Canada

{FINE ARTS}

The Art Room by Susan Vande Griek
Breaking Free by May Ebbitt Cutler
A First Book of Canadian Art by Richard Rhodes
The Inuksuk Book by Mary Wallace
Mack Made Movies by Dan Brown
Stones, Bones and Stitches by Shelley Falconer

* Set up your own art room and do study the art of Emily Carr.
* Gather some large rocks and make your own Inuksuk.
* Tell a story in the Inuit art style.

{FOLK AND FAIRY TALES}

Amorak by Tim Jessell
The Flying Canoe by Roch Carrier
How Raven Freed the Moon by Anne Cameron
Orca's Song by Anne Cameron
Raven Returns the Water by Anne Cameron
Raven Goes Berrypicking by Anne Cameron
How the Loon Lost Her Voice by Anne Cameron
Lazy Boy by Anne Cameron
How the Robin Got It's Red Breast by The Sechelt Nation
James Houston's Treasury of Inuit Legends by James A. Houston
Maiden of the Mist by Veronika Martenova Charles
The Market Wedding by Cary Fagan
A Promise is a Promise by Robert N. Munsch
Salmon Boy by Donna Joe
Turtle Island by Jane Louise Curry

* Most of these books can be tied into either your geography or science portions below.
* Read one of the folk tales and have your children illustrate it before showing them the artist's illustrations.
* Add any creation story to a creation story notebook or poster and compare with others that you have read.

{HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY and CULTURES}

Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky by Faith Ringgold
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
. . . If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine
The Kid's Book of Canadian History by Carlotta Hacker
The Last Safe House by Barbara Greenwood
The Kid's Book of Canada by Barbara Greenwood
Loonies and Toonies by Michael Ulmer
The Winter People by Joseph Bruchac

* Create a mini Canadian history time-line.
* Print or sketch a large blank map of Canada and fill it with facts about Canadian history and geography.
* Do a study on the Underground Railroad.
* Do an Anne of Green Gables history / literature study.

{PHYSICAL EDUCATION}

The Drop by Jeff Ross
The Hockey Sweater by Roch Carrier
Lacrosse by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith
The Moccasin Goalie by William Roy Brownridge
The Final Game by William Roy Brownridge

* Learn the rules of hockey and either play a game of ice or field hockey together.

{SCIENCE}

Big-Enough Anna by Pam Flowers
Born in the Breezes by Kathryn Lasky
Canadian Railroad Trilogy by Gordon Lightfoot
The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford
The Inuit Thought of It by Alootook Ipellie
Kazan by James Oliver Kurwood
A Mountain Alphabet by Margriet Ruurs
Polar Bear Alert by Debora Pearson
Rain Tonight by Steve Pitt
The Sea Wolves by Ian McAllister
Secret of the Night Ponies by Joan Hiatt Harlow

* Study the sled dogs of the Iditerod and watch some video footage of the race.
* Study the wild horses of Canada.
* Do a weather study on hurricanes.

{CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD}

Baseball Bats for Christmas by Michael Kusugak
Christmas at Wapos Bay by Jordan Wheeler
The Flying Canoe by Eric A. Kimmel
The Gift by Joseph Kertes
The Huron Carol by Saint Jean de Brebeuf
The Mummer's Song by Bud Davidge
One Christmas in Lunenburg by Amy Bennet
One Hundred Candles by Janet Lunn

* Adapt one of the native-Canadian Christmas customs to your own traditions this year.
* Eat a Canadian feast for a special pre-Christmas dinner.
* Have your children write their own special Christmas carol explaining the birth of Jesus.
* Be mummers for a night.