by PaituAdmin | Apr 2022 | Autumn, Celebrations, Nature kids, New Zealand Seasons, Seasons and Cycles
Traditionally, Easter is a Northern Hemisphere spring festival based on Christian faith and Pagan origins and so celebrates springtime signs of rebirth and bunnies and chicks. But here in the Southern Hemisphere we are moving through Autumn – and Easter is when...
by PaituAdmin | Mar 2022 | Autumn, Garden kids, Learning resources, Māori Seasons, Nature kids, New Zealand Seasons, Seasons and Cycles
What is the Autumnal Equinox? The Autumnal Equinox marks a shift in the seasons, a time when day and night are near equal length, and is celebrated in many cultures throughout the world. Equinoxes happen only twice per year, in Autumn and in Spring.While it is Autumn...
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...
