Salmon Invitation to Play | A Framework for Living Curriculum

Salmon carry teachings of reciprocity, resilience, and return. This Invitation brings those teachings into structured classroom practice through story, oral language, embodied learning, and purposeful role play.

Designed for daily use and long term learning.

Curriculum Foundation

Rooted in Indigenous worldview and mapped to provincial learning goals, this framework supports:

• Understand life cycles and ecosystems
• Oral language through retelling and story
• Seasonal and land based learning
• Focus and self regulation through purposeful role play
• Inquiry and reflective thinking

The educator implementation guide provides clear starting points, guiding questions, and documentation ideas while leaving space for local voice and community knowledge.

This is living curriculum.

What’s Included

• Storybook with flowing river and land silks to create an immersive classroom landscape
• One handmade salmon in Oceanic Silver or Spawning Red
• Hand carved wooden filleting knife and drying rack for embodied learning
• Salmon life cycle materials from egg to mature fish
• Natural ecosystem elements including bear, eagle, driftwood, stones, moss, and cedar sprigs
• Printed reflection and documentation resources

Built for repeated use and adaptable across age groups.