Monday, 21 June 2021

 Today we had a School Assembly for Indigenous Day.

Listen to an Elder talk about the importance of land

Significance of plants and animals on our land
Ask me about it?




Stories connected with the land


After the assembly we came up with....




All students at Vista Heights celebrated  Summer Solstice (start of summer by connecting with the land.

We read, 

We Learn from the Sun: Bouchard, David, Parker, Allison, Cameron, Kristy:  9781989122396: Books - Amazon.ca Click on this and listen to the book

We went outside and sat under a tree and connected with the land and read this book.

We Learn from the Sun (HC), 2020) - Indigenous & First Nations Kids Books -  Strong NationsDavid Bouchard: We Learn from the Sun





There were lots of rhyming words in this book. Read the words to me and I will tell you which two words rhyme







 Ask me how we connected with the land....

 We found the sun...

Plants that we eat






Celebrating the Land








 Ask me to tell you how I connect with the land.....













We read, 

Trudy's Healing Stone: Spiller, Trudy, Parker, Allison, Von Innerebner,  Jessika: 9781989122204: Books - Amazon.ca Click on this and listen to the book 

Trudy's Healing Stone - YouTube 


We collected some rocks and talked about  how special a rick can be....


 We will paint them to make them more special

We read,

The Eagle Feather: Locke, Kevin, Parker, Allison, Von Innerebner, Jessika:  9781989122228: Books - Amazon.ca  Click and listen to the book


Ask me to explain...


                  Happy Summer Solstice To All! | Summer solstice, Happy summer, Solstice

 Thanks,

Mrs. Malik