This morning in the before school child care program i decided to bring origami paper . I observed that the children have enjoyed and done folding paper crafts with Mrs. John in the prior practicum . K.F. was fabulous at making origami dog head and flowers. So neat to see how kids can become creative with paper.
Stl’atl’imx Language Community
Today was St’atl’imx class. Mr. John was teaching the kids to say ama7 skan ku then say the food you like. I like ______! The children we more than happy to think of ideas of the food they liked and try speaking sta’tl’imx language. This Language lesson is following The Early Learning Framework through the Pathways for Engaging with Identities, Social Responsibility, and Diversity. Mr. John is not just teaching the indigenous children, he was committed to be inclusive to all children through language and knowledge sharing. Mr. John’s educational commitment to involve all children of not just indigenous decent but includes everyone is what Truth and Reconciliation is really about. Bringing back our cultural roots to our children and knowledge is so important for us as educators.