every tuesday and thursday we head out to "owen's school" -
a preschool where parents come with their children to
encourage the parents' role as primary educator. we're one
of just a handful of non-hawaiian families in his program,
which gives preferential treatment to native families, but
we've felt welcome from the very beginning.
admittedly, i've struggled with learning his peers' hawaiian
names, but mostly because i have no frame of refrence for
most of them. we've also started learning a bit more hawaiian.
oli - a chant that's not danced to (we do a series of greeting chants)
ke kino - the body (we do some hawaiian hokey-pokey)
maka - eye
lima - hand
manamanalima - fingers
wāwae - foot (w's are said as v's)
po'ohiwi - shoulders
pau- finished ("are you pau?" is asked often)
Pōʻalua- Tuesday
Pōʻahā - Thursday (these are the days we go to school!)
o's favorite things at school are definitely the rice table and
the water tables. he ends up spending a lot of time with his
shirt off because it typically is wet within a minute of being at
school! a final fun fact - no shoes are worn in the classroom :)
dancing with some of the ladies
topless on the playground
sliding with his buddy
the beloved water tables
a preschool where parents come with their children to
encourage the parents' role as primary educator. we're one
of just a handful of non-hawaiian families in his program,
which gives preferential treatment to native families, but
we've felt welcome from the very beginning.
admittedly, i've struggled with learning his peers' hawaiian
names, but mostly because i have no frame of refrence for
most of them. we've also started learning a bit more hawaiian.
oli - a chant that's not danced to (we do a series of greeting chants)
ke kino - the body (we do some hawaiian hokey-pokey)
maka - eye
lima - hand
manamanalima - fingers
wāwae - foot (w's are said as v's)
po'ohiwi - shoulders
pau- finished ("are you pau?" is asked often)
Pōʻalua- Tuesday
Pōʻahā - Thursday (these are the days we go to school!)
o's favorite things at school are definitely the rice table and
the water tables. he ends up spending a lot of time with his
shirt off because it typically is wet within a minute of being at
school! a final fun fact - no shoes are worn in the classroom :)
dancing with some of the ladies
topless on the playground
sliding with his buddy
the beloved water tables
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