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Active Play

The Ministry of Health is releasing “Sit Less, Move More, Sleep Well: Active play guidelines for under-fives”.  Sitting less, moving...

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Learning Resources

There is a Ministry of Education requirement that Educators have a well-resourced environment for children, with a range of equipment to support the...

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Sensory Play

Sensory play allows children the freedom to explore, discover and wonder at the world around them.  These unstructured learning opportunities...

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Te Whariki - Early Childhood Curriculum

New Zealand’s world leading early childhood curriculum Te Whāriki has been updated. Te Whāriki, which has shaped early learning in New...

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Outdoor Play

With a little preparation, children can enjoy learning and discovering outdoors even on the coldest of days.  Once children are warm, dry and...

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Rocks

Originally started in Washington on a parenting website, with the first New Zealand Facebook group starting in Palmerston North, rock-finding has...

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Matariki Playdough

Playdough is a great sensory activity as children explore and use their creative skills to manipulate it into interesting shapes and creations. ...

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Matariki

Twinkling in the winter sky just before dawn, Matariki (the Pleiades) signals the Māori New Year. Traditionally, Matariki was a time to remember...

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First Aid

Nurtured at Home is committed to keeping children in care safe, and ensuring all Educators hold a current First Aid Certificate.  We are pleased...

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New Zealand Sign Language

New Zealand Sign Language became an official language of New Zealand in April 2006, alongside English and te reo Māori, and now more than 20,000 New...

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