1. Safari Prop Box
By Holly Mitchell

2. 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

3. Vocabulary
Safari, binoculars, tour guide, lion, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, zebra, giraffe, leopard, elephant, Africa, tourists, wildlife, habitats, grasslands, savannas

4. Hat Binoculars Safari Vest Materials
Safari Vest

5. Safari Map Stuffed animals or cut outs (Could be made or borrowed)
Stuffed animals or cut outs

6. Fake grass or grassland background set up
Fake tree (could be blow up or made out of paper)
Fake grass or grassland background set up

7. Pencil, paper, and maybe clipboard to write down observations
Toy camera
Pencil, paper, and maybe clipboard to write down observations

8. Open-ended questions:
What is a safari?
Why do tourists go on safaris?
What is the tour guide’s role and what supplies does she/he use?
What is the land like where the animals live? (more advanced use the word habitat)
What types of animals would you see on a safari?

9. Fingerplays and songs:
I'm a Little Zebra
(Sung To: "I'm a Little Teapot")
I'm a little zebra white and black
With a bush mane running down my back
I like to gallop and run and play
Out on the African plains all day.

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11. Barney Songs: Animals Safari Song

12. African Safari Animal Song Lyrics by Diana Colson
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?
Hear the beat at:

14. Book list: Alborough, J. (2000). Hug. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press.
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.

15. 3. Kennaway, A. (1990). Lazy lion. Boston, MA: Little, Brown.
4. Tuchman, G. (2010). National Geographic
Readers: 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.

16. Shepherd, J. , & Ovresat, L. (2006). Safari friends
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.

17. Extension activities:
Field trip to the Virginia Safari Park in Harrisonburg
Address: 229 Safari Ln, Natural Bridge, VA 24578

18. Power point reviewing the animals we saw on the safari
For example:

20. 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.

21. Website of every image used