Supporting Early Literacy
The first thing that comes to mind for most people when they think of reading/early literacy skills that it only happens when you pick up a book....

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Maori Language Week 2020
Māori Language week has been celebrated each year from 1975. Māori Language Day is September 14 and commemorates the presentation of the...

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Mixing and Making Colours
At Nurtured at Home, we provide different resources each month for our Educators and tamariki to use and explore. These resources could be used by...

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Sustainability
Role modeling for our children how to look after their environment – and in fact, the entire planet, for future generations - is so important...

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Working With Clay - Uku
At Nurtured at Home, we encourage play using a range of natural resources and those that can be found around the home. Working with clay is an...

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The Arts
At Nurtured at Home we provide our Educators with a resource each month to add to their educational kit. This month we have an amazing booklet which...

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Crossing The Midline
Crossing the body's midline is the ability to reach across the middle of the body with the arms and legs. This allows children...

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Early Maths Learning
Between the ages of 2 and 3 children develop their memory for the way things are done and the order in which they happen. This is known as the...

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Celebrating Matariki
Matariki is the Māori name for the cluster of stars also known as the Pleiades. They rise in mid-winter and herald the start of the Māori new...

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Natural Resources for Learning
Natural resources are those resources that we find in our wider world. Natural resources are gifts from Papatūānuku (Mother Earth)...

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