Outdoor nature moves
Introduction
Nature inspired movements to encourage students to notice nature.View and download the activity in English or Te Reo Māori.
Outdoor nature moves – Notice nature
Outdoor nature moves activity card (PDF, 1,155K)
Activity
Head outside and find a quiet location with enough space so you won’t bump into each other.
- Reach up tall and strong like trees in the ngahere/forest.
- Bend down and touch your toes and Papatūānuku.
- Reach your arms out wide like the stars of Matariki.
- Curl up in a ball like te marama/the moon.
- Move like the waves in the moana/ocean.
- Fly like the pīwakawaka.
- Creep quietly like a kiwi.
- Run round and round like a cheeky kea.
- Reach up tall and strong like the trees in the ngahere/forest.
- Bend down and touch your toes and Papatūānuku.
- Lie down on Papatūānuku, eyes towards Rangi-nui (the sky), hands on your tummy, and breathe.
Māra tauhōkai mō ngā tamariki – Kitea te taiao
Māra tauhōkai mō ngā tamariki (PDF, 1,143K)
Ngohe
Kimihia he wāhi mauritau māu kia kore e tukituki me tōu hoa.
- Tū teitei, tū kaha inā he rākau i te ngahere.
- Whakapiko i tōu tinana kia pā i ōu matiwai me Papatūānuku hoki.
- Whātoro i ōu ringa pērā i ngā whetu o Matariki.
- Kōpikopiko i tō tinana pērā i te pōro inā he marama koe.
- Neke inā ko ngā ngaru o te moana.
- Rērerē inā he pīwakawaka.
- Ngōki haere inā he kiwi.
- Oma whakatoi inā he kea.
- Tū teitei, tū kaha inā he rākau i te ngahere.
- Whakapiko i tōu tinana kia pā i ōu matiwai me Papatūānuku hoki.
- Takoto tīraha ki runga o Papatūānuku ka titiro ki a Rangi-nui. Ka mau ki tō puku whai hā ai.