14 March 2025

Holi - Hindu Festival of Colour

Note: Spring Songs for Children YouTube video from The Learning Station includes lyrics.

Spring into the season with these VLC Databases

Keyword:  spring (printemps)

Note:  This video is primarily in the Mohawk language.  Both the closed caption and transcript options available do not recognize the Mohawk terms and have therefore assigned the closest English words and pronunciations, resulting in an incoherent and unuseable text.  The terms have been written as part of the video alongside their corresponding images; however, the English translations are only spoken.

English translation of Mohawk language used in the “Kanien'kéha Lesson – Maple” video

kahrhá:kon – forest

Wáhta ó:kwire – maple tree

Aotiharennawèn:ta – sap

Ka’nahkowá:nen – big pot

Tenhahnekóntiehte – He will boil it

Wáhta óshes – maple syrup

Kanonhsésne – at the longhouse

Tenhontenonhwerá:ton – They give thanks

Iorontokhá:’on – sap is running from the tree

When the sap starts to flow.....

Here’s a list of sugar bushes near Ottawa and Gatineau that have web sites. You should check the web site or call ahead to make sure they’re open for business.

Sugar Bushes – Ontario

• Fulton’s Pancake House & Sugar Bush (Pakenham / Mississippi Mills)
• The Log Farm / La Vieille Ferme (Nepean)
• Mapleside Sugar Bush (Pembroke)
• Proulx Farm (Cumberland)
• Richelieu Park (Vanier)
• Sand Road Sugar Camp (Moose Creek)
• Stanley’s Olde Maple Lane Farm (Edwards)
• Temple’s Sugar Bush (Ferguson Falls)
• Wheelers Pancake House and Maple Sugar Camp (Lanark Highlands)
• More: Ontario Maple Syrup Producers Association

Cabanes à Sucre – Québec

• Cabane à sucre Brazeau (Papineauville)
• Cabane à sucre Chez Ti-Mousse (Papineauville)
• Cheslock Sugar Bush (Val-des-Monts)
• Le Domaine de L’Ange-Gardien (L’Ange-Gardien)
• Gallant Maple Sugar Shack (Ste-Marthe)
• Sucrerie du Terroir (Val-des-Monts)