Kea Creations Educational Resources

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Innovative and creative new ideas and activities for New Zealand classes

 Made in New Zealand, with a special focus on New Zealand based science, including wildlife, ecology and environmental education;

 Curriculum linked;

 Products include: beautifully illustrated, photocopiable resources Y0 – Y8, dominoes games and matching activities;

 Student friendly and great for ESOL and special needs students;

 Resources made to order  - when you want that special activity made, but just haven't got the time! (hourly rate of $33/hr and conditions apply*).

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Primary School Activities: Junior Primary   Kea Creations Primary Level System Kea Creations Level Year Level Level 0-1 Y0-1 Level 2 Y2-3 Level 3 Y3-4 Level 4 Y5-6 Level 5 Y7-8 Literacy Product name and description Native New Zealand Water Birds – card activity (in cardboard box - 14x10x5cm high). Match the named card with the un-named card, then find the missing name.Contents:18 cards – bird picture & name; 18 cards – bird picture only; 18 cards – bird name only.Includes the following water birds: Penguins: hoiho (yellow-eyed penguin), korora (blue penguin) & tawaki (Fiordland crested penguin). Birds that live near the sea: torea-pango (oystercatcher), toroa (royal albatross), poaka (pied stilt), tuturiwhatu (NZ dotterel), takapu (gannet), kotare (kingfisher), karuhiruhi (cormorant), tarapunga (red-billed gull) & white-faced heron. Ducks: papango (scaup), whio (blue duck), putangitangi (paradise duck), kuruwhengu (shoveler) & pateke (brown teal). Birds that live near swamps: Pukeko. A great visual literacy activity.Has been trialled in classrooms with excellent feedback! " This is a great learning tool and very educational. I would regard this pack to be the best selection of N.Z. birds and their names. .....I would happily use these in my classroom to educate the children about N.Z. birds" Carolyn M. (Karapiro School) Retail price : $20.75 Code : WB01       Room 4 students (Y0-1) at Karapiro District School enjoy learning  about native NZ land birds.     Product name and description  NativeNew ZealandLand Birds – card activity (in cardboard box- 14x10x5cm high)     Match the named card with the un-named card, then find the missing name.Contents: 22 cards – bird picture & name; 22 cards – bird picture & name; 22 cards – bird name only.Includes the following land birds: Parrots: kea, kaka, kakariki, & kakapo.   Birds of prey: ruru (morepork), karearea (NZ falcon) & kahu (Australasian harrier).   Honeyeaters: hihi (stitchbird), tui & korimako (bellbird).   Wattlebirds:tieke (saddleback) & kokako.   Flightless birds: kiwi, takahe & weka (and kakapo of course!).   Small birds: tauhou (wax-eye), piwakawaka (fantail), black robin& titi-pounamu (rifleman).   Cuckoos: pipiwharauroa (shining cuckoo) & koekoea (long-tailed cuckoo).   Kereru (NZ pigeon).   Retail price:$24.50   Code: LB01         Product name and description   Land Birds of New Zealand Dominoes game  (in cardboard box -14x10x5cm high) A dominoes game testing and reinforcing student’s knowledge of New Zealand’s native land birds. The set comes in a sturdy cardboard box (14cm x 10cm x 6cm). Each card measures approximately 10.5cm x 6cm (to the laminated edge). Suitable for 2-4 players aged five years and older.   Contains 80 laminated cards of the following birds:kea, kaka, kakariki, kakapo, ruru (morepork), karearea (NZ falcon), kahu (Australasian harrier),  tieke (saddleback), kokako, kiwi, takahe, weka,  tauhou (wax-eye), piwakawaka (fantail), black robin, titi-pounamu (rifleman), pipiwharauroa (shining cuckoo), koekoea (long-tailed cuckoo), kereru (NZ pigeon). Not a choking hazard. Price:  $38.00 Code: LBNZDOM     Product name and description   Water Birds of New Zealand Dominoes game  (in cardboard box -14x10x5cm high) A dominoes game testing and reinforcing student’s knowledge of New Zealand’s native water birds. The set comes in a sturdy cardboard box (14cm x 10cm x 6cm). Each card measures approximately 10.5cm x 6cm (to the laminated edge). Suitable for 2-4 players aged five years and older.   Contains 80 laminated cards of the following birds: toroa (royal albratross), karoro (black-backed gull), whio (blue duck), korora (blue penguin), pateke (brown teal), karuhiruhi (cormorant),  weweia(dabchick), tuturiwhatu (NZ dotterel), tawaki (Fiordland crested penguin), takapu (gannet), white-faced heron, kotare (kingfisher), torea (oystercatcher), putangitangi (paradise duck) pukeko, papango (scaup), tarapunga (red-billed gull), kuruwhengu (NZ shoveller), poaka (pied stilt), tara (white-fronted tern), westland black petrel, hoiho (yellow-eyed penguin).     Not a choking hazard.   Price:  $38.00 Code: WBNZDOM   Product name and description Introduced birds in NZ– card activity (in cardboard box -14x10x5cm high) Match the named card with the un-named card, then find the missing name.Contents:8 cards – bird picture & name; 8 cards – bird picture only; 8 cards – bird name only. Includes the following introduced birds: Sparrow (male only pictured), thrush, goldfinch, pigeon, blackbird, starling, Indian mynah, magpie.   Retail price:$13.35   Code: IB01     Product name and description NZ frogs and reptiles– card activity (in cardboard box -14x10x5cm high) Match the named card with the un-named card, then find the missing name.Contents:16 cards – frog or reptile picture & name; 16 cards – frog or reptile picture only; 16 cards – frog or reptile name and paragraph of information only. Includes the following native and introduced frogs and reptiles: Whistling frog, golden bell frog, green frog, tuatara, Archey's frog, Hamilton's frog, Hochstetter's frog, goldstripe gecko, common green gecko, jewelled gecko, common gecko, scree skink, forest gecko, striped skink, green skink, common skink. Retail price: $ 17.10 Code:FR01         Photocopy masters Product name Primary level 0-1 – Literacy in context: Native birds of NZ – photocopy masters. 