Plants and Gardening Week

It will soon be time to start indoor seeds and before too long we’ll be getting back out into the garden. In this post we’ve pulled together resources to help you learn about plants and gardening throughout the growing season.

Gardening Quizlet deck from Anishinaabemowin Revival Program – https://quizlet.com/_2aewkd?x=1jqt&i=fmfx5

Here is a set of vocabulary sheets on water including in the garden and rain from Ojibwemotaadidaa https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ZigMMfwNa05g1Eao095WyGUktOL_zRmz and a Quizlet on watering the garden https://quizlet.com/_9kw4l9?x=1jqt&i=fmfx5

and some bug names just for fun https://www.facebook.com/anishinaabemowin007/photos/wiindmoshin-geygo-maaba-mememgwaans-%E2%80%93/1704648409557826

I like Quizlet because I find it to be useful to use with families. Here is a little video I made which explains how we use the app to play the matching games with the kids. This activity uses Quizlet decks with illustration like the gardening one we linked to above.

The Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Commission language resources include a variety that are helpful when learning about gardening, such as…

A workbook with activities and colouring pages focused on plants, garden tools, and growing http://www.glifwc-inwe.com/assets/Niibin_Wrkbk_a.pdf (answer key http://www.glifwc-inwe.com/assets/Niibin_Tchr_Edition_a.pdf )
This online game about garden tools http://glifwc-inwe.com/garden2/story_html5.html
Games about food and insects http://www.glifwc-inwe.com/niibin.html
Gitigaadan! a book about a growing seed https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gCbIRZsmXzQMGJeG_YcFQdjU7XhKJAUb/view?usp=share_link

Here is a Youtube playlist with garden related videos

The short videos below from Fond du Lac Band offer a look at various aspects of gardening and are accompanied by a transcript booklet so you can study the patterns and word choice more in depth. http://www.fdlrez.com/ojibwe/audiovisual.htm

Nokakamagageng kitigaaning (Turning Over the Garden Soil)
- http://www.fdlrez.com/ojibwe/seeandsayvideo11.htm
Epiitendaagoziyang mitigoog (The Way We Respect Trees)
- http://www.fdlrez.com/ojibwe/seeandsayvideo10.htm
Adaawenan Gitigaani-aabajichiganan (Shopping for Garden Tools)
- http://www.fdlrez.com/ojibwe/seeandsayvideo8.htm
Nanaandawawiizo miinawaa Onandawaabamaan Anooj-enaanzoonid-asiniin (She Finds Berries to Pick and Searches for Agates)
- http://www.fdlrez.com/ojibwe/seeandsayvideo3.htm
Ginaadoobiimin (We Are Fetching Water)
- http://www.fdlrez.com/ojibwe/seeandsayvideo2.htm

Waking Up Ojibwe has a cute finding game that you can use out in the garden, here is a video of us doing it and below you will find links to the instructions and printable sheet

Instructions – http://www.wakingupojibwe.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Mikan-Odaminowin.pdf
Printable worksheet http://www.wakingupojibwe.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Mikan-Worksheet.pdf

The below booklet and poster have information on a variety of plants in Ojibwe and English. I printed the booklet and put the pages in pocket protectors so we can use it repeatedly through out the summer and fall.

Click to access standing-medicine-people.pdf

Click to access summer-medicine-harvest-poster.pdf