Kia ako - Learn

Friendship

Main text

Listen the story The Rainbow Fish to learn interesting facts about:

  • Why making friends and sharing is important.

  • What happened after The Rainbow Fish shared his scales.

  • How kindness is important in your life.

  • Sharing is caring, it makes you happy. 💙

Complimentary texts

Choose at least 3 of these stories. What do these stories tell you about the idea of friendship?

Dragons! Dragons! Dragons!

The Crocodile's Christmas Jandals

Kindness is my super power, by Arlisha Ortego

The bear who shared, by Catherine Rayner

The very cranky bear, by Nick Bland

The selfish crocodile, by Faustin Charles

A sick day for Amos McGee, by Philip Stead

Scaffolding texts

Read these stories to find out more about what the idea of friendship is all about.

That's (not) mine, by Anna Kang

Being a Friend

Being a friend

Read and listen to this wonderful poem about what it means to be a friend.

Be kind to everyone

Listen and learn this song to learn more about how you can be kind to others.

Challenging text

Rainbow Fish Keeps his Scales .pdf

The Rainbow Fish Keeps His Scales

Read this story to find out what would have happened if the Rainbow Fish had kept his scales...