TCM-Inspired Learning for Schools
A hands-on learning journey through Chinese wellness heritage, herbs, traditional tools, sensory discovery and everyday self-care.
Programmes grow with the learner, beginning with multisensory exploration in preschool, progressing to heritage and practical wellness learning in primary and secondary school, followed by wellness experiences and appreciation gifts for educators.
Grow from curious explorer to young practitioner.
The content becomes progressively deeper as children grow, while keeping the experience practical, sensory and hands-on.
Smell it. Count it. Talk about it. Create with it.
For young children, herbs become a rich material for multisensory exploration and meaningful play.
Rather than teaching technical TCM concepts, we use plants, scents, stories and making to support language, early numeracy, curiosity, creativity and social-emotional development.
One herbal sachet. Five ways to learn.
The programme brings together five key learning areas through one connected multisensory experience.
Count & Compare
Count herbs, compare quantities, sort ingredients, scoop and practise simple measurement.
Find the Words
Describe colours, smells and textures. Is it a leaf, twig or flower? Is it rough, smooth, sweet or woody?
Discover the World
Explore where plants come from and hear an age-appropriate story about herbs, traditional practices and life in the past.
Design Your Pouch
Choose colours and patterns and decorate a herbal pouch through stamping and simple creative mark-making.
Calm Body, Calm Mind
Learn a short breathing, stretching or guided relaxation activity and practise simple ways to pause and settle.
Step into the role of a young practitioner.
Students learn by handling ingredients, trying traditional tools and making something themselves.
They explore herbs, learn how ingredients were traditionally weighed and prepared, make a wellness item and practise introductory meridian and acupressure exercises.
Discover the History
Discover how herbs and traditional wellness practices were part of everyday life in the past.
Weigh the Traditional Way
Use a traditional balance and explore weight, comparison and accuracy.
Meet the Herbs
Observe and identify botanical ingredients through sight, touch and smell.
Make & Take Home
Make an aromatic herbal pouch or herbal neck pillow.
Move & Reset
Learn introductory acupressure and simple meridian-based wellness exercises.
Go beyond the activity. Understand the thinking.
Secondary students engage with the ideas behind traditional wellness practices in greater depth.
Students explore Chinese wellness heritage, traditional measurement, herbs, introductory concepts of Qi and meridian pathways, simple acupressure and practical self-care.
Learn it. Make it. Bring it home.
Students create something practical during the programme, giving them a physical reminder of what they discovered.
Teachers care for everyone. This time is for them.
A practical TCM-inspired staff wellness session designed to help educators pause, reset and learn simple self-care practices.
Suitable for staff wellness days, retreats, Teacher's Day and educator appreciation programmes.
Teacher Wellness Reset
A focused one-hour wellness experience with practical self-care and useful take-home tools.
Extended Teacher Wellness
Everything in the 60-minute programme, plus one additional hands-on wellness activity.
Create a compact aromatic wellness item.
Aromatic BalmMake an aromatic balm for everyday self-care.
Say thank you with the gift of wellness.
Useful, thoughtful wellness gifts for teachers to use at school or at home.
Choose one item or combine several into a customised teacher appreciation wellness set.
Build a teacher wellness gift set.
Select from eye heat packs, body heat packs, mugwort hammer massagers and herbal neck pillows.
Start with who it is for.
Planning something for your school?
What is Little TCM Practitioners?
Little TCM Practitioners is designed for preschool and kindergarten children. It uses herbs and botanical materials for multisensory learning through counting, language, storytelling, creativity and simple relaxation.
What is Junior TCM Practitioners?
Junior TCM Practitioners is designed for primary school students. Students step into the role of a young practitioner, explore herbs and traditional tools, try traditional weighing, make a wellness item and learn introductory acupressure exercises.
What is Young TCM Practitioners?
Young TCM Practitioners is designed for secondary school students. The programme goes deeper into Chinese wellness history, herbs, traditional tools, introductory Qi and meridian concepts, acupressure and practical self-care.
What can students make?
Depending on the programme selected, students can make an aromatic herbal pouch or herbal neck pillow. The making activity forms part of the learning experience.
Do you provide teacher wellness programmes?
Yes. The 60-minute Teacher Wellness Reset includes TCM meridian concepts, a ready-made mugwort hammer massager, guided acupressure and hammer exercises, plus a DIY herbal neck pillow. A 90-minute version can also include a herbal inhaler or aromatic balm.
Do you provide Teacher's Day or teacher appreciation gifts?
Yes. Schools can choose wellness gifts including eye heat packs, body heat packs, mugwort hammer massagers and herbal neck pillows, either individually or as a gift set.
Is this a medical TCM programme?
No. Qi Qi Boom programmes are educational wellness experiences inspired by TCM concepts and Chinese wellness heritage. They do not provide medical diagnosis or treatment.
What would you like your school to experience?
Tell us the age group, number of participants and type of programme you are considering. We will recommend a suitable learning experience, teacher wellness programme or appreciation gift.