45 pages of illustrated activities for the young reader/emergent reader.All activities are based on native New Zealand birds. Types of activities included: - Find the odd one out: circle animal that is not a bird; circle animal that is a bird; circle the bird that is different; circle the bird shape that is different; circle the bird beak that is different; circle the bird foot that is different; circle the feather that is different; circle the bird that is the same, circle the birdthat is facing the other way – visualdiscrimination - Find the one that is the same: circle the bird shape that is the same; circle the bird that is facing the same way – visual discrimination - Which bird is the biggest? (circle the bird that is the biggest) - visual discrimination - Which bird is the smallest? (circle the bird that is the smallest) - visual discrimination - Smallest to largest (cut the four pictures and put them into order, from smallest to largest) – ordering, visual discrimination, concepts of reading: left to right - Spot the difference (circle the five differences between the two pictures) – visual discrimination - Find the matching foot - matching - Find the matching picture(match the bird shape to its picture) – matching - Complete the pattern – recognising patterns - Match the word to the letter – letter recognition - Fill in the missing letter – letter recognition - Match the names (match Maori bird names to English bird names [pictures provided]) – matching - Colour the birds (find the birds in the picture and colour them the instructed colours) – comprehension - Alphabetical order (cut out the bird names and words and glue them into alphabetical order) – alphabetical ordering Price:$28.35 Code:NBNZPL01 Room 4 students (Y0-1) at Karapiro District School practice their writing skills.     Product name Primary level 2-3 – Literacy in context: Native NZ Birds – photocopy masters. 39 pages of illustrated activities for the young reader. This master contains a range of activity levels for a range of student abilities.  All activities are based on native New Zealand birds. This resource includes activities relating to the following Science in the New Zealand Curriculum, Making Sense of the Living World, achievement objectives:   AO 1.1    Student should be able to group the world according to living and non-living. AO 2.1    Student should be able to use differences and similarities in external characteristics to distinguish broad groups of living things. AO 3.1    Student should be able to distinguish between living things within broad groups on the basis of their external characteristics. AO 4.1    Student should be able to investigate and classify closely related living things on the basis of easily observable features.   AO 1.2   Student should be able to observe and identify parts of common animals. AO 2.3   Student should be able to investigate and understand the changes that take place in animals during their life cycles. AO 3.2   Student should be able to investigate special features of common animals and describe how these help them to stay alive. AO 3.4   Student should be able to use information from personal observation to describe how selected New Zealand birds live.   This resource also contains activities relating to the following English in the New Zealand Curriculum, Written language: ReadingLevels 2 & 3 achievement objectives:               Close reading – comprehension             Thinking critically             Exploring language   Types of activities included: - living or non-living? - identifying birds - bird movement - bird reproduction and growth - parts of a bird: draw, label or colour - native or introduced bird? - identifying native birds - bird beaks - bird food - activity: making a bird feeder - activity: making bird cake - activity: watching a bird cake - what are feathers made of and how do birds clean them? - different types of feathers - what are feathers for? - experiment: how do oils keep feathers waterproof? - experiment: why can a putangitangi (paradise duck) swim but a kereru can't?   Price:$28.35 Code: NBNZPL23   Memory games Product name and description Adult and baby animals – memory game (in Zippit bag). A memory game using the adult and juvenile forms of animals as the pairs, i.e. horse and foal, dog and puppies etc….. 12 pairs of different animals is each set.Not a choking hazard. Price:$17.10 Code: ABA01   Primary School Activities: Upper Middle - Senior   Kea Creations Primary Level System Kea Creations Level Year Level Level 0-1 Y0-1 Level 2 Y2-3 Level 3 Y3-4 Level 4 Y5-6 Level 5 Y7-8   Photocopy masters Product name Product name and description Primary level 4-5 – The word find book – photocopy masters. An illustrated wordfind book for the upper midddle to senior primary age group.  Contains 24 wordfinds (and their answers) covering topics such as weather, animals, countries, ancient Greece and Rome, cars, musical instruments and sport.  Some wordfinds have additional comprehension activities included.  An extremely useful resource for fast finishers during topic studies.  Wire bound with a protective plastic cover and fully photocopiable.     Price:  $20.55 Code: TWFB01   Product name Primary level 5 - Literacy in context: Birds of the NZ forest – photocopy masters.     A beautifully illustrated, 46 page (inclusive) photocopy master about the forest birds of New Zealand.  Resource is wire bound for easy photocopying. Contents: Fill in the gaps – NZ birds Interpreting text – Naming birds Fill in the gaps – Fantastic feathers Interpreting text – The structure of feathers Factual summarising skills – Feather growth, moulting and colour Increasing vocabulary – Bird words Pre- and post- reading knowledge –Bird movement – on land, in the water and air Bird movement – on land, in the water and air Fill in the gaps – Hatching and growing up Increasing vocabulary – Bird words   (NB: the following section features several paragraphs about the bird(s), and then a series of comprehension questions) Interpreting text activities for wach of the following birds: kiwi, kakapo, the black robin (toutouwai pango), hihi (stitchbird), korimako (bellbird), tui, tieke (saddleback), piwakawaka (fantail), mohoua (yellowhead) & popokotea (whitehead), ruru (morepork), kereru (NZ pigeon), kea, kaka, kakarirki (parakeets), shining cuckoo (pipiwharauroa), long-tailed cuckoo (koekoea), weka.       Price:  $28.35 Code: BNZF01