Discover exciting new cultural resources to enhance your teaching practice in 2024!
This year, we've got even more authentic and creative cultural resources that support you in your teaching practice and deepen children's understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives in an engaging way for those little hands and minds.
We've loved hearing how you've used our tried and trusted favourites with your students and children to engage, teach and tell stories.
So, from books and craft to puzzles and games, we've rounded up the best new cultural resources in 2024!
For a more in-depth explanation about each cultural resource, check out our blog post.
Children's books
Beautiful big books
Why educators and children love this cultural resource:
This distinctive series , illustrated and written by talented Aboriginal artist and storyteller Kiz Costelloe, teaches children about how food and animals are culturally significant and a source of inspiration.
Each book is A3 size with 16 pages and suits children aged three and above. The captivating illustrations and stories in big books increase imagination and sensory learning skills, so these tales of Country will provide wonderful classroom discussions that align with your teaching goals!
What books are in this series?
Our Yarning Stories
Why are cultural stories so important?
Research shows that children achieve more when they begin their learning journey reading stories that reflect the lived experiences of their community and history.
Each of these authentic collections from our cultural library contains ten stories focussing on connection to the world around us, engaging children to become life-long learners.
The sets that will make a wonderful addition to any children's book library:
Puzzles and games
Keep little hands and minds busy with our new board games, memory games and snap card games. These cultural resources are perfect for children to develop cognitive skills and hand-eye coordination as they learn about Aboriginal culture and history.
Kitted out!
Our puzzle and game kits are packed full of learning opportunities for the little ones. Let's see what we've got to offer...
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Art and Craft
Let's talk multicultural stamps! Why we love them in learning spaces:
Stamps make incredible painting accessories, can be used as a tool, as part of exploratory play, as well as for shape, colour and pattern discover. There are three sets in our new cultural showcase, all with six stamps in each set.
These stamps have been created in the perfect size for little hands, and are both chunky and easy to hold, helping children develop their fine motor skills
Lean into clean!
When little ones want to indulge in messy play, we want to make sure their smocks are comfortable to wear and can be quickly wiped down after use. That's why we love this cultural resource, which combines practicality and cultural knowledge for the littlest artists (1-3 years) and older children (3-6) years.
Room decor
Durable floor mats
So, you've got some hands on some hands-on cultural resources, what's next?
These colourful new designs are perfect for creating an authentically inspiring cultural space that supports open learning space discussions. We love to use them to create cultural corners, as well as different zones.
Are you ready to support your teaching practice with some amazing new cultural resources?
Shop the cultural showcase with our product wishlist here . Of course, we have lots more MTA cultural resources to discover as well.
Happy teaching!
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How do MTA's cultural resources support educators?
These resources illustrate stronger focus on embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives into both the Early Years Learning Framework and the Australian Curriculum.