Further early childhood resources

See materials that come with this resource down below to download the following resources

• Te Papa's publication: It's a bug's life
  Te Papa Tongarewa, in conjunction with three early childhood centres, has developed a comprehensive guide on scientific literacy, providing examples of practice, teaching strategies, and resources that align to Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga The Ministry of Education’s five science capabilities. It explains: “Scientific literacy is essential in today’s society. By enabling young children to investigate the living world, you’ll help them to build confidence, broaden their interests, develop scientific thinking skills, and build knowledge”.
• Te Whatu Pōkeka
  This is a useful foundation for considering and discussing a te ao Māori worldview in relation to science in early learning services. It also contains examples of practice, some of which link well to promoting scientific thinking and learning.
• Kei Tua o Te Pae – Book 13 Exploration
  This is a useful foundation for considering and discussing a te ao Māori worldview in relation to science in early learning services. It also contains examples of practice, some of which link well to promoting scientific thinking and learning.

More curriculum link resources

The Science Learning Hub - Pokapū Akoranga Pūtaiao

Explore New Zealand science education resources

• Climate change
• What climate change matters to Māori
• The impact of climate change and mātauranga Māori

Pūtātara - A call to action

The Pūtātara Toolkit provides information and links on a range of resources that kaiako will find helpful in teaching and learning about sustainability and global citizenship in Aotearoa New Zealand.

• Tūrangawaewae - Understanding where I stand
• Kaitiakitanga - Caring for people and place
• Whakapuāwai - Flourishing ever forward

Kete Aronui – taking climate action

These activities can be facilitated with tamariki within both the early learning sector and schools by kaiako. Each activity provides instructions, links to the curriculum (Te Whāriki and The New Zealand Curriculum) and links to Enviroschools theme areas and activities.

See materials that come with this resource to download:

• Conserving water (.pdf)
• Growing our own kai (.pdf)
• Improving biodiversity (.pdf)
• Large-scale climate action (.pdf)
• Processing waste onsite (.pdf)

(Note; the Kete Aronui activities are copyright Northland Regional Council and shared with permission).

Stories of practice

New stories are regularly uploaded to the Enviroschools website.

These stories highlight the mahi of many mokopuna and kaiako throughout the motu as they establish meaningful relationships, explore purposeful connections, and engage in mana-enhancing communication and actions through learning in, about, and for the environment.

Each story gives insights into practical and purposeful steps taken as mokopuna develop and deepen their understandings of how to ‘tiaki’ (to care, protect, conserve, or save) the environment through positive climate action, one purposeful step at a time.

These current stories of practice are from early learning services that are involved in the Enviroschools network.

Pukapuka (Books)

See materials that come with this resource to download Climate change resource books for kaiako (.pdf).