The Kids’ Guide to Canada project is a volunteer, teacher-led initiative connecting K-8 classes across Canada, learning and sharing across cultural, linguistic, and geographic differences to help build greater understanding, empathy, and respect for others. 2020-2021 promises to be nothing if not unpredictable, and with that in mind we are developing a number of flexible activities to support your Social Studies and Literacy curriculum needs, regardless of whether your students are learning in class, outside, at home, online, or in a mixture of learning spaces. Engage your students in truly rich and authentic learning opportunities this year from wherever you are! 1. CIRCLES of FRIENDSHIP CANADA JAY PROJECT: hand-sewn Canada Jays travelling from class to class facilitating students teaching each other about different communities across Canada 2. A DAY IN THE LIFE OF… A new writing project for Gr. 3-6 students to document and share what their daily life is like in their community (and during a global pandemic). 3 different days in Fall, Winter, and/or Spring. 3. GUIDED PARTICIPATION in the KIDS’ GUIDE PROJECT: a series of 4 virtual PD sessions for teachers providing ongoing project support, as well as info sessions addressing the skills and pedagogy of teaching online. Dates tba in August. 4. CIRCLES of LEARNING (NEW): facilitating grade-alike class connections around a shared topic of inquiry, with connected learning initiated by the teachers involved.