Boozho! Aanii! Kolamaalsii!

In the spirit of moving beyond Indigenous education “Events” and moving toward sharing the importance of embedding Indigenous histories, stories and voices in all areas of the curriculum I am excited to share a new learning opportunity to LKDSB classes in Grades K-8 .

This website helps educators to make connections between picture books written by Indigenous authors, the Ontario Curriculum and the Ojibwe and Lenape languages. This website is organized by language, and the curriculum connections are listed in the book descriptions.

Each book grouping has a link to a Google folder with videos of an Ojibwe or Lenape language speaker teaching you how to say some words. You will also find a word list and QR codes so you can put these words around your classroom, word wall, Learning Commons or elsewhere in the school.

The picture books will support curriculum connections and demonstrate to educators and students that the Ojibwe and Lenape languages have value in all LKDSB schools. The picture books that will be used are books that have been purchased for LKDSB elementary schools, so there will be a copy in each school.

This website was inspired by the work that educators from P.E. McGibbon and AA Wright did while participating in the Teachers Leading and Learning Project (TLLP). They have recorded their learning journey and have provided many examples of how they embed the Ojibwe Language in their classrooms in their blog that you can find here: http://fne21c.blogspot.com/ Feel free to use their Ojibwe Words of the Week resources in your classrooms!

Remember, picture books are great for ALL GRADES!