Resources for schools and early learning services

Discover our range of free, downloadable resources for schools, early learning services and whānau. From lesson plans and hands-on cooking skills, to guides on nutrition and physical activity, everything is designed to support you in helping children to make healthy choices.

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  • Salternatives

    Re-train your taste buds to enjoy less salt by substituting it with one or more of these options when you are preparing and cooking food.

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  • How processing changes food

    Large amounts of the kai we eat is processed. Processing makes kai available to us even after the harvest season has passed. It can also make kai taste better and safer to eat.

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  • Lesson 8 - Food processing

    A large amount of the kai we eat is processed. Show ākonga how kai from everyday ingredients are changed by processing with the morphing kai activity.

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  • An educator's resource highlighting how the whole whānau can benefit from physical activity.
    Physical activity

    The whole whānau can benefit from physical activity, so why not move more together.

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  • An educator's resource to help talk about food with the tamariki in your whānau.
    How to support food explorers

    This resource will support you to reframe the way you talk about food with the tamariki in your whānau.

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  • An educator's resource highlighting the benefits to children as young as 6 months drinking from an open cup, rather than a sippy cup or bottle.
    Drinking from an open cup

    There are many benefits to children as young as 6 months drinking from an open cup, rather than a sippy cup or bottle.

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  • simple mat time activities for kids to try in early learning service
    Movement and mat times

    Try these simple mat time activities at your early learning service.

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  • Resource to help build life skills especially in the kitchen for Early learning of kids
    Kitchen Licence

    Early learning services can provide unique opportunities to build life skills of tamariki, especially in the kitchen.

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  • A resource to encourage little ones to gain confidence with cutlery.
    Self-feeding

    Explore more about how to encourage little ones to gain confidence with cutlery.

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  • Lesson 7 - How kai makes me feel

    What and how much we eat affects the way our bodies function and feel. Encourage your ākonga to identify levels of fullness and then create emojis in relation to how different kai make them feel.

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  • Lesson 6 - Te reo Māori food vocabulary

    Gather your dictionary detectives to learn the te reo Māori words for different kai. Extend the learning by asking ākonga to find the translations to the kai in a language spoken at home or of interest.

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  • Lesson 5 - Kai and your body

    We can connect different types of kai with helping parts of our body function properly. Learn about the different kai groups with a card sorting activity and then help Sam by pairing the cards to the body parts they support.

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