Values



Aroha - empathy for others Manakitanga- caring for others Matauranga - seeking knowledge/gaining education Whanaungatanga - family and community sharing Mana - respect for and from others Wairua - spirituality Mauri - life force
 * Interwoven with these values are the Maori values of:**

=RESPONSIBILITY= The home is a rich environment to start the responsibility habit. You can’t just start it once they enter daycare, preschool, school, or group settings with lots of kids. It must be something you nurture, encourage and reinforce. All families are different, that’s ok - just be consistent in your approach. Use everyday routines and habits with your young child to foster growth in responsibility.

Here are some ideas :

Eating, setting the table, pouring a drink

Dressing themselves, washing their face, cleaning their teeth, brushing/combing hair

Bath time, washing themselves. Cleaning up bathroom, clothing.

Bed wetting- taking off wet clothes and putting in the hamper, taking off own sheets

Laundry, putting clothes in the hamper, loading/unloading the washer or drier. Passing a named item to be hung” Pass me a sock please. “

Cooking, finding ingredients ( 2 eggs), washing the veg, stirring the mixture/pot, adding the raisins, Choosing the dinner vegetables ( carrots or broccoli tonight?)

Cleaning up: bedroom, play areas, floor

Packing lunch into their lunchbox and putting it in their school bag.

Taking care of school readers and library books or homework book

Bringing spelling lists home

Delivering the school newsletter/notices to you

Learning their surname, home address and phone number

Small chores around the house

Owning up to wrong-doing