We recommend inviting an Indigenous community member into the learning environment to help facilitate this holistic closing activity.
Instructions:
Learning Bundle closed through a holistic relationship building activity.
- Students collectively (one at a time) transfer water from one vessel to another (ie: large bowl). Each time students transfer water ie: spoon it over, student puts their good thoughts/intentions into the water.
- Class identifies a local body of water that they are connected to and care about.
- Class goes to local body of water to release water along with all of their good thoughts and intentions.
- If accompanied by an Elder or Knowledge Keeper class can put down tobacco (asemaa). To learn more about tobacco teachings and tobacco protocols, please check out the Teacher’s Guide.
Optional Extension:
Students find a quiet spot near water and reflect on the experience of releasing water in their Outdoor Learning Journals (introduced in the Teacher’s Guide).