To build literacy skills through storytelling and storymaking; developing oral and written language through local Indigenous stories, SENĆOŦEN language learning, and place-based storymaking.
Focus: Exploring the connection between literacy development and nature-based learning experiences involving place-based Indigenous knowledge, storytelling, and learning through the natural environment.
Focus: Exploring how incorporating Indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing into repeated outdoor and nature-based learning experiences will support Indigenous and non-Indigenous literacy learning and foster student connections to place.
Focus: Exploring how repeated visits to a familiar, natural outdoor setting will affect play and interactions between students and the environment.