by PaituAdmin | Feb 2022 | Autumn, Garden kids, Māori Seasons, Nature kids, New Zealand Seasons, NZ Forest School Resources, NZ Homeschool Resources, Seasons and Cycles
Seasons of Aotearoa : Autumn Nature Hunt Ngahuru / Autumn offers up such a visual account of how the seasons change and an opportune time to talk to our tamariki about the seasons. A magnificent display of autumn leaves will soon colour the landscape on our land and...
by PaituAdmin | Nov 2021 | Autumn, Māori Seasons, Nature kids, New Zealand Seasons, Seasons and Cycles, Spring, Summer, Winter
Daily walks. That’s how it all began. Having a high energy, young pup, we had an obligation to walk him and let that energy out somewhere. Building an earth house at the time left us little energy ourselves for those walks, but we did – exhausted or not, rain or...
by PaituAdmin | Sep 2021 | Garden, Garden kids, Nature kids, Recipes, Spring
Time in the garden has always been part of our kids lives. From a young age, it provided a place to sleep in the shade nestled in the hammock or pram, a place to play in the paddling pool or help dig potatoes. We’d bring lunch boxes with extra snack as we all...
by PaituAdmin | Sep 2021 | Celebrations, Learning resources, Nature kids, New Zealand Seasons, Spring
I see you spring – creeping in. The mornings are lighter and the sun is sharing more warmth on the days that it hasn’t been raining and raining. My children and I have been walking when weather allows, balancing the home school, indoor device time from lock-down...
by PaituAdmin | Aug 2021 | Learning resources, Māori Seasons, Maramataka, Matariki
What is the Maramataka calendar? Many schools and ECE’s in NZ are taking interest in the Maramataka, the Māori lunar calendar. Maramataka translates to the turning of the moon. It observes the phases of marama (the moon) within in a lunar month. This is...
