Resources for schools and early learning services

Discover our range of free, downloadable resources for schools, early learning services and whānau. From lesson plans and hands-on cooking skills, to guides on nutrition and physical activity, everything is designed to support you in helping children to make healthy choices.

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  • A Heart Foundation poster comparing the costs and benefits of pre-packaged snacks versus smarter snack choices for children's lunchboxes, highlighting savings, healthier options, and reduced packaging waste.
    Snack smarter and save

    Save over $2 per lunchbox by packing smarter snacks for your tamariki. Time is a factor for all of us but using convenient pre-packaged snacks for your lunchboxes could be costing you hundreds of dollars across the year.

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  • Heart Foundation infographic with colorful fruits and vegetables, explaining the importance of neutral food talk for children. Guidance on moving from emotional or good/bad statements about food to age-appropriate, neutral language focusing on colors, tex
    PDF (685 KB) Your chatter matters

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    Our words matter. The language we use, the attitudes we express, and the values we place on certain foods can all shape how children view eating and nutrition well into adulthood. Make the move to have mana-enhancing conversations that keep food talk neutral and age-related.

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  • Children enjoying infused water with fruits, vegetables, and herbs at a summer outdoor gathering. Heart Foundation poster promotes healthy hydration with combinations like lime and lemon, apple and cinnamon, cucumber and mint, watermelon and basil, orange
    PDF (946 KB) Jazz up your water this summer

    PDF (946 KB)

    Add a little ‘party’ to your water by infusing it with fruits, vegetables and herbs. Try our combinations of infused water, this will help to keep your kids well hydrated over the hot summer months.

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  • Which plant-based milk is best?

    There is such a wide range of plant-based milks available, from soy and almond to rice and oat. But which ones are the best choices?

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  • Are some sugars better than others?

    There are lots of different foods and drinks that contain sugar. Often these sugars are added during food processing, and these are the ones that should be limited.

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  • A document designed to support the development of self help skills and manners
    Kōrero me te kai

    Kai time is a special opportunity for tamariki to create respectful relationships with Kaiako, and have their needs met and socialise.

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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 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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  • 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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  • 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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