Teach Kids About Africa -- Let's Chant "Keenene" -- All Around This World

“Teach Kids About Africa – Let's Chant 'Keenene'” is a world music lesson about Africa for kids that uses a simple sing-along and hand play to introduce them to African food and culture. “Keenene” is a chant from Uganda that encourages kids to DEMAND DINNER, introducing them to a diversity of foods along the way. In our version we introduce Ugandan foods like matoke and posho, though teachers can use the song to meet the foods of any nation. The original song is in Luganda, though we also chant in English.

All Around This World is an only-of-its-kind global music and world cultures program that introduces kids (0-9) and their grown-ups to the world using enlivening international rhythms and movement. Visit the All Around This World website to learn about our extenstive interactive curriculum that consists of over 300 participatory songs and cultural experiences that originate from over 100 countries and our "musical pen pal" program that can connect your classroom with kids on another continent. Like what you see? Subscribe to our "All Access Pass" and you can access all of the lessons, all the time. You can also become an All Around This World teacher! Learn about our teacher trainings here.

Lesson includes:

-- Interactive PDF with background information introducing Uganda and links to All Around This World's “Teach Kids 'Keenene'” teacher training video.

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-- Lyrics and melody lead sheet with notation

-- Access to password-protected “Bouncing Ball Sing-Along” video so you and your students can learn the song

-- Printable page about song for kids to take home (both color and back and white)

All Around This World lessons are a small part of Jay Sand's independently crafted, mission-driven educational project that includes:

-- Teaching videos in collaboration with culture-bearers worldwide.

-- Opportunities for livecasts, interactive online workshops and even in-person concerts/classes with founder and lead teacher Jay Sand

-- Award-winning multilingual CDs -- All Around This World: Latin America, All Around This World: Africa, and All Around This World: South and Central Asia.

-- Amazingly great, playfully illustrated, "Musical Maps" that introduce kids to hundreds of global instruments

...and oh, so much more.