What's New

Now offering a schedule of upcoming online meetings and professional development webinars will address needs to support remote learning for First Nations.

The YSC Online STEM Fair is a chance for these students to share their sense of curiosity and passion for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). It’s also an opportunity for the public to celebrate STEM and get a glimpse into the next generation of innovators, researchers and entrepreneurs.

May 4-8, 2020

Join us this week for daily activities you can enjoy from home. Check out our interactive calendar to see our social media lineup for the week of May 4–8, 2020. We have animal names in Ojibwe-Cree with David Flett, Dene kitchen words, and talking about spring in Cree. Star Stories with Wilfred Buck will now occur every Monday! We have our weekly #mfnercgetmoving, #mfnercwordwednesday, #FNlanguagesmfnerc, and of course, #mfnercstorytime twice weekly.

Did you catch author Lucy Antsanen reading TthaNárɛltth’ɛr Live on our Facebook page? Now you can read along for free with this Flipbook version.

The March 2020 MFNERC newsletter, “Sharing our Stories,” has been mailed out to schools. This issue shines the spotlight on land-based education. Most First Nations schools offer some form of land-based education, but, so far, a standard approach to help guide teachers is unavailable. MFNERC is in the final stages of developing a “document guide” to facilitate the teaching of land-based education and to clarify key issues and concepts. The document will be unveiled and distributed to schools in 2020.

Today we are doing a live reading of Treaty Tales – The Handshake and the Pipe. Follow along with your own free flipbook version available now.

Sensory play is interactive activities designed to help children explore their 7 senses: touch, smell, taste, sight, hearing, body awareness, and movement. Check out these fun sensory play ideas using the materials you can find at home!

Are you looking for fun learning activities to help entertain your family? If so, you are in luck — the MFNERC Occupational Therapy team has some exciting projects on the way, including some playdough fun! Playdough is a perfect playtime activity for developing children’s fine motor skills. We are sharing an easy to follow recipe, along with interactive games and ideas.

The MFNERC School Psychologists have put together an accessible list of resources for adults and children related to coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. Rather than just providing links, this format offers visual and video thumbnails, as well as infographic and handout previews and other accessibility options.

Here are some fun free learning activities for Nursery and Kindergarten aged children that you can use at home.