Australian Aboriginal NAIDOC Week Educational Kit

Explore Australian First Nations culture through hands-on learning

This thoughtfully curated educational bundle invites children to explore natural materials and engage with cultural learning in a respectful and age-appropriate way. Designed for classrooms and home learning, this kit encourages curiosity, sensory exploration, and meaningful conversations about Australia’s First Nations cultures.

Children can touch, observe, and interact with a range of natural textures and traditional-inspired items, supporting open-ended play and deeper cultural understanding.

What’s Included

• 1 × Large Wooden Coolamon Display Tray (approx. 60cm)
• 1 × Large Australian Kangaroo Hide (full length, approx. 150cm)
• 1 × Pair of Clapsticks
• 1 × Wooden Boomerang
• 10 x Wooden Peg dolls with Aboriginal Symbols
• 5 × Pine Cones
• 5 x half of black bean seed pods
• 4 × Banksia Seed Pods
• 10 × Gumnuts
• 20 × Double Plume Emu Feathers

Each item is selected to provide a rich sensory and visual experience, allowing children to explore natural forms, textures, and materials.
** All feather, skin hide, seed pods and hand made items may be slightly difference in sizes, colours and shapes. 

Learning Benefits

• Sensory Exploration – Engage touch, sight, and sound through natural materials
• Cultural Awareness – Introduce children to Australian First Nations perspectives in a respectful way
• Creative & Open-ended Play – Encourage imagination, storytelling, and role play
• Language Development – Support discussion, questioning, and descriptive learning
• Social & Emotional Learning – Foster curiosity, respect, and connection to the natural world

Perfect For

• Early Learning Centres
• Kindergartens & Primary Classrooms
• Montessori & Nature-based Learning Environments
• Homeschooling
• Cultural Learning Programs

This is an educational resource designed to support cultural learning and exploration. It is not intended to represent specific ceremonial or cultural practices.