Kidpower for Young Children

Teachers' Multimedia Resource Kit - New Zealand Curriculum

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A multimedia resource kit for New Zealand teachers of young children ages 0-7 years to help you teach and practise 'Safety Powers' skills with your group of children in fun, non-scary ways. Activities include songs, videos, cards, and more.
Individual and group pricing options available

Price in USD - approximately NZD $170

Kidpower for Young Children

Teachers' Multimedia Resource Kit - New Zealand Curriculum

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Why choose Kidpower Young Children's Programme to teach safety skills to children 0-7 years?

Blending New Zealand Curriculum Requirements with Kidpower Positive Teaching Methodology

Each skill set provides concise information about the aims of the skills and easy-to-follow guides to help teachers introduce and practise emotional and personal safety skills to young children ages 0-7 years. All of which are designed to meet the needs of New Zealand curriculum requirements as well as being culturally relevant.

Each section, based on a specific skill-set, offers a variety of activities to support your group of children's learning through the use of puppets, art, language, literacy exercises, songs, emotion cards, and more.

Each skill-set incorporates Keys to Success, part of Kidpower's Positive Teaching Methodology, to help children learn effectively, which are to:

  • Make it fun – because people learn better when they are having fun
  • Make it simple – because simple things are easier to remember
  • Practise – a lot! – because repeated, successful practice builds stronger skills and increases confidence
  • Make it relevant – because people learn a skill faster when it seems useful

What participants have to say about...

Kidpower Young Children's Programme - Resource Kit for Teachers

I have Walk Away Power!
- 6 Year old
The message is powerful and the evidence is clear; I'm already seeing the 'Powers' being used in the playground and classroom.
- School Social Worker
We noticed a huge difference with our tamariki - they are feeling empowered!
- teacher
Awesome strategies to increase communication at home and help validate kids feelings.
- Parent
I know, we could use our Brain Power to come up with an idea.
- 4 year old
This is a fantastic tool that we and the children use daily.
- teacher

What's included in our Kidpower Teachers' Resource Kit?

Learn 'People Safety' Skills

Share important skills with the children you support.

Help them learn how to make a problem better instead of bigger, have better communication skills, and build healthier relationships with the important people in their lives.

Get ready-made materials to teach safety skills

  • Downloadable trauma-informed comprehensive teacher guide  
  • Teacher booklets for each safety skill-set  
  • Practice sheets & activities
  • Videos 
  • Songs & lyrics
  • Posters

Support joyful learning with songs

Lyrics sheet example

9 Activity booklets built around these concepts & issues:

  1. Four Safety Rules   What IS safe? What is NOT safe? And, understanding consent
  2. Get Help Power   When safety is at stake
  3. Fence Power   Setting boundaries
  4. Rubbish Bin Power   Verbal abuse prevention
  5. Move Away Power   Dealing with imminent danger
  6. Stop Power   Setting and respecting boundaries
  7. The Kidpower Letterbox  Emotional literacy skills
  8. Bullying Prevention   Self-regulation skills
  9. Review & Encouragement   Motivation-based learning 

Puppet Power

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Practise Power

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Story Power

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Power of Kidpower Songs

Sample from: Move Away - Trust your feeling when something does not feel safe.
Sample from Private Parts - Private parts are private and when others need to touch them for health reasons, it should never be a secret.

What makes this resource for teachers stand out?

Positive practical approach

The written, visual, audio content provided in this resource kit help teachers to focus on teaching emotional literacy skills to young children and 'people safety' skills in age-appropriate ways to children aged 0-7 and to focus in fun ways on the skills they need instead of on the scary reasons why they need them. 

Designed for New Zealand

Kidpower International's 35+ years of expertise in providing educational safety curriculum stands out in this culturally relevant adaptation for New Zealand teachers.

Our Teachers' Resource Kit also meets New Zealand's educational curriculum requirements for children ages 0-7..   

Ready-made interactive skill-building activities 

All ready-made activities support young children's understanding of how and when to use each skill as well as provide teachers with guidance on how to present and practise them with children.

Materials include: safety signals cards, emotion cards, songs in English, Māori, and Samoan, videos, puppet role-plays, art based activities, and more. 

Kidpower Teacher's Resource Kit Pricing Options

  Price per person

Special early adopter $25 USD per person if you wish to enroll on your own. Use the 'buy' button below.

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 Price per school | single site

Special early adopter $540 USD per school
Our group rate includes a bulk enrollment for up to 30 educators working in the same location (school, agency, organization). Use the contact form below to request an invoice or more information.

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 Price per region | multi sites

Use this contact form to request a custom quote for your situation. Please tell us how many educators and locations (sites) you wish to include in your enrollment.

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Pricing options for schools

 Price per school | single site

Special early adopter $540 USD per school
Our group rate includes a bulk enrollment for up to 30 educators working in the same location (school, agency, organization). Use the contact form below to request an invoice or more information.

Need more financial support?
Read about our partial scholarships

 Price per region | multi sites

Use this contact form to request a custom quote for your situation. Please tell us how many educators and locations (sites) you wish to include in your enrollment.

Need more financial support?
Read about our partial scholarships

Need a custom quote?

Tell us what you need

  • Size of your team
  • Number of sites
  • Kidpower resources you are considering
  • Other needs

About the Author and Designer

Irene van der Zande

Irene, Kidpower International Executive Director, Founder, and primary author, generously gave permission for the adaptation of the copyrighted Kidpower curriculum to suit New Zealand Early Childhood Education Centres, Kindergartens and Junior Primary Schools and contributed time, creativity and guidance to make this project possible.
Patrick Jones - Course author

Cornelia Baumgartner

Founder of the New Zealand organisation, led the development of the Kidpower Young Children Activities & Resource project including adaptation, editing and production of the resources.
Patrick Jones - Course author
  • Amanda Golert created the drawings.
  • Simon Hartman designed the resources.
  • Fiona Bryan, past Empowerment Trust National Executive Director, provided major administrative support.
  • Early Childhood and Primary School teacher Lisa Piper inspired the production of this resource. She adapted aspects of the copyrighted Kidpower curriculum, making it more specific to New Zealand teachers, whānau and tamariki. International Programmes and Quebec Director Marylaine Léger and Quebec Instructor Chantal Collin created the first Kidpower song in 2005.
  • Early Childhood Educator and past Kidpower NZ Instructor Jan Sagar, Kidpower US teacher Jennifer Blackwood, Irene, and Lisa had creative input and field-tested the early songs.
  • Rick Stokes from 7th Sense Studio composed and vocalised some of the songs and recorded all of them.
  • Emily Bryan, Jahliyah Macdonald, and Janet Talamaivao brought the songs to life with their young voices.
The Kidpower Online Learning Center, part of Kidpower International, aims to help learners gain important 'People Safety' skills for themselves and to help educators and caring adults learn how to teach these important skills to others, using Kidpower's Positive Teaching Method™.

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