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Explore the sound made by the letter Q with this short video to engage kinders.
https://youtu.be/D2Fgq3PeK9I

See the whole alphabet:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC_5t1K6kosz54EJQ_98EtV3rAiyqiqiM

For students who don’t do well writing at a desk, bring it outside using curated “magic writing sticks.”
This is part of outdoor learning… a writing lesson and activity.

Just saw my first bear in TWO years - lumbering across the road near home, Chelsea, Quebec. I usually see bears every summer. Be safe, lovely bear.

Sorry, no photo but it looked like this:

This was full+ of tree seedlings earlier this year. It’s now bare. Many of what are left are tiny, waiting for next summer. It’s been a good summer for (quietly) planting trees in positive places…

I came across this ground wasp nest. It’s been dug up…what animal would do this?

I teach kindergarten and use these tree cookies I many ways.
Stack them: How many can you stack? Which tower is taller? How much taller is it?
Write letters on them: use for letter naming, phonemic awareness.
Have children write their names on them…
Count the tree rings and explore how old this part of the tree is.
Etc, etc, etc.

They’re easy to make. Students love them…

I was gifted these black walnut seeds. If all goes well, these will be next year’s trees to be planted somewhere…

I planted this pine about 6 or 7 years ago. I think this is the first year it’s produced pine cones. Very happy!

These photos are from a golf course in southern Quebec. It stopped operations about five years ago and has gently been recovering ever since. There are wildflowers everywhere, supported by some tree planting…

Our national capital commission is planting more trees and mowing less!
Good news in Ottawa/Gatineau - Ontario/Quebec. This is NCC green space with a bike path. New trees and less mowing are recent additions.

Since letting most of the lawn go to meadow, we’re getting more of these bumblebees! We’re in west Quebec. This is a bumblebee on what I believe is a native plant that just started growing!

It’s getting easier! Practice and bathing go a long way to help success!

It’s getting easier to trim the dood at home. Our Mondou pet store has a bathing station and then we come home for the hair cut. I tried without the spa treatment- wash, conditioner, detangler, blow dry but it’s so much easier after bathing!

Went to add the kitchen waste and found these lovelies.

Started planting willow branches in appropriate wetlands.
Looking for your experiences, challenges and successes.

Visiting the indoor track in Bromont Quebec. This place is amazing!

https://centrenationalbromont.com/

These trees, ash and walnut, were growing in the meadow in front of our home. We want it to stay meadow, so these will root for a while in pots and are destined for a new home in the community.
Happy planting!

Lovely group tree walk this morning.
We planted three willows along a creek, explored the wildflowers and found many of the new seedlings (about 300) in the recovering golf course.