Movies: Out of Africa, The Queen of Katwe (Disney+) Greece It may be something very different to what you are used yo, but if you are a confident cook give a few dishes a try from The website. You can make a new friend from another country and help pay for their education.įood: There are some wonderful, flavoursome dishes from The Gambia and Senegal. Write 3 facts about the Transatlantic Slave Trade.Ĭonsider s ponsoring a child in Africa. Paint the flags of Senegal and The Gambiaĭraw an image of an animal from the Niokolo-Koba National Park (Maybe a monkey eating a nut). If you want to travel to Senegal and The Gambia on your magic flying carpet here are some things to do: The children had very little, but seemed happy and certainly appreciated the education they received. Sops visited a school that was twinned with her own primary school and it was a real eye opener for her. And there are a lot of wild monkeys in these countries, always trying to steal your nuts! Therefore, there is a huge variety of wildlife including typical safari animals such as elephants and wild African dogs, as well as monkeys. The park covers over 1 million hectares and includes loads of different ecosystems from major waterways, like The Gambia River, to dry forests. One of the best features of The Gambia and Senegal is the Niokolo-Koba National Park. Sadly, this has included the trade of human slaves in the past. Therefore, the predominant language in Senegal is French.īoth The Gambia and Senegal have been occupied by European powers and the nations have served as trade routes throughout the world. It was occupied by the French during the latter part of the 19th Century and gained independence in 1960. Senegal is a larger country that surrounds The Gambia. It is developing as a tourist destination and is a great warm place to visit in the winter months. The Gambia is a lovely nation set around The Gambia River that flows out of West Africa into the Atlantic Ocean. Movies: Mary Poppins, Alice in Wonderland, The Railway Children, Peter Pan, The Pirates: An Adventure with Scientists.
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The Secret Garden, Winnie the Pooh, Wind in the WillowsĬreate a Timeline of key historical events in Englandįood: Full English Breakfast, Fish and Chips, Sunday Roast (with Yorkshire pudding) Steak and Kidney Pie Read a great classic children’s novel e.g. Here are things to do on your magical carpet “visit” to England: This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.Īs you can see England is rich in history and literature and it’s definitely worth visiting on the flying carpet. This precious stone set in the silver sea, This happy breed of men, this little world, This fortress built by Nature for herself This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, “This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle, The poet William Blake described England as, “a green and pleasant land”, and Shakespeare describes England as this: Sops and I live in England and it’s such a beautiful country to visit. It was most fun and a really interesting way to spend an afternoon. After the film, we would hop back onto the ‘flying carpet’ and make our way back home. Then we would watch a film set in the place of the country, (usually a Disney Film). During our dinner, we would listen to traditional music from our destination. I would cook something of the local food, e.g. Once we had arrived in the country we would use online resources to learn some of the languages. We would put together a scrapbook of our Adventures. Then we would add pictures of people from that country or key places of interest in the scrapbook. Then we would usually ‘crash land’ in the country of our choice. Then we would sway from side to side lifting the sides of the mat. As we ‘flew’ we would point out imaginary landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower in Paris or the Pyramids in Egypt.
When Sops was young we used to play the Magic Flying Carpet Game. We would both sit on a mat in the living room and play the music, “A whole new world,” from Disney’s ‘Aladdin’. I would show Sops which country we were going on the globe to give her an idea of how many countries we would have to fly over to get there.
Sops on a flying carpet (before lift off) The Game
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