Ahma, The Spirit Bear, Part III: In Which Harriet Hooltga Gyemk is Saved and Jane Ha-Liimi Tries Not to Be, A Precis: Hibernation season is over and the spring brings fresh faces to the village of Mayaa’ol, or Bear Berry. Miss Wax’l and her mother have word that their niece, Jane Ha-Liimi [Musical Instrument], is […]
Today the girls are “hibernating” while the boys are out at work or play. We’ll be reading lots of books about Spirit Bears and having a “High Tea” with the following treats, taken from yesterday’s reading of Ahma, The Spirit Bear, when Ahma brings tea over to Harriet’s den to apologize for influencing Harriet to like […]
Today, we created two types of Spirit Bear Silhouettes: The Spirit of the Bear Silhouettes and Kermode Collage Bear Silhouettes The Spirit of the Bear Silhouettes The is a riff on an activity from our Advent Calendar, our Silhouette Self-Portraits. After we read about Spirit Bears online and in books, the kids fill in the […]
“I swear, I have never heard any better sense from any bear under my guardianship. Mr. Yeni-Marten’s a very smart Kermode, industrious, too! He’s done quite a bit to protect our salmon and streams from the men at the fisheries and their lice-infested, farmed spawn. Not to mention his honey, which is a miracle, Ahma, […]
Today, in our story of Ahma, The Spirit Bear, our Ahma paints the portrait of her friend Harriet Hooltga Gyemck on a piece of newsprint which has drifted into their village, and Mr. W’Nax takes it into Prince Rupert to have it professionally framed. Today, the kids made their own bear portraits on newsprint using […]
Ahma, the Spirit Bear, Part I: Old Married Bears & Unmarried Bears, A Precis Our story begins with a wedding. In the village of Maaya’ol (Bear-Berry), situated in a remote portion of the Great Bear Rainforest on The Princess Royal Island, the young Miss. Luup’is (To Sew or Tailor) becomes the bride of the widower-bear […]
ACK! It’s officially MARCH breACK! So here it is, a basic description and tentative schedule for this year’s MARCH breACK! Madness, 2013. Illustrate-Your-Own-Books 2013: Ahma, the Spirit Bear Each year, during MARCH breACK!, I write a little chapter book for the kids to illustrate, usually based on an existing tale or story. This year, Bea wanted […]
