Chipmunk Circle: Pre-K to Kinder Indigenous learning in your classroom or library
This engaging and hands-on curriculum will delight your young students!
For ages 2.5 – 6
Our instructor will read storybooks from the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde and other Indigenous stories, with the help of Kwis Kwis, our stuffy (a Townsend’s Chipmunk.) The program gently introduces words and concepts that may be new for younger children. Crafts provide a movement and activity component to the learning. Instructors are respectful of Indigenous culture and traditional practices, taking care to be inclusive and adaptive.
All of our programs have been vetted by Tribal members involved in education, such as the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Curriculum Specialist and others.
Time: 30 minutes
Cost: $150 per class (up to 30 kids)
Please request this session using the form below. For questions, contact our Executive Director, Karen Rainsong: director@singingcreekcenter.org
Choose from these sessions:
Kwis Kwis Finds His Way
Learn about colors as Kwis Kwis explores his world (the plankhouse is BROWN), and explore the seasons with his friend Little Bear. Sort the acorns from the hazelnuts and try shaking the deer hoof rattle.
Coyote and the Stars
Learn about how Coyote moved the stars and help him form the river to find acorns for his friend Kwis Kwis! Search for the hidden acorns around the room and put them in the soft plush plankhouse. Color in a magic Coyote shadow picture.
You are the Land
(Coming Soon) Watch the video about this book with the author and illustrator, Steph Littlebird:
