Today, 2nd grade listened to a beautiful book by Karen Lynn Williams called Galimoto. We used this text to discuss geography, different cultures, and the different steps in a “How to Essay.” Scholars also learned the word Galimoto means “car” in Chichewa, which is the national language of Malawi in Africa. A Galimoto is a type of push toy made usually out of old wires.
In some countries, such as Malawi they don’t have a lot of stores and money to buy a toy. So the children make their own toys. A Galimoto is a good use of what they can make, because it can be a car one day, and the next day they can make it into another toy like a helicopter if they don’t want to play with a car anymore.
As a STEM project, scholars worked to design, build, modify, and create their own Galimotos. They built a space ship, a car, submarine, and a helicopter!
