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Yesterday, the kindergartners went to the middle school gym to have fun and get active with Mr. Masuko’s 7th grade girls. The 7th graders created various stations in which the children would have to balance on half balls, scoot around … Continue reading →

In preparation for Easter the keiki made and decorated Easter baskets from recycled milk/juice cartons. This activity tied into what we were learning about Earth Day (on Friday, April 22nd). We also had an awesome Easter egg hunt! A big … Continue reading →

Check out Noah, Alisha, Kamailah, Haylyn, and Alexis presenting a puppet show, “The Birthday Cake,” to the class:

After taking a trip to Hilo Coffee Mill, charting graphs, and participating in cooking experiences, we were able to find some answers to the questions (below) we had at the beginning of our project on food. How do you make … Continue reading →

To conclude our project study on food in our kaia’ulu Aunty Isha taught us how to make strawberry shortcakes. The keiki made, or shook, their own whipped cream before assembling their miniature shortcakes. They also practiced more informational writing based … Continue reading →

Ever heard of apple smiles before? Well the keiki in KA did today, thanks to Aunty Michelle (Trinity’s mom). Even Mrs. Littrell who’s been teaching for a while learned something new. Each child was given 4 apple slices, 10 marshmallows, … Continue reading →

The keiki in KA were busy brewing up some Stone Soup today. Aunty Heather, Kai’s mom, read the story to the class, had the children plot their vegetables on our “Vegetables for Stone Soup” graph, helped the children cut and … Continue reading →

Aunty Charmie came to school to help the keiki learn how to make sushi! Here is what we wrote as a class, using our informational writing rubric, after our sushi making experience. Making Sushi We are learning how to make … Continue reading →

At Hilo Coffee Mill we learned that the coffee flower is related to the gardenia plant. We were enticed by the aroma of the coffee while it was roasting. Yum! We even got to retrieve eggs from the “chicken condo.” … Continue reading →

Our class enjoyed listening to Uncle Brian, Miss Antida’s father, share about his job in our kaia’ulu as an Investigator at the Prosecutor’s Office. We learned that we should ALWAYS tell an adult if we are in danger and/or are … Continue reading →