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Thank you Department of Education!

Nature-based Education is pleased to announce that four of our resources have been selected by the Department of Education for inclusion in its current Projects 1980 (Library Rescources) and 2028 (LTSM).

The selected resources are:

Animals and the Seasons  •  Friends Don’t Bite  •  I’m a very special modern-day Dinosaur  •  The Great Cage Escape   

February 2024 : Nature-based Education received this letter after our recent engagement with the Gauteng Department of Education.

Resources and e-Books

Selected e-books include voice and interactive activities

TO ORDER PRINTED RESOURCES

Click on the order button. Complete the order form and submit. Look out for the invoice on your email.

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TO ORDER e-BOOKS

Click on the relative button for preference of language. Look out for the payment link on your email.

Choose your preferred payment method and submit. Look out for the download link on your email.

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CRAFT ACTIVITIES are FREE to download​

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Foundation Phase

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5 FREEDOMS for ANIMALS

ENGLISH 

AFRIKAANS 

isiXHOSA 

isisZULU 

SeSOTHO  

SeTSWANA 

isiNDEBELE 

VENDA 

SEPEDI

xiTSONGA 

siSWATI

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Full colour classroom poster.

Endorsed by the World Health Organisation (WOAH).

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Recommended for all Grades

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SNAP Playing Cards

ENGLISH / AFRIKAANS

 

2 sets of 20 cards each, laminated.

The needs we share with our animal friends.

Based on the 5 Freedoms for Animals as endorsed by the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH).

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Recommended for Foundation Phase

R160.00

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SAMPLE CARDS

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I’m a very special modern-day dinosaur!

ENGLISH / AFRIKAANS

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Big Book. Full colour. This book supports Grade R Term 4 CAPS Life Skills topics: Birds & Dinosaurs: Discovering that a distant cousin of today's birds was T. Rex.

This book was selected by the Gauteng Department of Education for inclusion in its current Projects 1980 (Library Rescources) and 2028 (LTSM)

​R220.00

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Peak preview HERE

e-Book 

Includes voice and interactive activities

​R220.00

Animals and the Seasons

ENGLISH / AFRIKAANS

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Big Book. Full colour. See index of content HERE

This book was selected by the Gauteng Department of Education's for inclusion in its current Projects 1980 (Library Rescources) and 2028 (LTSM)

Recommended for Foundation Phase

​R250.00

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Peak preview HERE

e-Book

Includes voice and interactive activities

R250.00

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Caring Kids

ENGLISH / AFRIKAANS / IsiXHOSA

IsiZULU / SeSOTHO / SeTSWANA

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Colour illustrations.  A compilation of 7 fun stories on animal rescue focusing on pets and farm animals.

​Recommended for Foundation Phase and Second Language Intermediate Phase learners

​​​​R250.00

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Peak preview HERE

e-Book

Includes interactive activity

R250.00

Intermediate Phase

Goosie's Story

ENGLISH / AFRIKAANS

Colour illustrations. Goosie's Story is about a laying hen confined to life in a battery cage... until she finds freedom! She is given a second chance to lead a normal life. We share her belated discovery of the world and realise that, far from her being a mere unit of production, she has a robust ability to live life to the full.

This book is selected by the Gauteng Department of Education's LTSM Procurement Cycle for 2021: Project 802 

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Recommended for Grade 4 upwards.

​R95.00

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Peak preview HERE

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​Workbooks @ R45,00 to order from Julia Knowler HERE

e-Book

R95.00

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Heroes and Lionhearts

ENGLISH

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This book was selected by the International Youth Library in Germany for inclusion in its White Ravens list of noteworthy books (1997). Some 10 000 new books from 43 countries competed for this honour. Only 275 were chosen.  In the same year, Heroes and Lionhearts was also selected as best children's non-fiction book of the year (English category) in the South African Bookchat Awards and was placed on the Honours List of the South African Childrens' Book Forum.

Ideal as a Grade 4 or Grade 5 Class Reader​

R125.00

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65 pages. Colour illustrations. 

