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
Learning Story – Being Respectful in New Places The Week of April 2 2024 What Happened? Today we began the day on the sliding hill, playing an epic game of tag and digging in the snow. Because we were heading indoors for the day, we have learned that doing some heavy active play in the … Read more
Learning Story – Tanning a Moosehide The Week of March 26, 2024 What Happened? We had the great privilege of working with Larry Jones on a moose hide that was gifted to us. Larry has been very generous with his time and knowledge and has begun to guide us through the process of tanning this … Read more
Learning Story – Making Space for Stories The Week of February 27, 2024 What Happened? Today was cold! Some of us stayed very active and were able to stay outdoors for the majority of the day by doing a lot of rough and tumble play, but some of us listened to our bodies and realized … Read more
Learning Story – Ats’ǫ Ełeghǫnets’etǫ The Week of Feb 13, 2024 What Happened? Cultural advisor to Bushkids Brenda Dragon has always taught us that we need to talk about love, show love, give love as much as possible with the Bushkids. She says we don’t do that often enough for children and youth. We talked … Read more
Learning Story – Rabbit Snares The Week of Feb 6, 2024 What Happened? We had a knowledge building circle about the habitats of rabbits, wolves and foxes as a result of seeing a wolf chase a fox on the lake last week. We brought 3 rabbits to Bushkids today to skin, clean, prepare and cook … Read more
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