Keiki
Looking for a ways to get the keiki involved?
Check out what the ʻIolani Palaceʻs website has to offer! They are providing fun arts and crafts activities to help the keiki learn more about Hawaiian Culture. These include a coloring sheet, a quilt activity and royal order creation!
Colorful Pages
Kaitlyn Kamalei Brandon is the Founder of an organization called Colorful Pages that aims to explore multicultural literature to cultivate cultural empowerment and cross-cultural empathy in the keiki. Check out one of her book lists that features diverse Asian American and Pacific Islander history! You can visit that page here.
Hawaiian Stories
Kamehameha Schools has provided some great literature for the keiki! Read about how "Pele Summons Hiʻiaka" and "The Battle of Panaʻewa".
Virtual Huakaʻi (Field Trips)
Kamehameha Schools and Arizona State University partnered together to create a series of innovative virtual huakaʻi (field trips) grounded in Hawaiian Culture-Based Education, seamlessly integrating STEM and ʻāina (land) based learning. Kahaluʻu Ma Kai in Kona is the first site in the series. Visit their site here.
Kahaluʻu Ma Kai Virtual Huakaʻi
Learn how seasons are tracked using solstice stones, and how our kūpuna were able to construct heiau using precise angles without protractors or levels.
Makalawena Virtual Huakaʻi
Learn about the abundant natural resources at the anchialine pools, the nearshore marine life and rich Moʻolelo of Makalawena.
Story of Hawaii Coloring Book
Download the Story of Hawaii coloring book for to educate your keiki with a memorable experience!