12 stories based on SPCA's Awards for Bravery, human to animal and animal to human. This book won both local and international awards.

e-Book

Includes interactive activity

R125.00

The Great Cage Escape

ENGLISH

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This book was selected by the Gauteng Department of Education for inclusion in its current Projects 1980 (Library Rescources) and 2028 (LTSM)

When a parrot is found one morning on the doorstep of a pet shop, things take a dramatic turn. "As pleasure-seekers and pain-avoiders like us, all sentient creatures deserve to be treated fairly and justly. Their most precious possession – that which allows “the spark of life” to glow brightly – is their freedom.

The Great Cage Escape captures poignantly the importance of freedom, and shows that heaven waits on the other side of the cage bars..."

​— Jonathan Balcombe: Animal Behaviourist and Author

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Recommended for Intermediate Phase.

R230.00

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Peak preview HERE

e-Book

R230.00

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Friends don’t Bite

ENGLISH / AFRIKAANS / isiZULU

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3 comic style stories. 30 pages.  Anti-bullying of pets and promotion of pet care. Endorsed by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

​This comic book was selected by the Gauteng Department of Education for inclusion in its current Projects 1980 (Library Rescources) and 2028 (LTSM)

Recommended for Intermediate Phase

R70.00

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Peak preview HERE

e-Book

R70.00

Senior Phase

Magnificent Boy and the Spirit of the Grey Hare

ENGLISH / AFRIKAANS

Novel. 103 pages, colour illustrations.

Magnificent Boy and Boetie — even the grey hare — lived in the farmlands between Kuils River and Stellenbosch in the Western Cape, South Africa, during the 1990’s.

At the time, author, Louise van der Merwe lived there too and watched events unfold.

Based on fact, this novel is her tribute to the awesome friendship between Boetie and Boy and their tenacious will to triumph against all odds.

Recommended for Grade 7 and higher

R125.00​ 

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Peak preview HERE

e-Book

R125.00

e-Book Lesson Plans

Includes interactive activities

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For the Love of Kin

ENGLISH

A fictionalised version of what really happened in South Africa in 2024 when Compassion in World Farming CEO, Philip Lymbery accepted an invitation from pioneering food company Newform Foods to sample its cultivated lamb meatballs. The fact that a very happy, healthy sheep, still enjoying life at the Greyton Farm Animal Sanctuary, had provided the meatballs, was motivation enough for Philip to break his 40-year fast from meat. 

The story is told by Pecorino, the sheep who provided his cells for the cultivated meatballs.

Recommended for Grade 7 and higher

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R250.00 Peak preview HERE

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e-Book

R250.00

PLAYS

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5 FREEDOMS The Play

ENGLISH / AFRIKAANS

Dialogue script for play.

Including dog puppet face mask templates to cut out.

Based on the 5 Freedoms for Animals as endorsed by the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH).

Recommended for Foundation Phase

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R140.00  Peak preview HERE

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SENTIENCE The Play

ENGLISH / AFRIKAANS

Dialogue script for play.

Including animal puppet templates to cut out.

Based on bullying and hurt feelings.

Recommended for Foundation & Intermediate Phases

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R170.00  Peak preview HERE

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GOOSIE The Play

ENGLISH / AFRIKAANS

Dialogue script for play with recommended props and set design.

Based on Goosie’s Story.

Recommended for Foundation & Intermediate Phases

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R170.00  Peak preview HERE

Curriculum-aligned resources for Teachers
Interactive Lesson Plans will be available from January 2025

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Grades R – 3 Lesson Plans

ENGLISH

Full colour.

Curriculum-aligned resource for teachers:

Life Skills Grades R – 3.

R290.00

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View Index of Content HERE

Grades 4 – 6 Lesson Plans

ENGLISH

Full colour.

Curriculum-aligned resource for teachers:

Life Orientation Grades 4 – 6.

R290.00

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View Index of Content HERE

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Grades 7 – 9 Lesson Plans

ENGLISH

Full colour.

Curriculum-aligned resource for teachers:

Life Orientation Grades 7 – 9.

R215.00

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View Index of Content HERE

Grades 10 – 12 Lesson Plans

ENGLISH

Full colour.

Curriculum-aligned resource for teachers:

Agricultural Sciences Grades 10 – 12.

R215.00

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View Index of Content HERE

Kids Reading Outdoor
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