Culture - Day 3 grades 4-6 learning activities

Trivia question: Which Canadian city has the most people?

Mindfulness Activity:

• Walk around the room.
• Now walk slowly.
• Now walk normally.
• Now, walk VERY slowly.
• Walk normally again.
• Now, walk very very slowly.
• How does it feel? Which energy level is your favorite?

Supplies:

• White poster board
• Maps of Canada (a roadmap from a store or a printed one from online will work)
• Glue
• Double sided tape
• Scissors
• Wooden dowels (optional)

• Help your child cut the white poster board to 12 inches by 4 inches.
• Fold it in half lengthwise. This will be the background for the double-sided flag.
• Cut strips out of the maps: two strips 1 ½ inches by 4 inches, and one strip 3 ¼ inches by 4 inches.
• Trace two maple leaves on a piece of the map and cut it out.
• Glue the bigger map strip along the folded edge of the poster board so it wraps around both sides.
• Glue one maple leaf on each side in the middle.
• Glue the smaller strips along the other edge of the poster board so it looks like a Canadian flag.
• Flip the flag open and put double-sided tape around the outside edge. Don't fold it closed yet!
• Put the dowel in the crease and put double-sided tape next to the dowel to hold it in place.
• Fold the flag and smooth it as you go.

Supplies:

• Black Construction Paper
• Chalk Pastels
• Cotton Balls
• Paper
• Scissors

• Ask your child to cut out a mountain shape from a regular piece of paper. This will be like a stencil.
• Tape it onto the construction paper to hold it in place.
• Have your child colour on top of the mountain and onto the black construction paper. Make sure the colour goes about 1.5 inches away from the mountain.
• Continue colouring around the whole mountain stencil with different colours until the end.
• Use a cotton ball to rub the chalk to create the Northern Lights. Feel free to overlap the colours a little bit as you rub.
• Carefully pull away the mountain stencil. Enjoy your beautiful piece of art!

Supplies:

• Small rubber ring or any kind of ring
• Stick
• Piece of rope

This is a game played by many Indigenous groups including Mi’kmaq, Inuit and Cree. Children would traditionally gather a small stick, animal tendon, scraps of leather and small bones to make this game.

Make your own:

• Have your child tie the rope to one end of the stick. Tie the other end of the rope to the rubber ring.
• To play, hold the stick and swing the ring in the air to catch it on the end of the stick.

Ask your child:

• What do you like about living in Canada?
• What are some places in Canada you’d like to visit one day?
• How can we make Canada a place where everyone feels welcome?

Mindfulness Activity Answer: Toronto​