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Anxiety Canada – The ABC’s of Anxiety
What does anxiety in kids look like? This link will take you to a resource that explores six different ways that anxiety can impact us and our lives.
Basic Cree Commands in the Home – Part 1
Daily commands are important at home. Cree Language and Culture Facilitator, Charity Cooper articulates in Cree language and English of the basic commands that we all do within our homes; in our workplaces, as well as in our daily conversations. Charity strongly encourages you to listen carefully and reiterate the Roman Orthography word. This video …
Be Fit For Life
The Be Fit For Life Network is a provincial initiative comprised of 9 regional centres, located in Colleges and Universities across Alberta. The Network works together, alongside many partners to inspire, educate and support Albertans to lead healthy, physically active lifestyles. Be Fit For Life Coordinators are experts in physical activity, working across sectors in …
Big Feelings Come and Go
Sometimes when we’re worried, mad, or scared we get big feelings in our bodies. This video series from the storybook Big Feelings Come and Go teaches kids about freeze, flight and fight, and what to do to help them manage their big feelings. You can also download a free PDF version of the book!
bokskids.ca
During the month of May, move every day by participating in the activities listed on our new calendar, specially designed for kids, families and students. For teachers, use our turnkey calendar to help your students get active easily virtually (see below for some tips on integrating the calendar into your daily lessons).
Brain Tanning
“Brain Tanning” overviews an event hosted in Peguis First Nation by Mike Sutherland. Mike hosted a cultural camp where participants had the opportunity to brain tan hides. They learned the steps needed to create leather from moose and deer hides with traditional tools and traditional practices. Other activities included in the video are the preparation …
Canadian Paediatric Society – Supporting Youth with Anxiety Disorders During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This link will take you to a resource focused on helping teens at home who are dealing with anxiety.
Caring for Kids
Canada’s pediatricians share knowledge and resources for parents in supporting optimal growth of their children’s mental health development.
chem4kids.com
This site provides basic chemistry help .It provides information on matter, atoms, elements, the periodic table, reactions, and biochemistry. Other free science sites from this site include Biology4Kids, Geography4Kids, Cosmos4Kids, or Physics4Kids, and a math site called NumberNut.com.
Collaborative Mental Health Care
Youth-Friendly Resources & Websites: This link will take you to a PDF, which features information about emotional problems, including anxiety and depression.
Core Strengthening Activities
Here are some fun exercises for early and middle years aged children to work on their core strength!
COVID-19 Youth Mental Health Resource Hub (Jack.org)
Jack.org, School Mental Health Ontario, and Kids Help Phone have partnered to bring the information needed in one easy-to-access hub so that youth mental health remains top of mind, and our communities are able to easily access the education, tools, support, and reliable information they need during this pandemic.
Cree Common Questions in Daily Conversations
common questions we ask one another in our daily conversations, such as “Are you done?” or “who are you with?,” etc.
Cree House Chores Commands
This Cree Language resource is created with a practice printing commands book. It will help to build the Cree language easily through reading and writing in the language and most importantly the visual photos help build language more easy to memorize and comprehend. It is written in 2nd person (if there is any ‘you’ or …
Cree Language Video Learning: Pamīsowinīk Tōtamowina Activity Book 1 – Bathroom Rules
This presentation consists of 9 ways to teach and learn the Cree language when you are commanding on the important ways to keep clean around the washroom.It has photos taken by Marsha Blacksmith. Each page comes with a picture and blank lines that any age group can read and write. It is written in 2nd …
Crisis & Trauma Resource Institute (CTRI)
This website has a collection of resources for adults to help with themselves and others with their mental wellness during COVID-19.
Dene Months
This video is for students and parents, as well as people who want to learn the Months in Dene.
Descriptions for Seasonal Clothing
First Nations Language and Culture – Marsha Blacksmith – Cree Language video/power point language learning: Spring Words’ – ‘Ē sīkwāk Ayamiwina.’ Target Audience: All ages from 4 years old and up.
