Elephant Safari--Learn All About Elephants

This class is about elephants.  We're going on an Elephant Safari!  The class will be full of photos of elephants in the wild taken by the instructor in Africa.  We'll talk about what elephants are like, what they eat, how they behave, what their life is like in the wild.  We'll see pictures of baby elephants and elephant families and elephants being silly with each other.  Students can take turns deciding what to name the elephants.

This is a very visual class--we'll see over 40 pictures of elephants.  Kids will learn all about elephants and how they live.  If you aren't able to go to the zoo to see an elephant in a pen or cage, why not see pictures of them in the wild?  

I typically ask lots of questions of learners:  Does this elephant look happy?  What are they doing?  What should we name this elephant?  What do you think he's eating?  For classes this age group, I try to keep it moving and light and entertaining.  I'll ask learners to "walk like an elephant" or make elephant sounds so for little ones who have trouble sitting still, this can be a good class.

We will skip discussion of poaching or any photos of dead elephants since I don't feel this is age appropriate.