This morning I found a dead manu (bird). After picking it up from the grass, I showed interested tamariki ma. Kian's mum Katrina suggested a tangi. So with help we got a cardboard box, wool and a cardboard lid for the puuhina (grey) manu. We reflected on dead Perky (a previous cockatiel bird of KIDSPACE) and where he was buried in the garden when he died. Children were happy to talk about this dead bird, and sing a song after I dug a hole and children took turns to fill this in with earth. Donnagh and Kian were especially interested staying right to the end of the tangi and suggesting we sing Ainslee's new song 'Tapatoru, Tapawhaa' (an action song about shapes), to farewell the manu.
Jessie
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