Dreaming Story Activities from Australia’s First Nations Peoples

Bring Aboriginal perspectives into your classroom with this rich, respectful, and highly engaging Dreaming Stories unit, designed to help students explore culture, values, storytelling, and connection to Country through meaningful literacy activities.

This resource supports students as they read, retell, reflect on, and respond to well-known Dreaming stories, while building comprehension, empathy, and critical thinking skills.

Dreaming Stories Included:

• Tiddalik the Greedy Frog
• The Rainbow Serpent
• Thukeri (The Bony Bream)
• How the Birds Got Their Colours
• How the Kangaroos Got Their Tails

Each story is paired with a wide range of developmentally appropriate activities.

What’s Included:

✔ Reading passages written in clear, student-friendly language
✔ Story sequencing (cut & paste and written formats)
✔ Comprehension questions (literal, inferential, and reflective)
✔ Cause and effect activities
✔ Moral and values-based reflections
✔ Kindness, sharing, and decision-making tasks
✔ Retell and creative writing templates
✔ Before & after comparisons
✔ Labelled diagrams and vocabulary tasks
✔ Craft and hands-on activities
✔ SEL-aligned reflection pages
✔ Black-and-white worksheets (ink-friendly & print-ready)

Key Learning Focus:

• Aboriginal perspectives and cultural storytelling
• Respect for nature and community
• Moral lessons and values
• Literacy comprehension and sequencing
• Personal & Social Capability links
• Ethical decision-making and empathy

Perfect For:

• Australian classrooms
• NAIDOC Week learning
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
• Literacy rotations
• Whole-class, small-group, or independent work
• Relief / sub plans