📚Early Childhood Education📚

What EATucation offers

At EATucation, we don’t charge per unit.
Our annual subscription of $5 (excl. GST) per ECE student, per year gives you access to everything we have to offer!

Culture First

Our commitment to culturally responsive teaching practices ensures ākonga can celebrate their cultural heritage within a safe and inclusive learning environment. Our resources provide opportunities for ākonga to bring their prior knowledge and cultural backgrounds into the classroom, where they can be shared and celebrated. In doing so, we create a rich, multicultural dialogue around food that acknowledges cultural diversity, honors Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and strengthens community bonds.

Safe Food Narratives & Body Image Development

Our resources are crafted with input from Nutritionists and Eating Disorder Mental Health Specialists, ensuring they are evidence-based and sensitive to young people's needs. Our approach actively avoids guilt/shame narratives as this language has been shown to be harmful, particularly for minoritised students and those experiencing food insecurity. We focus on fostering a balanced relationship with food by promoting its positive role in community building and self-discovery. By empowering ākonga with the gift of food literacy, we encourage informed food choices that support positive body image development.

Dyslexic and Neurodivergent Considerations

At EATucation, we believe that cooking is a universal language that embraces diversity. We aspire to empower all neurodivergent ākonga by helping them find their unique recipe for success!

All our resources are compatible with text-to-speech tools and can be read aloud to students. We also use neurodivergent-friendly fonts and have supportive word and page spacing and formatting to support reading and ākonga accessibility.

Early Childhood Education Units

We believe in the power of food education to transform lives right from the start! ECE kaiako know this better than anyone, which is why we have created our resources to support kaiako in the invaluable contribution they make to learners’ lives.

EATucation’s ready-made resources draw on our Food Literacy Framework and are informed by the Principles of Te Whāriki. This ensures the identity, language, & culture of mokopuna are reflected in our learning materials that contribute to an inclusive food curriculum that builds clear pathways from ECE to adulthood.

We all know kids can be tough customers! EATucation’s ready-made resources support mokopuna to grow their appreciation of various foods, which helps whānau & kaiako to ensure mokopuna understand the value of (and are excited to eat!) the balanced diet they need to succeed in learning & life.

We will introduce new units each year to keep our content fresh and relevant. See below for our new 2025 units!

🍃 ECE 2025 Units

  • Pack a Picnic
  • Food and Friends
  • Stay Safe Cooks
  • Food Facts