Learning Story – A Wildlife Sighting The Week of January 31, 2024 What Happened? While sliding near the lake, the Bushkids spotted an animal chasing a fox across the lake! The animal was really far away so it was hard for the Bushkids to determine what it was. “Is that a black wolf?” “It’s legs … Read more
Learning Story – Adapting to the Cold Weather The Week of January 16, 2024 What Happened? What an incredible day of play and exploration in cold weather! We talked about self care and safety, how important it is to eat, drink and pee to keep warm. The Bushkids put on extra layers on their core … Read more
Learning Story – Sharing Our Stories The Week of Dec 1, 2023 What Happened? We invited Larry Jones, Kianna’s grandfather, to join us for our morning circle. Larry shared with us that he was very nervous. He showed us a beaded egg his grandmother had beaded and used it as a metaphor for how he … Read more
Learning Story – What makes a good story? The Week of Nov 24, 2023 What Happened? Karen Wright Fraser was invited to join us for the morning to share some stories. She shared personal stories such as the day she was given her name Wind Woman, and she shared stories that had been passed on … Read more
Learning Story – How can we make connections? The Week of Nov 10, 2023 What Happened? The main inquiry question for today was “How can we make connections to who we are and how we are feeling.” The Storywalk ‘Sometimes I Feel Like A Fox’ guided our discussions and play during the day. We asked … Read more
Learning Story – How can we help at Bushkids? The Week of Nov 3, 2023 What Happened? The main inquiry question for today was “How can we help at Bushkids?” and the competency that we framed this on was the Dene Law “Help each other – Ełeèts’ahdı̀”. The Bushkids made a list of all of … Read more
Learning Story – A Visit From Elder Larry Jones The Week of Dec 8, 2023 What Happened? We began the day with a safety talk to address how to be safe with so many wildlife sightings in the past few weeks. We discussed how we could stick closer together like a wolf pack and work … Read more
Learning Story – Why are stories important? The Week of Nov 17, 2023 What Happened? We noticed so many stories emerging today during the hard work of bringing all of the wood into the site. Stories of where we are from and where we travel were shared when the atlas came out. Search and Rescue … Read more
Learning Story – Discussing Indigenous Identity The Week of October 27, 2023 What Happened? The Dene Law “Love each other as much as possible” was the focus of our day today. We were gifted a bison head (with the tongue!) so our focus was on the bison and all of its gifts. We boiled the … Read more
Learning Story – Starting Fires The Week of October 20, 2023 What Happened? Here are some quotes that we heard today from the Bushkids: Why is it Important? The learning skill we saw come out today was “connection”. Connections are being made with each other by sharing food, learning from each other’s bush skills, teaching … Read more