Old Ways, New Ways
$24.95
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Old Ways, New Ways
$24.95
A card set for unlearning, remembering, and reimagining.
We’ve all inherited stories — about how to behave, who belongs, what matters, and who gets to lead. Some of those stories uplift. Others hold us back. Old Ways, New Ways is a reflective card set designed to help children and young people gently explore the difference between stories that confine us, and stories that connect us. Each card offers a contrast: a dominant message we may have been taught (the old way) and a grounded alternative rooted in Indigenous Ways of Being (the new way).
Whether used in classrooms, wellbeing programs, leadership groups, or at home, these cards create powerful openings for self-awareness, inclusion, and identity development. They help our young ones pause, reflect, and walk forward with more care — for themselves, others, and the world they’re part of.
What’s Inside:
Story Cards - Each card holds two truths: a common old belief we may have absorbed — and a culturally grounded, values-rich way forward.
Strengths-Focused Design - Centres belonging, bravery, care, and relational awareness. Every card is an invitation, not a correction.
Why Educators and Wellbeing Leads Love Them:
Sparks meaningful conversations about identity, culture, and values
Supports social and emotional learning in a culturally safe way
Easy to integrate into classroom routines, circle time, journaling, or restorative practices
Empowers children and young people to develop critical consciousness with compassion
These cards are for:
Primary and secondary students
Teachers, educators, and school leaders
Youth programs, social workers, and wellbeing professionals
Families who want to raise culturally aware and self-connected young ones
Use them solo or in circle. On Country or in the classroom. To listen, to learn, and to grow into your own Way of Being.
This is a great resource to embed Indigenous Ways of Being into any space.
Frequently asked questions
What is the idea behind Old Ways, New Ways?
Each card contrasts a dominant message or belief a young person may have absorbed—the 'old way'—with a culturally grounded alternative rooted in Indigenous Ways of Being—the 'new way'.
What themes does Old Ways, New Ways explore?
The set explores identity, culture, values, belonging, bravery, care, relational awareness and the stories that shape how people understand themselves and others.
Who can use Old Ways, New Ways?
It is designed for primary and secondary students, educators, school leaders, youth programs, wellbeing professionals and families.
How can educators use the cards in wellbeing learning?
Use them in circle time, journalling, restorative practice or group discussion to help young people reflect on inherited messages and consider more connected, strengths-based ways of thinking.
What is a useful follow-up activity for Old Ways, New Ways?
Ask students to choose a card that resonates, explain why, and identify an action that reflects the 'new way'. Groups can also discuss how classroom routines or relationships could better reflect belonging, care and relational responsibility.