by boot | Feb 21, 2025
As a class, examine the parts of a wild rose plant and the uses and purposes of the plant. You may also examine the flowering cycle of the plant so students understand that the rosehip occurs after the bloom is finished. This may also give students a clue as to what...
by boot | Feb 21, 2025
Ask students to predict what the boy and his grandmother are going to do with the red seed pods they picked. You can tell them that the characters are picking rosehips and share the recipe at the back of the book. Read the recipe together. Make tea or a drink with the...
by boot | Feb 21, 2025
In the text, it says, “nôhkom nitohtam. ᓅᐦᑯᒼ ᓂᑐᐦᑕᒼ᙮ Nôhkom listens. / ninitohtên. ᓂᓂᑐᐦᑌᐣ᙮ I listen.” Ask students: What do you think they are listening to? Why do you think that this is important in this story? Have students close their eyes in the classroom and...
by boot | Feb 21, 2025
Ask students: Where do your grandparents live? What is the role of your grandparents in your life? Discuss things you have done or do together with a grandparent or other family member. Why was this a special time for you? In many Indigenous cultures, families reside...
by boot | Feb 21, 2025
All gardens need water, sunlight and soil to grow. What conditions make the wildest garden? Experiment by creating a few different city gardens and putting them in different places around your house, inside and outside – some sunny places, some not so sunny. Some with...
