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Hawaiian Value: Laulima: cooperation
“E kuahui like i ka hana.”
Let everybody pitch in and work together.
‘Ōlelo No‘eau #323
Pō‘ahā
Thurs
Pō‘alima
Fri
1 Play rhyming
charades. Say,
“I’m thinking of a
word that rhymes
with log.”
2
Good
Friday
Pō‘aono
Sat
3
Color Easter eggs
today!
5 Color Day ie:
wear red clothing,
serve red food &
red drinks & play
with red toys.
6 Make a picture
puzzle. Paste a
picture to cardboard & cut into
shapes when dry.
7
Make a homemade sock
puppet. (See the
preschool craft)
8 Make a simple
puppet theatre and
let your keiki put
on their own show
with sock puppets.
9 Make a place
mat: Decorate a
piece of cardboard
with crayons, markers & collage. mate-
10 Tie a string
on an inflated
balloon. Hang it
from a tree and let
keiki hit the bal-
11
Play estimation
games. ie: Ask
“How many cups
of water do you
think will fill this
pitcher?”
12
Help your keiki
water the plants.
Talk about what
plants need to
grow.
13 Say four words
in a row that all
rhyme except one.
Can keiki ID the
one that doesn’t
rhyme?
14 Number and
dot 10 cardboard
pieces. Can keiki
can clip the correct
number of clothes
pins to each piece?
15 Help your
keiki cut out triangles and squares.
Let her try making
patterns.
16
Ask your keiki to
draw a picture of
himself. Let him
know it’s called a
“self-portrait.”
17
Make music
together using
empty glass bottles or jars and
metal spoons.
18 Cut shapes
on different sides
of a large box. Fill
old socks w/sand
or rice to toss into
the openings.
19 Use chalk to
draw a hopscotch
pattern on pavement. Have keiki
name each number
and hop on it.
20 Fill empty
soda bottles with a
cup of sand, & cap.
Line them up and
let her use a ball to
knock it down.
21 Give keiki a
bubble bath tonight. Let her
scoop the bubbles
up with her hands
or hide her toys.
22
23
Take your lunch
outside for an instant picnic.
24
Lay a blanket
under a tree and
read a story with
your keiki.
25 Frozen dessert: Pour juice
into ice trays &
insert a popsicle
stick in each cube
when half frozen.
26
Take a walk together and talk
about what you
see.
27 Walk around
the yard with keiki
& find objects to
compare: talk
about weight, texture, shape, etc.
28 Have your
keiki tell a story of
her own. Write
exactly what she
says then share it
with family.
29
Turn off the radio
and sing a familiar
or new song with
your keiki.
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30 Wash the car
today. Let keiki help
wash and rinse with
the hose(be ready
to get wet!)
Preschool Craft Idea...
Home-made Sock Puppet
4
Recycle plastic bottles or news papers
today
A Program of Partners In
Development Foundation
www.pidfoundation.org
Use an old sock and let your
keiki glue on buttons, felt
pieces, tissue paper, cotton or
scraps of fabric. You can also
use permanent felt pens to
draw a face or color the body.
Sock puppets are limited only
by your children’s imagination,
so let them explore and be
creative. Assist if needed.
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