Lovingly handcrafting unique, creative & beautiful kiwi resources!
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,
There’s nothing like playdough for creative play – especially if you remove the usual plastic cutters!My little man recently had great fun with a basket of shells and some twigs – lots to explore and investigate! The shells make beautiful patterns when pressed into the play dough, and are great implements for cutting, scooping and filling. Clip a few small twigs and leaves from your garden and you’ve got instant
You can’t get a more enthusiastic response to a science lesson than producing some magnifying glasses! A tub full of magnifying glasses is an essential part of any well stocked nature table, and is a great way to get your students involved in observing, comparing, describing and asking questions. A 10 minute magnifying glass lesson can morph into just about any curriculum area….. science (obviously!) language skills, art, research, writing
*Disclaimer – I’m not saying that all boys don’t like all flowers (my little man is a huge fan of flowers – especially if he can pull the petals off and stir them into a ‘soup’) and I’m certainly not saying that girls won’t like the following list – these suggestions are for those who are less than enthusiastic about ‘floral fabulosity’ or maybe think that flowers are just for
Pre children, my gorgeous hubby used to indulge in fire poi twirling, but since having our little Grub, his hobbies have become a little more child friendly! His latest obsession has included trialing and tweaking multiple different *secret* recipes for blowing giant bubbles…. ‘Bubbles’ was our wee boys first word, and as he’s grown, he’s gone from admiring bubbles, to now wanting to create his own! My clever husband recently
