Looking for family Summer Solstice Celebration ideas and inspiration? The light is longer, the days are warming. The sun is...
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Advent calendar activities
Printable advent calendar activities. Nanny gave the kids this strung-stocking advent calendar a few years back. What I love is...
Wooden peg dolls inspiration ideas
Painting wooden peg dolls at a busy time of year is probably not what I needed to be doing. I don’t know why I do this to myself...
Teaching resources for Wiki o te reo Māori
Teaching resources for Wiki o te reo Māori We embrace this opportunity to learn te reo Māori at anytime, and during te...
Creating a New Moon Intentions Ritual
New Moon Intentions Ritual Through the ages people’s around the world have observed and connected to the energy of the moon as...
What is Matariki?
Matariki is a season. That's how we celebrate in our home and that's the essence of what I was taught. A festive season with...
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Summer Hungarian flatbread recipe (Lángos). Preserving the feel of summer, festival feels in my mouth ... We have so many tomatoes growing I either have to make food, or preserve them! I wish I could say that I tried Lángos in Hungary, where this traditional flat...
Spring Equinox Celebration Ideas
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Matariki and grief
A goodbye brought Matariki to me. A winter good bye. A tragically unexpected goodbye. I was a mama. Or due to be.Our first baby. A full term healthy pregnancy. A naturally starting labour... ... then ... ... A baby in trouble. A mishmash of care. An...
Winter Solstice Celebration Ideas
Looking for family winter solstice inspiration? There is a chill in the air, the mornings are darker for longer and we return home in the dark on our evening walks. Winter has been approaching slowly, in the North, small tohu (signs) have been marking a shift in the...
Easter in Autumn
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 leaves...
Autumnal Equinox Celebration Ideas
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...
Autumn Nature Hunt
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...
New Zealand Seasons for Kids
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...
How to help kids to eat their veggies? Grow a garden!
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 know...
Nature kids 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...