A Regina man is offering free online lessons for children to learn the Cree language while they’re at home during the coronavirus pandemic.
Regina Public Schools’ Jeff Cappo is using fun games to teach children how to count and translate words from Cree to English and vice versa.
Cappo, who is the school board’s cultural liaison, said he came up with the idea after he was approached by parents and teachers to come up with a supplemental learning plan that combines learning and games to keep the children occupied. “Cree has been lost for quite a while and the elders tell me that it’s important to hang on to our language.