The ABC is official Broadcast and Education Partner of National NAIDOC Week. ABC Kids Early Education joins with the wider ABC to share in this opportunity for all Australians to come together to celebrate the rich history, diverse culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the oldest continuing cultures on this planet.
ABC Kids Early Education has compiled top picks for viewing and listening in early years classrooms, at community events, and in homes. We offer a range of multimodal resources to support teachers and educators to build emerging understandings about the significance of NAIDOC Week for our youngest citizens.
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Play School Special Episodes
Sharing Australia’s First Nations culture with our youngest Australians. Episodes include insightful and contemporary connections to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages and rich cultural knowledge including visual arts, stories and songs.
Play School: Through The Windows
Arwyn and Anabella visit Mummaga Lake with their grandmother and take part in a cultural ceremony. They talk about the importance of identity and Country while painting each other with ochre and collect stringy bark to use for their dance.
Gardening Australia Junior
- Misson: Banksia! – Together with Indigigrow, Clarence and the kids explore the area of La Perouse, next to Botany Bay, looking for the endangered Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub. Our team will extract the seeds from Banksia cones with fire and plant the seeds.
- Rainforest Bingo – Filmed in Mossman Gorge with Tradition Owners and Clarence Slockee. Share in a Welcome to Country with local guides. Clarence and the Green Team have a scavenger hunt in a rainforest, stopping along the way to learn about the amazing eco system and the animals and plants that live there.
Caring for Country - Clarence and the junior gardeners plant a native garden and learn about all their different uses.
Little Kids Big Talk
In this episode of Little Kids, Big Talk, children ask Indigenous singer-songwriter Christine Anu questions about NAIDOC Week.
Languages Of Our Land
Languages of our Land is an active learning Interstitial series sharing the Aboriginal language of Yugambeh, located in South East Queensland.
Little J And Big Cuz
Little J and Big Cuz are two Indigenous Australian kids finding out about culture and community in this Logie Award-winning series.
Tjitji Lullaby
Tjitji Lullaby (meaning child in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara languages) sings baby animals to sleep as the sun sets and the moon rises.
Marringa Lullaby
Marringa means "sleeping" in Anindilyakwa. In the Marringa lullaby, Duwedirra (White Cockatoo) sweeps over the land and waters as the sun sets across Northern Australia, turning our day from play to sleep.
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ABC Kids Listen Acknowledgement of Country
Every day on ABC KIDS listen at midday you'll hear an Acknowledgement of Country. You can also listen to it anytime here.
ABC Kids listen Indigenous Lullabies
As part of the Fresh Start Fund initiative, ABC KIDS listen commissioned six new Indigenous language tracks for our Lullabies program. These beautiful songs, with themes about the natural world and sweet dreams, provide a soothing soundtrack to help little ones gently drop off to sleep.
Little Yarns
Little Yarns with Rudi Bremer is a podcast all about the diverse languages, stories and Countries of Indigenous Australia.
News Time
News time is celebrating NAIDOC week by counting down five fantastic Blak news stories, all about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, culture, and achievement.