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  • An activity sheet for early learning on where the food comes from.
    Activity: Where does our food come from?

    We often purchase kai without knowing where it has come from. This learning activity is designed to get tamariki to start thinking about sources of the foods they eat.

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  • Teacher sitting at the front of a classroom holding a paper cut-out of an apple, with one hand raised, engaging with a group of young children. Several children, seated on the floor and facing the teacher, are raising their hands enthusiastically. Behind
    Lesson 8 - Food processing

    A large amount of the kai we eat is processed. Show ākonga how kai from everyday ingredients are changed by processing with the morphing kai activity.

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  • An educator's resource highlighting how the whole whānau can benefit from physical activity.
    Physical activity

    The whole whānau can benefit from physical activity, so why not move more together.

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  • An educator's resource to help talk about food with the tamariki in your whānau.
    How to talk about food

    This resource will support you to reframe the way you talk about food with the tamariki in your whānau.

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  • An educator's resource highlighting the benefits to children as young as 6 months drinking from an open cup, rather than a sippy cup or bottle.
    Drinking from an open cup

    There are many benefits to children as young as 6 months drinking from an open cup, rather than a sippy cup or bottle.

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  • simple mat time activities for kids to try in early learning service
    Movement and mat times

    Try these simple mat time activities at your early learning service.

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  • Resource to help build life skills especially in the kitchen for Early learning of kids
    Kitchen Licence

    Early learning services can provide unique opportunities to build life skills of tamariki, especially in the kitchen.

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  • A resource to encourage little ones to gain confidence with cutlery.
    Self-feeding

    Explore more about how to encourage little ones to gain confidence with cutlery.

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  • Children engaged in art project at school.
    Lesson 7 - How kai makes me feel

    What and how much we eat affects the way our bodies function and feel. Encourage your ākonga to identify levels of fullness and then create emojis in relation to how different kai make them feel.

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  • Child's hands holding a flashcard labeled 'strawberry', surrounded by other flashcards with names of fruits including apple, pear, orange, watermelon, cherry, melon, and banana, on a white background with fresh strawberries placed to the side.
    Lesson 6 - Te reo Māori food vocabulary

    Gather your dictionary detectives to learn the te reo Māori words for different kai. Extend the learning by asking ākonga to find the translations to the kai in a language spoken at home or of interest.

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  • Teacher working with a group of four young children gathered around a table, helping them with a writing activity in an open, bright classroom.
    Lesson 5 - Kai and your body

    We can connect different types of kai with helping parts of our body function properly. Learn about the different kai groups with a card sorting activity and then help Sam by pairing the cards to the body parts they support.

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  • Group of children and a young woman planting saplings in a sunny outdoor park, participating in a tree-planting activity
    Lesson 4 - Seasonal kai

    Kai needs the right weather conditions to grow. Ākonga can familiarise themselves with foods available from chilly takurua to sunny raumati in this word search. Then test the class learning with the kai sorting by seasonal availability.

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