Aloha mai kākou!

This is my first post and I’m very excited to share that I'll be working at Kānehūnāmoku Voyaging Academy. If you’re a teacher, please email mahealani@kanehunamoku.org so we can plan a time to work together. Your students will learn more about waʻa (canoes), sailing, navigation and might even have an opportunity to sail! 

Being with Nā Waʻa Keiki on Hawaiʻi island this summer inspired me to get reconnected to the waʻa on Oʻahu. This past weekend I thought of some new lessons from the training classes:

1. Parts of the waʻa that relate to parts of the body
2. Similarities and differences between the structure of Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia
3. Similarities and differences between Papa Mau’s star compass and the Hawaiian star compass
4. An art project that reflect the general wind and swell directions that meteorologist observe 
5. Creation story of how the parts of an ipu (gourd) relates to parts of the world 
6. Connecting Halloween to the ʻōpeʻapeʻa (Hawaiian hoary bat) and the nananana maka hauʻoli (Happy face spider)

I’ll expand on Lesson 6.
One night after sailing, my friend Darienne thought she saw a bat fly by. It gave me the idea that Halloween would be an appropriate time to introduce the ʻōpeʻapeʻa (Hawaiian hoary bat) to our students. I noticed that the teachers at my school tend to do at least one fun lesson that relates to each holiday, so why not connect it to something that we actually have here in Hawaiʻi! Jerrik has been helping me with creating math problems and Panda shared with me a really great bat game that is similar to sharks and minnows (predator/prey).

Please check out my different online accounts and let me know what you think!

Teachers Pay Teachers: Teaching Aloha
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Teaching-Aloha-6049

Pearltrees:
http://www.pearltrees.com/kumukaai

YouTube: 
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV46kNduFxg9GF2YYhFogGw/videos