Activity Ideas

Work with a Language Keeper to translate a Library episode into your language. Watch the finished episode together in class, then challenge learners to use the Sandbox to create their own stories using the new vocabulary.

Export a finished episode and screen it at a community event, language group or celebration. Seeing familiar faces, voices and stories on screen can be a powerful way to celebrate language and culture.

Choose a Mini Episode and ask learners to complete it with a parent, grandparent or Elder. Record the dialogue together, then share the different accents, dialects and family stories back in class.

Turn Sandbox scenes into printable PDF comic strips. Learners can colour the illustrations, add speech bubbles, write translations and practise vocabulary offline.

Create birthday wishes, thank-you messages, invitations or holiday greetings in your language. Add your own narration and speech bubbles, then share the finished video with family and friends.

In the Sandbox, pairs of learners each take the role of one character and build a conversation together. How long can you keep the conversation going using only the words you already know?

Use Sandbox comic strip frames to create flashcards, picture-and-word matching games, memory cards and labels for objects around your home, classroom or community space. It's a fun way to practise vocabulary while surrounding learners with everyday language.

Use the Sandbox to tell a story one page at a time. Draw illustrations, add narration and speech bubbles, then export the finished pages as a printable PDF to create your own bilingual picture book.

One learner starts the story by drawing the first frame, then passes it to the next learner, who continues the story. Keep going until everyone has added a scene.

Learners take photos during the day (breakfast, school, playing, family) then import them into the Sandbox and add speech bubbles and audio to create a video diary.

Create a welcome guide to your community. Photograph important places and landmarks, then import them into the Sandbox and add narration and captions to help others learn about your home.