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Brain Breaks for Children

Brain breaks for children is the simple technique in which they are given a short mental break at regular intervals. Brain breaks are great for when...

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Talking Reading Writing - Making It Fun

Your child’s learning starts the day they are born. They will learn at home, with whānau (family), in your community, and with their...

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Te Wiki o te Reo Turi

New Zealand Sign Language Week (NZSL) Te Wiki o te Reo Turi - This month, we celebrate New Zealand Sign Language week from 8-14th May. The theme for...

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Kapa Haka

Kapa haka is the term for Māori performing arts, kapa means to form a line, and haka to dance. Kapa haka involves an emotional and powerful...

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Foundation Skills for Learning

Foundation Skills for Learning refers to the foundational skills that are essential for children’s development before they begin to read, write...

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Connectedness to Water

Ko te wai te ora ngā mea katoa - Water is the life giver of all things. With the mornings a little lighter, and the Autumn weather providing us...

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Pacific Arts

Laufatu o fa`atufugaga Pacific arts Totō hau tōkiga nei, aua na tupulaga e fāi mai Plant a seed today, for the future generations What are the...

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Fundamental Movement Skills

Fundamental movement skills are important to the motor development of children’s physical, cognitive, and social growth. There are four...

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Encouraging Conversations

Encouraging conversations Te akiaki i te kōrerorero While children are born with an innate ability to communicate, the art of conversation requires...

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General Sound Discrimination

Phonological awareness is one of a variety of strategies children need to have in place in order to be well set up for success in literacy....

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