (trace and count)
• Animal Facts (more tracing)

Small pack for learning about safari (or zoo) animals! Mostly for tracing practice, but also includes number practice and fun facts!

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