Learning Story Exemplars
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On this page you will find Learning Stories from Aotearoa/New Zealand, and from all over the world. Some of these stories come from previous Celebrating Learning Stories conferences, others have been written and shared with ELP as part of teachers’s learning journeys. We hope that you can enjoy these stories, and find inspiration in writing your own!
Please also take a look at our ELP Learning Story Assessment Facebook Group. This group has been created by ELP as a place for teachers to share Learning Stories. Important: please remember to seek parental permission if the learning story has a photo or alternatively take out or blur the photo before uploading.
Browse through the stories below. To find a topic you are intersted in select from the options below on the right.
Learning Story for Raiha. By Maungaarangi Kindergarten and Whānau Centre
Rina welcomes Raiha to the wider Maunagaarangi whānau, while also acknowledging Raiha's own whānau as well as her strengths.
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Various. By Maungaarangi Kindergarten and Whānau Centre (Tauranga)
Various Learning Stories by the Maungaarangi team as presented at the 2013 Celebrating Learning Stories conference.
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Doing the Washing. By Megan Howell
Megan writes about her 13-month old daughter, Xanthe, exploring and learning about real world objects, such as the drier in this story.
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The Art of Balancing. By Megan Hunter
A Learning Story which highlights both Lily's learning dispositions as well as their connection to the philosophy at Longford Kindergarten.
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Alana’s Cat Tale. By Rachael Thompson
In this story, Alana's love of cats leads Rachael to help her sew her own cat tail.
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Time to Change My Nappy Mama. By St. Luke’s Mokopuna team (Tokoroa)
A story written by the team at St. Luke's Mokopuna aobut a responsive changing time with Jayden.
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Where Does Butter Come From? By Sudha Jacob
This Learning Story, written by Sudha, is a story that sparked a term-long scientific investigation that followed children's scientific thinking and inquiry.
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Kanohi Ki Te Kanohi. By Sue Fahey
Sue writes about how Breeze uses different kinds of literacies, visual, emotional, non-verbal and social.
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Willow Katakata. By Sue Fahey
A story about how Willow's happy nature can help facilitate learning.
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Atlas Ko Au! By Sue Fahey
The story of when Atlas received his first profile book. Sue is an infant and toddlers kaiako at Te Kohungahunga o Matangi Awhio/Auckland Point Kindergarten in Whakatu/Nelson. Sue's interest in ECE was sparked by her involvement with the kindergarten her...
Taitoko Kindergarten (Levin) – Learna’s Learning Journey. By Tania Jack
An example of one of Taitoko Kindergarten's Transition to School booklets.
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