Musically Montessori: Africa, "Fanga Alafia" Welcoming Song from West Africa

MONTESSORI style Lesson Plan Activities from Magical Movement Company that feature singing, dancing, drama, and playing percussion instruments to illustrate a wonderful story song from the continent of Africa.

This Packet contains:

~ Montessori Style Lesson Plans for 3 Lessons and many extensions

~ Links to resources and the music to be used with this group of activities

~ Printables for a booklet for the children to learn the simple drum pattern of "Fanga Alafia," a Welcoming Dance & Song from West Africa. Older children can use the book as a guide to playing the song on a hand drum. There are several other extensions for using the pages of the book to create activities for individual or group time, including a card with the words of the song written out for reading & pre-reading.

~ Templates of 9 photos of African Village life to be made into card materials for children to increase vocabulary and to manipulate the sequence of the song story.

~ Full size Visuals (photos) to print and use at Circle time

~ Templates for creating a classroom "Story Song Book" featuring the Welcoming Song

Wonderful addition to your cultural studies unit on the continent of Africa.

We have often presented the Welcoming Song Activity as a performance piece for families and other classroom groups.