Welcome! This is the sixth part of a ten-part Video and Blog Post Series, aligned with the songs on “Songs for Tree“. You can find an overview of this series and all of the other posts to date here. Let’s explore together the power of song to connect children with the land! Music Video & LyricsContinue reading “Songs for Tree – Video & Blog Series- Part 6: Tracks in the Snow”
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Songs for Tree – Video & Blog Series- Part 5: Bend but not Break
Welcome! This is the fifth part of a ten-part Video and Blog Post Series, aligned with the songs on “Songs for Tree“. You can find an overview of this series and all of the other posts to date here. Let’s explore together the power of song to connect children with the land! Music Video & LyricsContinue reading “Songs for Tree – Video & Blog Series- Part 5: Bend but not Break”
Songs for Tree – Video & Blog Series- Part 4: Lullaby for Tree
Welcome! This is the fourth part of a ten-part Video and Blog Post Series, aligned with the songs on “Songs for Tree“. You can find an overview of this series and all of the other posts to date here. Let’s explore together the power of song to connect children with the land! Music Video & LyricsContinue reading “Songs for Tree – Video & Blog Series- Part 4: Lullaby for Tree”
Songs for Winter
It has been a very wet week here in Williams Treaty Territory, just south of Lake Simcoe. The snow has gone, and I don’t see much sign of it coming back in the next couple of weeks. I have two songs that I generally find are great to explore with children at this time ofContinue reading “Songs for Winter”
When the Snow Falls Down
You can’t beat a really great snowfall! I can’t believe it is mid-January and I’m still waiting for the first big one of the season. At least we have a little blanket covering the land! Snowfall brings about so many opportunities to connect with the land in new and exciting ways, and it also promptsContinue reading “When the Snow Falls Down”
Tracks in the Snow/ Les traces dans la neige
“Tracks in the Snow” (Les traces dans la neige) is a song that I wrote to support children in looking more closely in the land during the winter months, and in learning to ask questions about what they notice. I always ask students to ‘fill in the blank’ as we sing together, and their suggestionsContinue reading “Tracks in the Snow/ Les traces dans la neige”
Lullaby for Tree/ Une berceuse pour l’arbre
The long winter is just starting to settle in, and in the land I live in, the land of the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee and Huron-Wendat, and the First Peoples of the Williams Treaties, we have received two good snow falls recently. It hasn’t been snow that will stay; it’s almost as if the land is tossingContinue reading “Lullaby for Tree/ Une berceuse pour l’arbre”
Land Heart Song 