First Nations Languages Program (FNLP) Youtube channel
The goal of the First Nations Languages Program (FNLP) is to revitalize, preserve, and promote First Nations languages and cultures. As such, MFNERC employs facilitators in all of the First Nations languages spoken in Manitoba – Cree, Ojibway, Dakota, Dene and Oji-Cree. The FNLP language facilitators also work directly with schools and First Nations to …
Foods We Eat Every Day – Part One
Agnes Carlson, MFNERC First Nations Language & Culture Facilitator (Dene)/Curriculum Developer, presents on Foods We Eat Every Day. This PowerPoint presentation is Part 1 of 3. Agnes has selected ten foods, including a beverage, from the Canada Food Guide. It is important to learn about the foods that we eat every day.
Gill Net Fishing in Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation
Watch and learn with cousin duo Morley and Darrell Moore as they share their experiences and expertise in gill net fishing.
Gopher
Free At-Home PE Activities & ResourcesCelebrate National Physical Education & Sport Week with health. moves. minds. @ home! Check out the family field day packet, activity calendars, and more free resources for staying active and healthy at home as you celebrate National PE and Sport Week.
Grade 7 Math Report Template
In accordance with Manitoba Education policy, the purpose of this assessment is to inform parents/guardians of their child’s level of achievement compared to mid-grade provincial criteria in Number Sense and Number Skills.
Grade 8 ELA Report Template
In accordance with Manitoba Education policy, the purpose of this assessment is to inform parents/guardians of their child’s level of achievement compared to mid-grade provincial criteria in Reading Comprehension and Expository Writing in English.
Grade 8 Reading & Writing Support Document
MIDDLE YEARS ASSESSMENT:GRADE 8 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS: READING COMPREHENSION AND EXPOSITORY WRITINGSupport Document for Teachers
Greetings in Dene
Today’s topic is on a sample greeting. In the Dene teachings, edlanet’e is always the first word we hear when we greet someone. In a formal greeting, we would shake hands. For this presentation, Agnes Carlson will briefly say a greeting and to share with you, where I am from and who my parents are, and …
Grief and Loss
This link will direct you to free video modules, which provide guidance, intervention, and postvention for grieving students. Each video time varies between 9-11 minutes.
HeartSmart Kids at Home
Downloadable activity sheets for educators and families to print and be able to continue to learn at home.
Indigenous Dwellings of Canada Colouring Book
Get ready to have fun and learn at the same time! Explore the many different homes and cultures of Turtle Island’s nations, past and present, throughout Indigenous Dwellings of Canada. Each beautiful, black-line illustration includes carefully researched commentaries by Katherine and Leo Pettipas. Not only do they tell fun stories, but offer informative glimpses into Canadian history. …
Interactive Jeopardy Game
An interactive Jeopardy game which educators can use to teach about the Metis nation and facts about Louis Riel.
JUMP Math
JUMP Math is primarily intended to be used by teachers in the classroom for kindergarten to grade 8. The resources are aligned to the Manitoba math curricula. It is providing free teacher essential packs and free webinars during COVID-19.
Let’s Talk Science – STEM at Home
A website that provides hands-on activities, videos, articles and science topics to engage online learning for children at home. Students can enter their grade level and search for science areas they are interested in.
Manitoba Aboriginal Languages Strategy
The MALS Annotated Bibliography provides a variety of teacher and student resources that language teachers can utilize for their language programs. This resource includes a listing of these resources in each of the First Nation languages and identifies where each one can be located. The website links are also included at the end of each …
Mental Health – Digital Resources and Crisis Lines
The following list of apps includes plenty of material for parents, teachers, children, and youth to support children and youth with various issues.
MFNERC Career Planning Project (Final Report)
Career Planning Project: Through the Education Partnership Program, MFNERC, in collaboration with Manitoba Education and Training, undertook an initiative to complete an environmental scan of career planning and exploration for First Nations students. The goal of the project was to identify what is currently being offered to Manitoba First Nations students on-reserve and to develop a …
Middle Years Assessment Grade 7 Mathematics
Support Document for Teachers 2007Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth
Mindfulness for Teens
This website provides the knowledge and resources to guide teenagers on how to start practising mindfulness. Mindfulness decreases stress and worry by allowing us to live in the present moment.
My Grief
MyGrief.ca can help you understand grief and work through some of the difficult issues you may be facing. This resource is geared toward parents and caregivers.
