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Indigenous Bush Tucker Set - Noongar Wooden Witchetty Grubs & Coolamon
| Recommended Age | 3+ yrs |
| Product Size | Coolamon 11 x 11 x 3 |
SKU: 137069
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Bardi is the Noongar name for Witchetty Grub. Bardi Grubs (Witchety Grubs) are the larva of a moth. They can be found in the root system of the Witchetty Bush, in the stems of Wilyawa 'Red-Eyed Wattle' and in the trunks of dying Balga 'Grass Tree'. Bardi are very high in protein - did you know eating 10 Bardi would be enough protein to feed an adult for a full day! Depending on your taste buds - Bardi can taste a bit like almonds, peanuts or scrambled eggs! When cooked the Bardi skin is sort of like biting into chicken-skin. Incorporating mereny waabiny kadadjiny 'food play learning' resources into your home corner or role play areas create opportunities to embed Aboriginal culture into curriculum. Koolangka love to kaadadtj 'learn' while out on a 'Bardi' hunt; Visit your favourite bush walk trail or nature playground and hide Bardi at the base of plants, practice and build Noongar Language knowledge and skills with koolangka using the below glossary while you find and collect all the hidden Bardi with coolamon. Count how many Bardi you have practice counting with Noongar Numbers.
Noongar Numbers: 1 Keny/Keyen/Nendji, 2 Koodjal, 3 Dambart/Mo, 4 Koodjal - Koodjal, 5 Maar 6 Maar-Keny/Keyen/Nendji, 7 Maar-Koodjal, 8 Maar-Dambart/Mo, 9 Maar-Koodjal-Koodjal, 10 Maar-Maar
A guiding principle of the National Quality Framework (NQF) is that Australias Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures are valued. Incorporating bush tucker into your home corner resources or role-play areas create opportunities to embed culture into the curriculum. We love using these hand-carved grubs to go on a 'Bardi' hunt by hiding them in the base of plants to collect. Use as a teaching tool extension to butterfly life cycles by exploring the life cycle of a Bardi Grub. Noongar is traditionally an oral language with regional dialects; words and spelling in written form can vary. Developed in respectful partnership with Lavina Bennell Art and Noongar Elder Neville Collard, an Aboriginal consultant for Awe & Wonder. These resources have been hand-painted by Noongar Artists in Western Australia.
Made from wood.
Smallest part measures 5.5cm x 2cm
The National Quality Standard (NQS) makes it essential for Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) services and educators to understand and help children learn about, the history, culture and contemporary lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Australian Aboriginals have eaten native animal and plant foods for an estimated 60,000 years. These Australian made products celebrate this cultural knowledge and traditions by allowing Educators to quickly incorporate traditional bush foods into their curriculum.
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