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

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

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

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

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

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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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