Bushkids Team 
Learning Story – Weledeh Catholic School – Being Safe Session 3, The Week of October 15, 2024 What Happened? Where did we see each other being safe? “We kept our distance when carrying the tipi poles.” “We stopped carrying the tipi pole alone and did it with 2 people.” “We changed the size of our … Read more
Learning Story – Weledeh Catholic School – Risky Play Session 2, The Week of October 9, 2024 What Happened? Even though it had rained all night, and rain was still in the forecast, the students from Weledeh were excited to play outside and explore many different activities. The firekeepers joined Mr. Cory to learn how … Read more
Learning Story – Plant Medicine The Week of October 8, 2024 What Happened? Lila Fraser Erasmus joined us today to share her knowledge about plant medicine. Although we cannot harvest plants from the site due to contamination from nearby Con Mine, we notice the plants are so resilient, still thriving in the area and we … Read more
Learning Story – Weledeh Catholic School – How Will You Take Care? Session 1, The Week of October 2, 2024 What Happened? Even though it had rained all night, and rain was still in the forecast, the students from Weledeh were excited to play outside and explore many different activities. The firekeepers joined Mr. Cory … Read more
Learning Story – The Transitions of the Seasons The Week of October 1, 2024 What Happened? Today we welcomed Cathy Modeste Short and Tom Short to share Cathy’s stories and knowledge and Tom’s artistic skills with the Bushkids. Cathy is originally from Dèlı̨nę and shared her mother’s teachings of plant medicine with us. Tom is … Read more
Learning Story – Rain Day The Week of September 24, 2024 What Happened? We started the fall at Bushkids in a beautiful way by welcoming new friends and playing on the Land. We go outside in all types of weather, and we didn’t let the rain stop us from exploring the site today! While we … Read more
Learning Story – The Story Stick The Week of April 23 2024 What Happened? We asked the Bushkids to make a story stick today! We asked them to look around the site for items that they could tie to the stick to reflect their story of Bushkids. Since a lot of the snow had melted, … Read more
Learning Story – What is Medicine? The Week of April 16 2024 What Happened? The Bushkid were asked “what is medicine” by Lila Erasmus Fraser. They said: “Land” “Trees” “Fire” “Time” “Air” “Everything” “Water” She also asked us to close our eyes and imagine the grandmother of our own grandmother. What did she look like? … Read more
Learning Story – Signs of Spring The Week of April 9 2024 What Happened? Signs of spring are everywhere. When we arrived at the site, we set up our main invitation to play: dry scraping the moose hide. Once again, we encouraged each Bushkid to join in the scraping of the hide some time during … Read more
