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Together We are Canada!

This is a cute poem about Canada that you can read to the kids or that the children can present in the form of a skit.  I wrote it awhile ago.

(For example:  It's nice for a Grade 4/5/6 class to do as a skit for a grade 1/2/3 class during an assembly)

READ TO KIDS:

  • You can do it with felt board characters or make puppets for each child to wave during the appropriate portion of the poem.  
      
    • Cut out the image and glue a small square of sandpaper on the back to make it stick to the Felt Board. 
        
      OR
        
    • Cut out the image and tape a drinking straw on the back to make a puppet.
        
  • You can make an image of the province and/or the provincial flag for every verse (See KidZone Geography for printable province maps and provincial flag maps for each province) plus see below for additional felt board ideas -- 

SKIT:  

  • If presenting it as a skit, have the children split up into small groups (or singles) to represent each province.  They can memorize their portion of the poem or you can have a separate group of children do the reading. 
       
  • Have the children make some props for each verse to wave around during their verse and the final verse of the poem.  You can make an image of the province and/or the provincial flag for every verse (See KidZone Geography for printable province maps and provincial flag maps for each province) plus see below for additional prop ideas.
      
      
Verse Additional Felt Board Ideas Additional Prop Ideas
My name is British Columbia 
The jewel of the West Coast. 
Forestry and fishing are 
The things that I do most.   		 Fish coloring page

Tree coloring page

 Make pretend fishing pole and axe out of paper towel roles, string, poster board and poster paint
Hi, I am Alberta 
A wild west kind of place 
With cows and oil and mountains 
And lots of open space.   		 Cow coloring page Wear cowboy hats or hard hats.

Hold cow stuffed toys or bean bag animals.
I am Manitoba 
And I’m Saskatchewan 
We’re the golden prairies 
Where fields of wheat grow in the sun.		 Sunshine coloring page Wear sunglasses or hold sheaves of wheat.  Make a large sunshine from posterboard.
Hi, I am Ontario 
The home of government 
To me each year the leaders 
Of our democracy are sent.   		 Canada Coat of Arms coloring page Make a large Canadian Flag or small flags for each person to wave.
Bonjour, I am Quebec 
Here French is my language too 
When I want to ask “how are you?” 
I say, “comment allez vous?”   		 Make trefoils (see the Quebec Flag for what these look like) Make large trefoils from poster board (see the Quebec Flag for what these look like). 

Make a sign that says "Bonjour" on poster board.
Newfoundland, New Brunswick 
And Nova Scotia -- those are we, 
We are Atlantic Provinces 
The three musketeers of the sea.   		 Fish 2 coloring page

Fish 3 coloring page

Lobster coloring page

 Wear rain gear (jacket, boots, hat) to look like a fishing boat captain.

Hold fish or lobster stuffed or bean bag animals or make from poster board.
I’m Prince Edward Island 
And I know I may be small 
But without me all the rest of you 
Would have no potatoes at all.   		 Potato coloring page Have the smallest child(ren) represent PEI.  Hold a real potato or make from poster board.
The Yukon, Nunavut and North West 
Territories are up north. 
Through ice and cold and polar bears 
Few brave souls venture forth.   		 Polar Bear coloring page Dress very warm (scarves, mits, hats, etc).

Hold polar bear stuffed or bean bag toy or make from poster board
Together we are Canada 
One nation strong and free 
With sharing, friends and happiness 
Forever we will be!  		 Canada map coloring page Have everyone stand together with their props and recite this verse.
 

Print the poem only

or print it with a Maple Leaf