Your Top Ten Favourite Aboriginal Resources for 2021
It has been an incredible year connecting with educators all across the country who are so passionate about bringing Indigenous Australia into their classrooms.
We just love how schools and early learning centres are taking our resources and applying them in the classroom to share knowledge and engage their students in learning about the rich history and cultures of our First Nations.
Armed with resources such as these, and through meaningful engagement with your local Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander communities, educators and teachers across the country can play an active part in promoting reconciliation and in strengthening children and students’ knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories, cultures and contributions.
Here at Riley Callie Resources we are passionate about connecting with other Indigenous businesses and allies, to source, create and curate beautiful learning resources that celebrate Indigenous Australia. This year we have added a heap new resources to our range, and have some exciting new resources planned for 2022 as well!
As we near the end of the school year for 2021, we've crunched the numbers and compiled this list of our top ten best-selling resources for 2021... check them out below:
Indigenous Cards Four Pack
Aboriginal Yarning Cards
Can You Culture Cards
IndigiSTEM Resource Kit
Possum Skin Ball
Aboriginal Peg Dolls
Aboriginal Story Stones
Hand Painted Clapsticks
Aboriginal Science Topic Cards
Kiya Doll
This Indigenous Cards Four Pack includes the Aboriginal Topic Cards, Aboriginal Symbol Cards, Aboriginal Tools Memory Cards and the Bush Foods Snap Cards. A total of $131.85 value for only $110. Purchasing this way saves you over $20!
Product Description:
Aboriginal Topic Cards:
A beautifully visual set of 30 Topic Cards about Aboriginal Australia. These cards are designed to be used as a starting point for learning more about the beautiful history and continuing culture of Australia’s Aboriginal people. Take these cards and use them as ideas for Aboriginal topics to share in the classroom. For any age group.
Cards are double-sided; one side with a beautiful visual image to accompany the topic, and the other side a snapshot of information to get you started in your learning on that particular topic.
Cards cover content such as: Kinship; Totems; Caring for Country; Uluru; Aboriginal Shields; Rainbow Serpent; Aboriginal Dance, and so much more.
Cards are A6 size and printed on high quality 350gsm artboard that is gloss laminate.
Aboriginal Symbol Cards:
A beautiful set of 20 Aboriginal symbols cards. The easy way to increase cultural insight of children by teaching them some commonly recognised Aboriginal symbols.
A6 size, printed on high quality 350gsm artboard, gloss laminate.
Aboriginal Tools Memory Cards:
This memory card game contains 25 cards (12 matching pairs plus an instruction card). It can be played with one or more players and is a great learning exercise, enhancing cognition and memory.
Children are challenged to memorise the locations of cards set out in a grid, and at the same time, through playing they become familiar with a range of Aboriginal tools.
Card images include: Boomerang, Clapsticks, Coolamon, Didgeridoo, Dilly Bag, Emu Caller, Fish Trap, Grindstone, Shell Fish Hook, Shield, Spear and Woomera.
Card size is 7.5cm x 10.5xm and all are printed on 300gsm gloss laminate for durability.
Bush Foods Snap Cards:
40 Playing cards for Snap or Memory games. For thousands of years, Aboriginal people have utilised and cared for the Australian landscape. Plant foods consumed across the continent varies greatly, and the harvesting of these foods forms an important part of cultural, spiritual and community life.
With this Snap Game (which can also be used as a Memory Game), children can learn about the important concept of matching pairs and also learn about some Australian native plant bush foods.
Australian educators have a responsibility to value and embed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, knowledge and ways of knowing and being, into their classrooms. One way to do this, is through accessing authentic resources that are grounded in Indigenous perspectives.
STEM is the perfect platform upon which to share with children about Aboriginal culture, knowledge and perspectives.
The IndigiSTEM Resource Kit includes both our STEM Activities Workbook plus our Educator Notes resource.
The Activities Workbook contains instructions for 20 easy to follow, fun STEM activities for early learners (3-6 year olds). Each STEM activity has an Indigenous theme or context. Examples of topics covered include bush foods, Aboriginal astronomy, creating bush shelters and much more.
The Educator Notes contains informative material for educators about Indigenous culture and knowledge. Together these are the perfect kindergarten or preschool resource for centres interested in including Indigenous Learnings into their sessions.