Putting together the unit on Africa

I am feeling pretty motivated right now. I got my Konos Africa book out and started planning everything to go with it. Many of the books they suggest are out of print so I have been putting together my own list, adding many more, including dvds. When I plan something, I want to plan it perfectly. So, I added a cookbook on african recipes, dvds on african animals, pyramids, the Nile, ... I know we are already studying a lot of it with SOTW1 but it will be a nice review for the kids, along with more in depth learning. Like in the second week, I have found a dvd on the story of black oil. Or in week 3, they will get to see the movie Casablanca. They will learn why in a village in Africa, women live in round houses and men live in square houses. And read the book of Nim's Island, which they enjoyed the movie. I have always believed that books are much better than the movie so this is good. In week 6, they will learn more about coffee and in week 7, about vanilla.

So much to learn and so easy to make it fun. I am so lucky to be able to homeschool my kids and let them add more of what they want to learn about. After I am done with these units they chose, I am going to put together some on the human body. There is a lot to learn there and they are always full of questions. I need to find a way to answer them. And thensome.