Kwanzaa

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Heggie Biscuit Fudge - heat butter and sugar together. When sugar is dissolved, stir in cocoa and egg, take off the heat. Add rest of ingredients. Spray a baking tin or tray. Put in fridge to set - best overnight.

Seven Principles of Kwanzaa - Day 1 UMOJA (oo-MOH-ja) Unity Togetherness, we help each other Day 2 KUJICHAGULIA (coo-gee-cha-goo-lee-ahh) Self-Determination Thinking or deciding for oneself. Day 3 UJIMA (oo-Jee-mah) Collective work and reponsibility Work together to help others, make life better. Day 4 UJAMMA (oo-jah-MAH) ...

Light the Kwanzaa Candles - Cover the toilet paper rolls with construction paper(3 red, 3 green and 1 black). Make red, green, and black candles by rolling construction paper around a pencil. Secure the ends with tape and slip the pencil out. Use the yellow construction paper to make the candle flames for each candle. Discuss ...

A Brief History of Kwanzaa - Kwanzaa is a seven day African-American celebration of culture and tradition. It is a cultural, not religious, celebration that begins December 26th of each year. In 1966, Dr. Maulana Ron Karenga created the African-American celebration of Kwanzaa. Dr. Karenga, a political and cultural scientist, isalso ...

Learn Swahili Words - Use African colors and harvest foods to decorate the cards or posters containing the words. asante (ah-sahn'-tay): thank you bendera (ben-de'-rah) the red, black, and green striped flag of Africa bibi (bee'-bee) Mrs. boga (bo'-gah): pumpkin buba (boo'-buh): an African house bwana (bwah'-nuh): Mr. chakula ...

Found Treasures - A Special part of Kwanzaa is giving handmade gifts! Make gifts from narural items found in your area. Make a collage, decorate a frame, or box. Use your imagination! Give them to special friends as momentos.

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A Brief History of Kwanzaa

Kwanzaa is a seven day African-American celebration of culture and tradition. It is a cultural, not religious, celebration that begins December 26th of each year. In 1966, Dr. Maulana Ron Ka ...

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Benne Cakes for Kwanzaa

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Lightly oil the cookie sheet. Mix together the brown sugar and butter or margarine, beat until creamy. Stir in the egg, vanilla extract and lemon juice unti ...

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Cardboard Candles

Let children spread glue on the outside of the tubes with a paintbrush or q-tip. Have them roll it in a cardboard box that has gliter in it (less mess). After they have dried, glue a yellow ...

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Circle time Kwanzaa

To introduce the concept of Kwanzaa, I like to teach the children a few simple words from the Swahili language. We use them throughout the week we celebrate the holiday. Hello-jambo karibu ...

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Corn Necklace

Munhindi means corn. The corn represents the children of a family. Make your mom a necklace with one ear of corn for each child in your family. 1. Cut a corn shape from tagboard for eac ...

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Corny Kwanza

Draw the letter K in block form, make it large enough so that the corn will roll over the lines. Break or cut an ear of corn into thirds. Dip each piece in a color of paint. Roll inside of t ...

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Felt Kinara

Glue felt reactangle onto oaktag. They should be same size, or oaktag can be slightly larger. This is the background. Glue kinara onto felt background. Children put black candle in the cente ...

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Found Treasures

A Special part of Kwanzaa is giving handmade gifts! Make gifts from narural items found in your area. Make a collage, decorate a frame, or box. Use your imagination! Give them to special fr ...

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Fruit Salad

For our Kwanzaa celebration we ask each child to contribute one fruit to our snack that day. The teachers bring one, too. Each child helps ...

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Fruits of Kwaanza

Matuda ya kwanza means the first fruits, referring to the yearly harvest. Place sugar cone on table, have children fill with fruit and vegetables, or candy representing fruit. Eat for snack - enjoy

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Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Christmas song

Instead of singing the traditional We Wish You a Merry Christmas song, sing we wish you a Happy Hannukkah, we wish you a happy kwanzaa, and we wish you a Merry Christmas, etc...

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