UNESCO Literacy Day Celebration at Maskwacis Cultural College

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Rainbow Approach to Literacy

Ningwakwe/E. Priscilla GeorgeMaskwacis Cultural College

Literacy day celebrationSeptember 8, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLCk066o9sU

Up Where We Belong

We all have a purpose for being here. Creator has given us gifts for fulfilling

that purpose. Our responsibility is to help Learners

recognize their gifts and to develop them.

One way is to recognize and nurture Spirit, Heart, Mind and Body.

Four Principles/Beliefs

Attitude or InsightWhat my intuition tells me

Spirit/Vision

Feelings about self, others, the world around us

What I feel

Heart/Feelings

What I know

Mind/Knowledge

What I can do What I have done

Body/Skill

…the electromagnetic field of the heart is approximately 5,000 times greater in strength than that of the brain…

Childre, D., Martin, H. & Beech, D. (1999). The HeartMath Solution. New York, NY: Harper.

It integrates all our intelligences. SQ makes us the fully intellectual, emotional and spiritual creatures that we are.

Spiritual Intelligence

Language of origin Confidence – knowing Ability to plan, to start a process

Red/Ancestral Language

Speaking, listening, reflecting Balance, the place of choice Self-confidence, self-assuredness,

self-control and self-esteem Denotes fire – fire within

Orange/Oral Literacy

Moon – crops are planted and harvested according to the phases of the moon

Creativity

Yellow/Symbolism/Imagery

Growth – remaining true to the teachings

Respect and humbleness

Green/English or French

Truth – staying true to your vision The colour of the sky

Blue/Technology

Night-time sky – receiving messages from the Spirit World/Universe

Spiritual seeing Interpreting things from the

natural world Literacy of the Land

Indigo/Spiritual or Cultural Literacy

Healing Wisdom, the ability to understand

things True Power (inner and spiritual) Respect and know in a holistic

way

Violet/Holistic Base

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKJmuViLqgI

Because You Loved Me

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