We All Count
by Julie Flett
Description:
Publisher's description (Native Northwest):
Whether in the country or the city creature or insect plant or animal a part of a big family or a small family we all live together and we all take care of one another we all count. Count along with Cree artist Julie Flett. This 20 page book features stunning illustrations alongside translated animal names and numbers. Julie Flett is a Vancouver-based Cree/Metis author, visual artist and illustrator. Julie creates stories for children that subtly explore the connections between language, culture and nature.
Author biography (https://www.julieflett.com/):
Julie Flett is a Cree–Métis author, illustrator, and artist who has received numerous awards for her books, including two Governor General’s Awards, the American Indian Library Association Award, and the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award. Her books have been selected for Best of the Year lists by media outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Publisher's Weekly, The Horn Book, The Boston Globe, School Library Journal, The Globe and Mail, and Kirkus Reviews.
Resource format: Picturebook
Age recommendation: Pre-K to Kindergarten
Keywords: Métis; First Nations; Cree (Nehiyawak); Cree language, counting, numbers, nature, culture, kinship, math, animals, board book, pronunciation, language revitalization, early numeracy, early literacy, art, Swampy Cree, Plains Cree, prairie dog, moccasins, family, harvesting, land, berries, fox, burrowing owls, ice fishing, fireflies, elk, one to ten, n-dialect, y-dialect)
Year of publication: 2014
Publisher information: Native Northwest
Teaching and Learning Ideas
Our team collaborated with new teachers, alumni of the Werklund School of Education’s Bachelor of Education program, to create teaching and learning plans for texts in this website. With audiences ranging from Pre-Kindergarten to Post-Secondary, lesson plans across this resource address a wide range of school subject areas, inclusive approaches, and Indigenous education topics, such as the revitalization of Indigenous languages. As this website was designed with Undergraduate Programs in Education instructors, as well as teachers in mind, connections to UPE courses have been flagged on each lesson plan. These lessons are intended as a starting place for educators, to help you envision ways in which you might bring Indigenous literatures, as well as ways of knowing, being, and doing, into your teaching contexts. Please adapt, use, and share these lessons in ways that are generative for your teaching practice. We offer our sincere thanks to the dozens of new teachers who gifted us with these creative ideas!
We All Count Special Education Unit Plan
We All Count Grades PreK-2 Lesson