My Learning at Home – Manitoba Education
The collection of resources on this site can support your child’s well-being and learning growth, and encourage meaningful family-centred learning. New early childhood, Kindergarten to Grade 12, and adult learning supports will be added and updated regularly.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) is the world’s largest mathematics education organization with affiliates throughout the United States and Canada supporting teachers, students, and parents from kindergarten to grade 12. During COVID-19, NCTM is providing free resources for teaching math online including trail memberships, illumination interactives, webinars, lessons, professional development, and parent …
NRICH
NRICH is an innovative collaboration between the Faculties of Mathematics and Education at the University of Cambridge, part of the University’s Millennium Mathematics Project.NRICH provides thousands of free online mathematics resources for ages 3 to 18, covering all stages of early years, primary and secondary school education – completely free and available to all.NRICH aims …
Old School Offline Activities
Old School Offline Activities to keep your students’ minds in shape and occupied until they can return to school. *MFNSS generated resource.
Online Physical Education Network
You can look forward to content announcements and previews in June with professional development options to help you get ready for whatever the new normal looks like. OPEN will be here to support your work.
Optics for Kids
The Optics4Kids website is a resource for teachers and parents that focuses on optics – the science of light. This website is for children aged 5 and up and covers topics such as reflection, refraction and several others. The Optics4Kids website addresses Manitoba curriculum outcomes in the Grade 4 Light and Sound Cluster, the Grade …
Parent Brochure for Provincial Report Card
The Manitoba government is introducing a new provincial report card to enhance the quality of education in Manitoba and to build stronger partnerships among students, their teachers and parents.In the past, report cards were different in each school division and, in some instances, in schools within the same division. The new provincial report card will …
Parent Engagement Matters: Parent Tool Kit (Teen Edition)
A parent tool kit for communicating with teens.
PHE Canada
PHE Home Learning Centre provides access to practical and fun physical and health education activities.
PHE Canada – Home Learning Centre
PHE Home Learning Centre provides access to practical and fun physical and health education activities.
PHE Canada – Professional Development
Opportunities for professional development in the areas of physical and health education and healthy school communities is critical to the advancement of our profession.
Positive Coping Strategies
Keep the spirit lifted, the mind curious, and the heart at peace with these positive coping strategies.
PrevNet
This network was created to stop bullying in Canada. Bullying is an issue amongst children and youth, and now with the pandemic, cyberbullying may become heightened. This website has resources for kids, teens, parents and educators on promoting bullying prevention.
Problem of the Week (CEMC)
The Problem of the Week is designed to provide students with an ongoing opportunity to solve mathematical problems. Each week, problems from various areas of mathematics will be posted here and e-mailed to teachers for use with their students from grades 4 and up.
Provincial Assessments Aggregate Report Gr 7 Number Sense
Please use the template if you have not set up to the CAR (Collection of Assessment Results) System. Contact the Assessment Specialist for your region if you require support and assistance to set up and use the CAR for your school.
Provincial Assessments Aggregate Report Gr 7 Student Engagement
Please use the template if you have not set up to the CAR (Collection of Assessment Results) System. Contact the Assessment Specialist for your region if you require support and assistance to set up and use the CAR for your school.
Provincial Assessments Aggregate Report Gr 8 Expository Writing
Please use the template if you have not set up to the CAR (Collection of Assessment Results) System. Contact the Assessment Specialist for your region if you require support and assistance to set up and use the CAR for your school.
Quizlet.com
Quizlet makes simple learning tools that let you study anything. Start learning today with flashcards, games and learning tools — all for free. It Includes topics in the following categories: science, Languages. Arts and Humanities, Math. Social Science and Other which has computer skills. Discover popular Chemistry study sets on Quizlet. Study Chemistry topics like …
Remote Learning with Seesaw
Seesaw creates a powerful learning loop that brings together students, teachers and families to deepen student learning. There are many activities to support repeated home learning routines in all subject areas. It is free. *MFNSS generated resource.
Science Quizzes
ProProfs.com is a free online site that provides quizzes on topics in science and math. Each quiz has approximately 10 questions. It auto-grades and provides a certificate of achievement that can be downloaded and provide evidence of a completed task and score.
Shake Up Learning: The Student’s Quick Guide to Google Classroom
Google Classroom is designed to help teachers and students communicate and collaborate, manage assignments paperlessly, and stay organized. Google Classroom is part of the Google Apps for Education suite of tools and is only available to Google Apps for Education accounts.eded for activity unless you have a GPS app on your mobile phone.
