Button Blanket Math Resource (primary)
To Borrow any of the Indigenous Education Resource Kits please email Sherry Burton sburton@saanichschools.ca and kits will be delivered and returned in district mail.
1 Blue Binder Activity Guide Book
Class Set of 30 Button Blanket Placemats: for button patterning activities, shape activities, etc.; laminated.
Four Large Shape Posters: Ovoids; “S” form; “U” form; split “U” form; laminated
Six Large (11 X 17) Button Blanket Posters: examples of different button blanket designs from Tony Hunt, Simon Dick, Carrie Weir, Dora Sewid Cook, Dempsey Bob, Joe David; coloured; laminated.
Eight (8 X 10) Large Button Blanket Posters showing details: coloured; laminated
Bags of Paper Shapes: four bags of 60 each of the following shapes—Ovoids, “S” shapes, “U” shapes, split “U” shapes. These are for patterning activities and stay with the kit.
1 Salmon
1 Whale
1 Large Black Custom Stamp
Bag of Buttons: Miscellaneous sized buttons for patterning activities.
Resource Books:
Robes of Power—Totem Poles on Cloth
Northwest Native Arts: Basic Forms
First Nations Art Projects & Activities
Integrating Aboriginal Culture with Mathematics K-12 (SD 70)
The Button Blanket: A Northwest Coast Indian Art and Activity Book
Button Blankets – 1 copies
Button Blanket