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CBE Indigenous Education Holistic Lifelong Learning
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It was another wonderful week in Kindergarten! Our visit with Knowledge Keeper Hal Eagletail was awesome...we did a very good job listening respectfully to his stories and asked him some really great questions!
Learning Intention:
Oral Language - listening and speaking form the foundation for literacy and improve communication, collaboration, and respectful mutual understanding
I Can:
- practice listening and speaking skills through the sharing of oral stories
- explore stories from the First Nations
- demonstrate a variety of listening behaviours
- ask questions to clarify ideas or information
It was a wonderful opportunity meeting Knowledge Keeper Hal Eagletail. Students were excited and eager to listen to his stories as well as his drumming. We learned how to say hello, goodbye and thank you in the Dene language. Lots of our new learning was connected to our Morning Cree song that we start each day with as well as the book 'Be A Good Ancestor', which we recently read. We talked about learning from the land, spirit animals, and the importance of the buffalo. We learned about moccasins, what the different colours and details represent, and about the important responsibility of protecting the environment. We listened to songs being sung in Dene, Cree and Blackfoot and could feel the powerful heartbeat of the drum. We definitely look forward to our next visit with Knowledge Keeper Hal. 💗
