Last Friday was Canada Day. It actually wasn't Canada Day in Canada until the next day but we celebrated on both the date here (1st July) and there. Since, of course, Australian's don't celebrate Canada Day you'd think we'd simply choose between the days but, we had so much planned that it seemed appropriate to spread it out over both days! And so we did.
I decided that we needed to explore the First Nations perspective, in the very limited way that we can and in a way that was appropriate for the kids. So, we focused on our First Nations story books (Kids Books has a good supply) and occassionally looked on line for related images. Elsa asked whether we can sleep in a teepee next time we go to Canada?! There I was thinking I'd introduced untenable dreams when we found this and now I'm dreaming too. Perhaps one day. For now, we made plenty of paper teepees and totem poles. We had fun and learnt some things too!
We also had our fair share of pancakes with maple syrup and these shortbread biscuits made with the help of these (perfect for our celebration!).
what a great idea! has elsa seen show "inuk" on abc for kids? it's an inuit cartoon from canada, based on a canadian artist's work. mae loves it!
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