Nose Hill Adventure with SaaKokoto

The new Medicine Wheel was made in 2013 - it was modeled after the same kind the Blackfoot people used to make on Nose Hill. SaaKokoto is now the caretaker of it. The number 4 is very special to the Blackfoot people. There are 4 sections to the Medicine Wheel - 4 nations, 4 seasons, 4 directions, 4 parts to the cycle of life, 4 parts of a plant (root, stem, leaves and the flower or berry)....
Ask me what else I remember about the stones of the wheel.

While we were listening to Saakokoto, we saw 12 birds flying in the sky - we thought they might be crows, but SaaKokoto said they were flying very high and they might be eagles! Then he told us the story of Eagle Boy.

We walked up to the top of the hill and then split into 2 groups. One stayed with SaaKokoto and listened to his stories about the Medicine Wheel and we went over further to sketch and look at bugs and insects.

We saw grasshoppers and butterflies that were red and orange. Colin even caught a wasp to observe and then let it go! Solomon pointed out a big black beetle on a buffalo bean flower and found what we think was coyote fur!

We had a great spot to practice our perspective drawing. We sketched buffalo bean flowers in detail, bushes and hills in the middle and far away we sketched the mountains and the city of Calgary skyline.

Have a great weekend - practice your lines and songs for our LEARNING CELEBRATION on THURSDAY, MAY 31st at 11:00AM - all are welcome to come and hear what we have been discovering about the animals and plants of Nose Hill. Our dioramas will be displayed in the Learning Commons after our celebration!