Explore Your Manu and Rākau
Many schools, kura and classrooms have special manu and rākau they associate with. We've created these to add to your classroom and learn from.
Many schools, kura and classrooms have special manu and rākau they associate with. We've created these to add to your classroom and learn from.
DoC recordings of native birdsong all prepped for mindfulness, imaginative writing, tummy breathing time - you choose.
A calming game that paves the way for tummy breathing.
A game for identifying, naming and sharing emotions.
An activity for thinking about and adjusting our energy levels.
Teaching mindful breathing for focus and calm.
A fun, energising, memory-based game
This activity takes inspiration from the ordinary, yet extraordinary things in our natural world, as a mindfulness technique.
Helping tamariki understand and manage their worries.
Two games that helps students discover their inner pause button.
Our favourite ideas for teaching and encouraging gratitude.
Boost children’s awareness of the world around them.
A week of sensory fun and exploration.
Extending the connection between music and emotions.
Sensory kete promote self-regulation and calm.
A tool that supports tamariki to feel settled and calm.
Absorbing, simple activities that help students relax and find flow.
Our favourite ideas for boosting kindness at school and beyond.
A fun activity to help tamariki overcome inhibitions and get to know each other better
This is a great calm down activity and so simple to play
Traditional Māori breathing and mindfulness sequences.
A familiar and fun game that tamariki LOVE!
From our friends at the Department of Conservation, this activity combines physical activity, mindfulness and being outside. All of best wellbeing bits that tamariki love!
From our friends at the Department of Conservation, this activity combines taking notice of what's around us and immersing ourselves in the moment . Deep, calming sigh....!
From our friends at the Department of Conservation - we love that this idea is so accessible to everyone while in home-learning, and the combination of reading (learning) and being outdoors will help tamariki feel great!
We all know books have super powers. Here’s an activity that will use them to help tamariki develop emotional literacy, tune in to how others are feeling and know how to react to different emotions.
From our friends at the Department of Conservation. While lots of our tamariki love being outside, sometimes having something to hunt for can add a layer of excitement and increase the exercise!
From our friends at the Department of Conservation - this is a really simple mindfulness activity, only needing a quiet space to look and listen.
He ngohe hei whakaaro, hei āta whakariterite hoki i ngā taumata ngao.
Koinei ō mātou tino ariā ki te whakaako, ki te akiaki hoki i te whakawhetai.
He ngohe pāreka tēnei kia puta mai ai te tuakiri tūturu o te tamaiti, kia tuia pai te taura tangata hoki ki waenga i a rātou.
He ngohe pai tēnei ki te whakatau te mauri, ā, he mea māmā hoki te tākaro
Te whakaako ki te whakangā kia aro ai, kia whakatau ai.