Ethiopia Activities for Kids

Read the World: Books about Africa for Kids

kidworldcitizen — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 14:19:36 +0000

If you are looking for books about Africa for kids, this is the list!!! Whether you want to show kids contemporary stories about every day life in different countries, to teach kids about folktales and legends that have been passed down, to learn about African heroes, or even if you’re just looking for multicultural literature...

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Pascha: Easter in the Orthodox Church (Book + Crafts!)

kidworldcitizen — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 03:05:29 +0000

Learning how different world religions celebrate their holidays is a great way to encourage cultural awareness in kids. An easy way to introduce kids to festivals and holy days is through books or simple activities like crafts and food. Today I will give you tons of great resources to learn about Pascha: Pascha is the...

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Chef Marcus Samuelsson and “The Story of Food and Hustle in Harlem”

kidworldcitizen — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 02:37:40 +0000

When I heard Marcus Samuelsson was coming to Dallas to talk about his new book “The Red Rooster Cookbook: The Story of Food and Hustle in Harlem” I caught my breath. I glanced from my kitchen table office to my cookbooks and saw the familiar green cover of his pan-African cookbook “The Soul of a...

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Ethiopian Culture Camps for Adoptive Families

kidworldcitizen — Mon, 12 May 2014 13:31:08 +0000

Adoptive families! I was asked if I could share a list of culture camp locations for kids adopted from Ethiopia (and their families!) and so I began to gather names and web sites. Then out of the blue, a good friend- and founder and president of Roots Ethiopia– shared her (more extensive) list with me....

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{Video on Global Citizenship} We Are All Connected!

kidworldcitizen — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 14:55:36 +0000

Last summer I had the idea to make a short video about global citizenship. I began asking kids how we could make the world a better place and what makes you a global citizen. Using their ideas, I created a script and put out a call on facebook to all of our followers to see...

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Drinks from Around the World

kidworldcitizen — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 22:41:15 +0000

I have joined together with a fabulous group of multicultural bloggers to bring you 19 drinks from around the world! Travel the globe from your kitchen as you try these new textures and flavors with your kids while you quench your thirst. Click on the titles for the recipes and map your drinks from around...

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Learn about Other Countries through the 5 Senses

kidworldcitizen — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:21:45 +0000

Often times, lessons to help kids learn about other countries are geared toward older children. This is a lesson plan to present a new country to kids as young as preschool- in a way that they will remember! They will explore and learn about other countries using their five senses: seeing, touching, listening, tasting, and...

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Kids Doing Community Service

kidworldcitizen — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:35:25 +0000

Gandhi is attributed as saying “You must be the change you want to see in the world.” If one of our goals as parents is to raise compassionate and responsible children, our children need to witness empathy, kindness, and respect towards others… and put these character traits into action. Families that do community service not...

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Map the Kids’ Book: “Africa is NOT a Country”

kidworldcitizen — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 21:12:56 +0000

“We have kids from Nicaragua, Guam, and Africa in my class…” “We made masks from China, Peru, and Africa…” “He is been to England, Africa, and Italy” I have a pet peeve: Africa is not a country. It makes my skin crawl when I hear people referring to Africa as a country, instead of an...

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Let’s Learn about Ethiopia

kidworldcitizen — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 15:57:09 +0000

Our son was born in Ethiopia. Because we want Ricky to have a connection to his heritage, as a family we try to learn about Ethiopia as much as we can: the food, traditions, history, language, music, religion, and more. Ethiopia is an amazing country with a rich history- so much more than stereotypes and...

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Real Families: Road Trips with Kids

kidworldcitizen — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 14:05:21 +0000

by Jayme Gualtier Our first road trip was from Chicago to Kansas City. It was about an 8 hour drive, but we broke it up by stopping to have lunch in Saint Louis, burned off some energy playing at the City Museum, and then spent some time exploring my old College town of Columbia, Missouri....

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Try an Ethiopian “Layered” Juice Spris: Avocado + Mango

kidworldcitizen — Fri, 18 May 2012 03:09:01 +0000

The world has two fields of thought about avocados: sweet or salty. When people in Mexico, the United States, and Canada think of avocados, we think “guacamole with chips.” In Brazil, Morocco, and Ethiopia, the avocado is usually mixed with sugar in creamy drinks. Whichever side of the debate you’re on, you have to try...

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Interactive Country Tables for International Night

kidworldcitizen — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:34:46 +0000

Our school recently held an International Night, to culminate a week of fun activities: classes did lots of art projects, such as making Multicultural Dolls and Diversity Quilts, every student made a flag of their heritage, they sang tons of songs from different genres around the world in music class, we shared bread from around...

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Introduce Life in Ethiopia Through Children’s Books

kidworldcitizen — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:58:37 +0000

I love using high-quality children’s literature to show them how children around the world live with their families, go to school, and enjoy playing with their friends. Educators and parents can use literature to increase cultural awareness because young children are able to digest new concepts when the information is presented in story form (see...

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Try Kinche- An Ethiopian “Oatmeal” Breakfast

kidworldcitizen — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 03:36:33 +0000

You might know that we have an Ethiopian exchange student for the year (who is from Norway). Her Aunt Zeleka (originally from Gulele, Addis Ababa) came to visit us for the weekend and offered to make my kids breakfast this morning: “It’s kinche… Ethiopian oatmeal.” I vaguely remembered eating this while in Ethiopia, and was...

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