Sharing Medicines
Join local Knowledge Keepers from the community of Pine Creek in the harvesting of medicines such as wihkes, sweetgrass, sage, as well as balsam and poplar bark or “kidney medicine.” Stanford and his family carry a rich history and knowledge of over 40 plants and medicines. They share about the preliminary and preparatory stages, protocols …
Simple Machines
Grade 5 Science: Simple Machines – Levers. Inclined plane i) understanding structure & mechanism ii) inclined plane powerpoint iii) inclined plane worksheet 1 Grade 5 Science: Simple Machines – Pulleys
Smiling Mind (App)
Smiling Mind is a unique tool developed by psychologists and educators to help bring balance to your life.
Spring – What do you see outside Ojibwe
A PowerPoint presentation providing spring weather images and Ojibwe translations with audio, with the focus on, “What do you see in the spring?”
Spring Birds in the Cree language
Charity Cooper, MFNERC Cree Language and Culture facilitator, shares the names of springtime birds in Cree. The following video features some of these birds and their pronunciations in the Roman orthography; you will also learn to recognize the singular and plural forms for each word.
Spring Goose Hunting asoyikēwin
During spring, we hunt geese, ducks, mallards that fly from the south. This PowerPoint presentation with audio, has a few words that relate to goose hunting. Also provided is a Cree Syllabics Chart with Standard Roman Orthography; along with a worksheet that students can work on.
Teen Mental Health
Teen Mental Health provides information, knowledge and resources for youth, parents/caregivers, and professionals to support young people in striving for good mental health. Topics include a variety of mental health issues and COVID-19 resources as well.
The Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing (CEMC)
CEMC at Home has been developed to support teachers, students and parents during these challenging times. Most weekdays, CEMC will post something for each of four grade levels: Grade 4 to 6, Grade 7/8, Grade 9/10 and Grade 11/12. The goal is to provide a wide variety of fun and educational ways to do mathematics …
The Land is our Classroom: Harvesting Moose with Kookum
“The Land is our Classroom: Harvesting Moose with Kookum” explores land based knowledge by drawing from traditional Anishinaabe practices at a family level. Join Elder Gladys Mercredi, her brother Fred Nabess, and her son Randy Mercredi of Cormorant Manitoba during their 42nd annual moose hunt!
The Manitoba Professional Learning Environment
The Manitoba Professional Learning Environment (Maple) is hosted by Manitoba Education and provides a private and secure space for Manitoba educators to access content and to communicate and share ideas. Maple’s mandate is to help teachers find and organize materials to support instruction. The site contains the Science Wiki and the Indigenous Education Wiki. The …
Treaty Terms in Dene
Lucy Antsanen, MFNERC First Nations Studies Facilitator, will go over Treaty Terms in Dene through a series of PowerPoint presentations. There are three parts to the Treaty terms. The presentations feature two dialects; the first one will be Lac Brochet dialect and the second one is Sayisi Dene dialect. Lucy will be saying the word …
Twinkle Resources – Dropbox Downloads
This dropbox link has various folders for physical education teachers and other school staff looking after the physical education and health program in our First Nation schools. Resources: Ball Skills Throwing Catching Activities, Fitness Assessments, Land-Based Activities, Year 3 Gymnastics Movement Lesson, Year 4 Invasion Games, Year 6 Lesson and Games.
Twinkle Resources – Dropbox Downloads
400 great resources for physical education teachers and other school staff looking after the physical education and health programs. Selected by Norbert Mercredi Physical Education & Health Program Facilitator, MFNERC.
Walkthrough of Mindcraft Hour of Code: AI for Good (Youtube Video)
This video provides a five-minute walkthrough of the Minecraft Hour of Code: AI for Good lesson in Minecraft: Education Edition. Watch the video for an overview of how to start the lesson and navigate each coding quest. Download the free Hour of Code lesson at http://aka.ms/minecrafthourofcode. This is an excellent resource for computer teachers to teach …
Weather and Temperature Terms in Cree
This PowerPoint and worksheets for weather and Temperature (Cree).
Zaazabigizhwaa Ginoozhe Agojiing – Fish Fry
A 5 step Powerpoint presentation on frying fish outdoors. It’s in the Ojibwe language with vocabulary and short phrases.
Ziigwan, Spring
Common questions we ask one another in our daily conversations, such as “Are you done?” or “who are you with?,” etc.