Kumu Nihipali

Fill your bucket with good thoughts, good deeds and good choices

Posted on August 13, 2012 by hanihipa

Everyone has an imaginary bucket. You fill your bucket when you do and say good things all day. You don’t want to be a bucket dipper and dip into yours or others bucket.

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Summer Orientation

Posted on June 14, 2013 by hanihipa

Summer Orientation is going well and the students are adjusting to the daily routines. Enjoy the pictures.

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Mahalo to all who made this day possible. For parents volunteering time out of their busy schedule to be with the students while teachers enjoyed a wonderful massage and lunch was all the thank you we needed. I love what I do and enjoy working with children. It is truly my life’s calling.

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Spelling Words for April 22-25

Posted on April 22, 2013 by hanihipa

1. drag
2. drink
3. draw
4. drip
5. dry
6. who

Group#2
drizzle
dream

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Field trip pictures

Posted on April 22, 2013 by hanihipa

We had a blast going to Avyah’s ‘Ohana

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Spelling words week 4-15-13

Posted on April 15, 2013 by hanihipa

1. cute
2. rule
3. huge
4. tune
5. use
6. put

Group#2
excuse
costume

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Earth Day

Posted on April 10, 2013 by hanihipa

April is Earth Day! Here in KB, we are learning about our world and how to malama the aina. Ask your child about the books we have read and the pictures we made all to help us understand our Earth.

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Spelling Words for 4-8-13

Posted on April 8, 2013 by hanihipa

bike, dime, smile, rice, hide, each, – Reading Group 1
write, tile – Group 2

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Paper Airplanes

Posted on April 2, 2013 by hanihipa

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We read a Time Magazine for Kids article on things that fly so we decided to make our own paper airplanes and take it out to see if it will fly. It was fun to see the paper airplanes fly … Continue reading →

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3 dimensional Shape Monsters

Posted on March 6, 2013 by hanihipa

Students had tons of fun today making shape monsters made of 3 dimensional shape snacks. They were then given the task of graphing what shapes they used and how many of each. They made cool, fun, and scary looking monsters! Ask your child to describe a 3-d shape and to tell you about the faces of each shape! What a great way to end our Geometry Unit!

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The musubi man

Posted on February 27, 2013 by hanihipa

How can we change the musubi man to be a good leader?(alaka’i) The students suggested that he helps others, be kind, shows respect and follow the rules. Students got a chance to make musubi and eat their musubi man.