Your Kitchen

by | Feb 25, 2026

What is the kitchen like where you live? Is it small or large? What kinds of foods are made there? Who does the cooking in your family? What other kitchens have you seen in your life or helped prepare food in? What is the smallest kitchen you have ever been in?

Sounds, Sights, and Smells

by | Feb 25, 2026

What do you think of when you hear the title Our Little Kitchen? Close your eyes and think of the sights, sounds and smells of a kitchen.

Variety Of Life In the Tundra

by | Feb 25, 2026

Using Google Earth (projected on a screen or whiteboard), take students on a virtual tour of the Arctic tundra. Students will get a sense of how diverse the area is. Ensure that you “visit” Rankin Inlet, as that is the town where the story is based and where the...

Life in The Arctic

by | Feb 25, 2026

Have students research life in the Arctic. Compare with a larger city. Ask them: What do you think it would be like to live in the Arctic?

Small Towns

by | Feb 25, 2026

If there are any students in the class from smaller remote towns, discuss and make notes about their experiences and memories of living there.