Learning Story – “What do we know about squirrels?” The Week of December 10, 2024 What Happened? Inquiry: “What do we know about squirrels? What can the squirrel teach us?” Today Matt Brien came to share his knowledge about cleaning and stretching a squirrel hide. While we worked and explored we wondered: “What’s the yellow … Read more
Learning Story – Tracks in the Snow The Week of December 3, 2024 What Happened? Lots of snow fell the night before! We did some investigating at the very beginning of the day. We took pictures to document the tracks that we saw. We tried not to step on the tracks so others could enjoy … Read more
Learning Story – “Who is as tall as a moose’s hind leg?” The Week of November 26th, 2024 What Happened? Lila Fraser Erasmus joined us again today, and we practiced the morning prayer in the Tłı̨chǫ language together. And Elder’s family gifted Bushkids with the hind leg of a dendhi (moose). All of the Bushkids … Read more
Learning Story – “Do I have caribou legs?” The Week of November 19th, 2024 What Happened? Lila Fraser Erasmus read the story Caribou Boy with us today. We talked about the significance of caribou and how hunting for caribou is about so much more than eating it. “We are caribou people.” We talked about what … Read more
Learning Story – How Language Shapes How We View the World The Week of November 12th, 2024 What Happened? Cathy Modeste Short joined us today to read her book Dechı̨ta Náıdı́: Medicine from the Land. Earlier that morning we had discussed how language shapes how we view the world. In the Tłı̨chǫ language, there are … Read more
Learning Story – Is It Winter? The Week of November 5th, 2024 What Happened? The debate continued as students took turns discussing why they thought it was winter or not. We decided to continue to make observations throughout the day to help us decide “Look! I found a moth!” “There’s something in this wood.” “We … Read more
Learning Story – How does our relationship with the Land change as the seasons change? The Week of October 29, 2024 What Happened? Today our inquiry was: How does our relationship with the Land change as the seasons change? Like always more questions surfaced: Do the effects of climate change become more noticeable? Then discussed … Read more
Learning Story – How does the Land shape who we are? The Week of October 15, 2024 What Happened? Today we asked the question:How does the Land shape who we are? We read a piece from We Are A River by Paul Andrew and Patrick Scott. “I am deeply rooted here in Tulita. This is … 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 – 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