Learning Story – Bushkids Snow Castle Construction The Week of December 6, 2022 What Happened? This Tuesday we continued to explore the lake. Every Bushkid spent time on the lake today and the kinds of play were so varied! The weather apps were saying it was a cold day with an even colder wind – … Read more
Learning Story – Venturing Across the Lake to the Deep Snow The Week of November 30, 2022 What did we do? This was our coldest day yet this season at Bushkids! We took some time in the afternoon to explore the frozen lake. The snow was hard and crunchy and had been blown with so much wind there was … Read more
Learning Story – “Land Leads Learning” on a Snowy Warm Day The Week of November 22, 2022 What Happened? We have had so much snowfall over the past month, and it snowed nonstop this Tuesday, with warm temperatures close to zero. This created specific challenges and learning and playing opportunities. We checked the ice on … Read more
Learning Story – Donovan’s Trapping Camp The Week of November 15, 2022 What did we do? This was our second time at Donovan’s camp and it was really clear that our Bushkids were familiar and settled in quickly. Last time a lot of our day was spent discovering the camp and surrounding areas and there … Read more
Learning Story – Setting New Boundaries in the Snow The Week of November 8, 2022 What Happened? We have had so much fresh fluffy snow over the last few weeks, and the Bushkids had so much fun playing in it and with it. What a treat! We enjoyed shaking the trees so an avalanche of … Read more
Learning Story – Taking Care of Ourselves The Week of October 25, 2022 What happened? This morning, in our opening circle, we asked the group what they thought we should be thankful for today. “The land!” was one of the first responses. We had such a beautiful day of exploring our land and harvests that … Read more
Learning Story – Swinging and Hiding/ Risky Play Week of October 11, 2022 What Happened? Even though we had one of our windiest and coldest days so far this fall, the Bushkids were excited to play outside and explore many different activities. They continued their Bush Stores from the previous session, cleaned and cooked a … Read more
Learning Story – Bush Stores Revived The Week of September 27, 2022 What Happened? On this remarkably warm and sunny fall day, many of the Bushkids revived an ongoing game they had been playing on and off for the past two years: setting up “stores” where everyone buys and sells goods either found or produced … Read more
Learning Story – Questions About the Ekwǫ̀ (Caribou) The Week of September 20, 2022 What Happened? Today we ate so much ekwǫ̀ (caribou). This was gifted to us by educator Cailey and her family. We shared questions about the ekwǫ̀: where did it come from?, how does it stay warm all winter?, what part of … Read more
Learning Story – Building Relationship with Ourselves, Each Other and the Land Week of September 13, 2022 What Happened? Bushkid “Why do you do Bushkids so much? Why did you start it?” Educator “Why do you think we do it?” Bushkid “Because it makes the kids so happy?” We offered tobacco and fireweed to the … Read more