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Hello #YEG is a K-Grade3 curriculum based activity book all about Edmonton. Using activities like Colouring, Matching, Reading Comprehension, Word Search, Puzzles, and Mazes to learn Math, Science, Language Arts and Social Studies as it relates to their city. Young Edmontonians are led through the book by three characters Lucy, Atoo, Reena, each one having immigrated to Edmonton from somewhere else in the world. Hello#YEG is an educational resource for parents and teachers for local resources and lessons, please stay in touch with us through our social media streams.

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The Edmonton Passport


In addition to all of the curriculum activities you can find in Hello#YEG, we have included a city wide activity.  It is called the Edmonton Passport. It is a free activity, there is no charge for the activity, and to be clear the passport provide any admittance to any facility either. The passport can be removed from the book or downloaded from here.

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Stamps are collected by presenting the booklet to locations indicated for each of the different participants (info in the passport).  There are 6 stamps to collect, one from several options per page, you may of course collect more than one.


 

 Participating Facitilites:




ACT Aquatic and Recreation Centre

Mill Woods Recreation Centre

Bonnie Doon Leisure Centre

Confederation Leisure Centre

Eastglen Leisure Centre

Grand Truck Fitness and Leisure Centre

O’Leary Fitness and Leisure Centre

Hardisty Fitness and Leisure Centre

Jasper Place Fitness and Leisure Centre



Londonderry Fitness and Leisure Centre

Peter Hemming way Fitness and Leisure Centre

Edmonton Railway Museum

Jurassic Forest

Holes Greenhouse

Edmonton Corn Maze

SnowValley Ski Hill

Elk Island Park

Fort Edmonton park



Muttart

Valley zoo

John Janzen Nature Centre

Telus World of Science

Edmonton telephone Historical Centre

John Walter Museum

EPSB Museum & Archives

Alberta Aviation Museum

Rutherford House



Old Strathcona Farmers Market

Edmonton Eskimos Football Club

Hotel MacDonald

Garneau Theatre

Tix on the Square

City Arts Centre

Art Gallery of Alberta

Northern Alberta Jubilee

The Winspear Centre

Edmonton Reuse Centre

Mayor’s office
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Dear Teachers,


We sincerely hope that you find this book to be fun and useful in your classrooms and that it inspires your students.  If you school would like to have more copies in the classroom we do provide a educators discount, please contact us at helloyeg@jasonblower.com to inquire.

We have designed this book to add more local direction for you classroom and continue to work in the background to improve and expand the book. If you have some feedback or would like to offer suggestions for future editions, please email us at helloyeg@jasonblower.com

We have great plans for the future of HelloYEG and looking forward to sharing it with you as it evolves.

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Photocopying


We ask all teachers not to photocopy pages from the book, all the content within HelloYEG is copyright of Jason Blower. We understand that providing books to the classroom can be costly, but to ensure that I can continue to make great local learning materials like Hello#YEG, we need your support too. To purchase a annual photocopying license please follow this link.

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You would like to get a hold of Hello@YEG?


GREAT, THANK YOU! We love that!





  1. As always the preferred way to purchase the book is in person at many of the markets that Jason Blower, the creator of Hello#YEG is at. Can follow along with his updates at jasonblower.com , join his Facebook Page, Twitter, or Instagram accounts.

  2. You can also visit Jason’s Etsy online shop HERE, and have some shipped to you.

  3. For your convenience you can also find the books at these Local Edmonton Stores:

    • TIX on the square

    • Head Shoulders Knees and Toes

    • Art Gallery of Alberta: Gift shop

    • Chapters, Indigo and Coles stores

    • The Italian Centre

    • Audrey's Bookstore

    • Muttart gift shop