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 [email protected] 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:
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
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I’m from my grandma, the one who called me Caelan
Raking the leaves in the yard Picking pua kenikeni Always wondering why her mango tree didn’t give fruit anymore Ti leaves surround her entire house and I like to think she planted it not only for hula skirts and lei but for protection I’m from Kaʻaiʻōhelo, a name that one girl in every generation in my ‘ohana carry The eater of the ʻōhelo berry I’m from Ushiya, my great-grandma who came from Okinawa Strong like an ox Born and raised in Kaimukī I’m from my pāpā who comes from Kāne'ohe I’m from my māmā whose ancestors were originally taro farmers from Hālawa Valley, Molokaʻi McAfee-Torco, the perfect combination of the two I’m from dry land kalo that started from a wedding centerpiece The bright green mo’o that live under my front stairs who follow me wherever I go Pakalana, yellow lehua and crown flower that my tutu makes look so easy to grow Plumerias ready to be picked at any given moment like a family flower shop I’m from the red 12-foot door that welcomes you into our hale From the room where the most wind blows with sea blue walls That’s filled with bilingual books, tie-dye pillow cases and paddle boards for the entire family I’m from the hidden money in the cards I find years later The unfinished orange lei hulu I started eight years ago and the glow-in-the-dark stars that I placed on my dresser when I was four that continue shimmer to this day |
AuthorKumu Kaʻai previously taught at Kānehūnāmoku Voyaging Academy and Hawaiian Studies at Wilson Elementary School to K-5 students. Archives
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