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...
by boot | Feb 21, 2025
Discover the awesome power of nature and learn about how things grow. Download, print and cut out pictures of Tokyo’s house, skyscrapers and other buildings from the attached sheet and construct your own city by sticking them into the soil. Then, carefully plant some...
by boot | Feb 21, 2025
Two White Rabbits tells the story of a father and daughter who are traveling, but the little girl does not know where they are going. In fact, this story is about migrants headed north, through Mexico to the USA in the hopes of finding a better life. The story remains...
