{"id":767,"date":"2021-12-02T08:47:46","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T16:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/?p=767"},"modified":"2021-12-02T08:47:46","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T16:47:46","slug":"picturebooks-around-the-world-exploring-the-continent-of-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/picturebooks-around-the-world-exploring-the-continent-of-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Picturebooks Around the World: Exploring the Continent of Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week, we &#8216;travelled&#8217; to our next stop in our exploration around the world&#8230; the continent of Africa! Africa is a large, diverse, continent made up of over 50 countries and with 1500 different languages\/dialects spoken!<\/p>\n<p>Check out this brief video below for a very quick introduction to continent:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Africa | Destination World\" width=\"863\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PSYHMWmyVfo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For our first picturebook, we read about the country of Kenya. We learned about Wangari, an eco-activist who helped encourage the women of Kenya to plant thousands of trees. We discussed why trees are so important to people across the world.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51HodeSu6aL.jpg\" alt=\"Wangari&amp;#39;s Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa eBook : Winter,  Jeanette: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, we &#8216;travelled&#8217; to our next stop in our exploration around the world&#8230; the continent of Africa! Africa is a large, diverse, continent made up of over 50 countries and with 1500 different languages\/dialects spoken! Check out this brief video below for a very quick introduction to continent: For our first picturebook, we read &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/picturebooks-around-the-world-exploring-the-continent-of-africa\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Picturebooks Around the World: Exploring the Continent of Africa<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8574,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8574"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=767"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":768,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767\/revisions\/768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}