Lovingly handcrafting unique, creative & beautiful kiwi resources!
I needed a creative hook-in for one of my small groups (that aren’t feeling too enthusiastic about talking about emotions) so I crocheted a giant brain (he was supposed to be life-sized, but ended up HUGE – 35cm-ish across? …which has added to the silliness!) He’s hollow, with an opening at the back, and the kids have written down the ideas they’d like to talk about this term to
April 2025: My beautiful Mum works at a special needs school, and recently needed a set of weather cards in Te Reo Maori and English to accompany a well known tune! All Kiwi kids know the following classic right?! Ma is white,Whero is red,Kakariki green,Mango is black,Pango is too,A E I O U! Wera is hot,Maku is wet,Makariri cold,Ua is raining,Mahana is warm,A E I O U!Mum was wanting some visuals
Get your class moving with this bilingual set of position cards – under, over, in and out! Click here to download your free set
Which band did you first see play live? For me it was Pearl Jam! Sharing our experiences of music in all its forms is such great connector across cultures, generations and tastes and can branch into deeper learning about politics, social movements and commentary on the times they were composed – there truly is something for everyone! This set of Music month challenges is a great way to get the
A simple set of action cards to match the Māori version of “Hokey tokey!’ You put your right hand in,you put your right hand out,you put your right hand in,and you shake it all about,you do the hokey tokey,and you turn yourself around,that’s what it’s all about!The cards are in Māori (with a brief English translation), and were designed for my hard-working-musically-minded-Mum to hold up for her students to see as
