by boot | Feb 20, 2025
Invite a local Indigenous knowledge keeper, Elder or Métis senator to be a guest in your classroom to discuss with students the importance of totems. You may connect with a local Indigenous Friendship Center to locate someone to speak with your class.
by boot | Feb 20, 2025
The author makes a dedication “to the thousands of Métis and Indigenous children who grew up never knowing their totem animal.” Ask students: Why do you think the author made this dedication to those children? (Note: Think about age-appropriate explanations for the...
by boot | Feb 19, 2025
Ask students: What do you think a “sprig” is? What did Yayah and Shi-shi-etko visit? Look up pictures of the various trees to give students some understanding about what each species of tree looks like. Cross-curricular Connections: Science (Plants, Habitats and...
by boot | Feb 19, 2025
You could have the students work in pairs, in which one student describes an object orally and the other student draws the object without being able to ask questions to the speaker. Cross-curricular Connections: Oral Language (Literacy), the Arts (Visual)
by boot | Feb 19, 2025
Discuss with students: Based on Indigenous Peoples’ beliefs, what are the roles that children and adults/parents play in their families? (Children bring questions, laughter, excitement and wonder to their families, and adults/parents bring guidance, stability, love...
