To answer last week’s critical question, I found a web resource teaching children to care about the environment. The website is hosted by EcoParent, a magazine funded by the Government of Canada to promote “healthier and greener lifestyle choices” for families. The article I read was “How to Teach Children …
This week I was reflecting on the importance of place and changes in place over time. The location that we are focusing on in front of the Irving K Barber Library is an important location at UBC which cannot be separated from the past communities which have shaped and inhabited …
One thing that is very important to me as a future educator, and as a person, is valuing diversity. I believe that valuing diversity is directly linked to caring for others/our community, and that caring for our community is linked to caring for our environment. I have always felt that …
As I walked around my community garden I thought about the question “Think about the concept of knowledge. What does it mean? What knowledge is important? Who decides what knowledge is important?”. To me knowledge is freedom. I truly believe in that old saying that “knowledge is power”, and this …
The Queen Mary community garden sits on the edge of West Keith Road very close to my home. The walk is a short one, lined with trees on either side and provides ample opportunities to people-watch. Once at the garden, you’re welcomed by sounds of bees buzzing, shovels scraping, and …
With our inquiry question: “how can we enhance community in connection with the land through the setting of a community garden?”, I spent my time outside this week thinking about the ways we can grow relationships among a community of diverse people. How, in a setting such as a community …
This week we have been focused Well Being and Belonging from the Early Learning Framework (ELF) and connecting it to our inquiry question of how can we enhance community in connection with the land through the setting of a community garden. The idea of well-being and belonging is inherently tied …
February 1st – Group 6 team post (input by Kate) This week ew have been using the ELF section on Engaging with identities, social responsibility, and diversity to guide our thinking. We all chose a particular reflective question from that section, to think about in relation to our overall theme …
This community garden is located at the corner of Oak Street and West 41st Avenue, next to high traffic roads. During summer, my family had a routine of walking to the community garden and taking care of our plants. Even though my daughter resent going outside for walks, she was …
January 25th 2022 Post by – Kate Shapiro Today our group decided to focus on an element of the Early Learning Framework “wellbeing and belonging”, in relation to our overall theme of “How can we enhance community in connection with the land?” at a community garden near our home. I …
